ICYMI: Teamsters’ Rank and File Favors Trump, But Union Announces ‘No Endorsement’ for President; Teamsters Leadership Scorched for Refusing to Endorse Presidential Candidate Despite Members Supporting Trump

Teamsters’ Rank and File Favors Trump, but Union Announces ‘No Endorsement’ for President:

We have more fuel for the “Weirdest Presidential Election Ever” bonfire today.

Ever since Kamala Harris eagerly stepped over the corpse of Joe Biden’s political career on July 21, the prevailing narrative from the mainstream media hacks has been that Madame Veep is receiving nothing but love from traditional Democratic voting blocs. For the most part, Big Labor has fallen in line and gotten behind Harris. The public sector unions will never bail on the Dems en masse.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has been bucking tradition of late, though.

First, back in July, Teamsters president Sean O’Brien became the first leader of the union ever to speak at a Republican National Convention. That was especially significant because, at the time, Teamsters internal polling revealed rank-and-file support for Joe Biden. Biden had almost a half century in the Senate to dole out favors to Big Labor, so that wasn’t surprising.

Things started getting really wonky after Harris was anointed. The polling greatly (Bigly?) shifted to Trump:

TEAMSTERS RELEASE PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT POLLING DATA

“For the past year, the Teamsters Union has pledged to conduct the most inclusive, democratic, and transparent Presidential endorsement process in the history of our 121-year-old organization—and today we are delivering on… pic.twitter.com/CnFNN9uosx

— Teamsters (@Teamsters) September 18, 2024

President LOLEightyonemillion only had a single-digit lead over Trump, which was beyond anemic for a Democrat. As you can see, Trump then opened up a 25+ point lead on Harris rather quickly. That’s not weird; it’s monumental. A seismic shift, if you will.

The shift began in 2016, when private sector labor union members voted for a Republican for president for the first time in their lives. In late 2017, I was on a 90-minute-long Japanese television show that interviewed nine Trump detractors and nine Trump supporters. There were two union guys on the supporter side, one a steel union boss from Pennsylvania who had never voted for a Republican for anything. —>READ MORE HERE

Teamsters leadership scorched for refusing to endorse presidential candidate despite members supporting Trump:

The Teamsters union has endorsed the Democratic candidate for president since 1992

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters was ridiculed on social media Wednesday after announcing it would not be endorsing a presidential candidate, despite a majority of the union’s membership supporting former President Trump.

Teamsters on Wednesday posted the results of internal polling on the 2024 candidates, showing that the union’s members favored Trump by 59.6% over Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, who received 34% in an online survey. In a phone survey, Teamsters favored Trump over Harris, 58% to 31%.

Still, the union declined to endorse a 2024 presidential candidate for the first time in three decades, saying in a statement, “The union’s extensive member polling showed no majority support for Vice President Harris and no universal support among the membership for President Trump.”

The decision to sit out this election ignited a fury on social media, with critics slamming union leadership for caving to external pressures while failing to represent their members.

“With the “internal” poll numbers below, how could the @Teamsters leadership IGNORE their rank and file members and NOT support @realDonaldTrump?!?!” CNN commentator David J. Urban posted on X. —>READ MORE HERE

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