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Teamsters come out as bipartisan after Teamsters President speaks at RNC for first time ever (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://xcancel.com/Teamsters/status/1813043612764025161

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDnocISOKc

"When President Trump invited me to speak at this convention, there was political unrest. On the left and on the right. (It's) hard to believe. Anti-union groups demanded that Trump rescind the invitation. The left called me a traitor. This is precisely why it's so important for me to be here today. Think about this: The Teamsters are doing something correct if the extremes of both parties think I shouldn't be on this stage."
Sean O'Brien, Teamsters President @ RNC

Literally doing the meme of "I know I'm right if everyone hates me".

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[-] [email protected] 106 points 11 months ago

If a billionaire businessman who’s famous for cheating workers asks your union to give a speech at his event, he is making fun of you.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

and yet even some people here were defending Sean Fain not too long ago... you just can't win.. people want to believe in these small hopes that not everything is crooked and fucked... but it is

[-] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago

uaw is different than teamsters. the UAW strike strategy was bad ass. that guy is cool.

[-] bdonvr 8 points 11 months ago

Right, like I'm sure he's lib in many ways but I've yet to really see anything too bad out of him yet

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

What happened with Sean Fain?

[-] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Assume y'all mean Shawn Fain - no pedantry intended, I just 100% read the comment as Sinn Féin and wondered what shit they did lmao

[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

You’re correct, I didn’t remember how it was spelled and was just using the same spelling as the commenter I replied to haha

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Literally endorsed biden, which should've gathered much more outrage than just speaking at a convention

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Exactly. Why would he even think about speaking to the DNC?

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