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

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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] 12 points 11 months ago

He should have at least asked for some kind of concession before even showing up. The GOP isn't even paying lip service to unions other than just saying "we support unions" with absolutely no policy proposals to back it up, and a long history of being the most rabidly anti-union force in the world. The fact that the teamsters president is speaking at this convention implies that the party is softening on labor, when there's zero evidence that that's the case. Big L for Sean

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