Teamsters president said address to GOP convention was to highlight workers, not to endorse Republicans
Source: The Hill
09/01/24 3:09 PM ET
International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien pushed back on the suggestion he spoke at the Republican National Convention in July to endorse Republicans, maintaining he was there to “highlight” the importance of American workers.
When asked on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” if he spoke at the convention because he feels former President Trump has been more pro-labor than any other GOP candidates, O’Brien said, “No, not at all.”
“I spoke there because it was the ability to highlight how important we are. It was the ability to call out the people, the corporate elitist who forget who built this country, the American workers,” O’Brien continued. “You know, people like to, you know, have their own opinions on why we were there, but I was there to talk about the American workers.”
O’Brien said it was not “an endorsement for any and all Republicans” but “strictly a message” about the importance and value of workers. O’Brien was the first Teamsters president to ever speak at the GOP convention, during which he slammed “elites” whose only “loyalty is to the balance sheet.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4857925-teamsters-president-sean-obrien-rnc-workers-endorse-republicans/
He's toast at the next officers election.
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