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Deminpenn

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38. The teamsters don't only represent truckers,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 05:43 AM

Aug 2025

but the tractor-trailor driving segment has always been full of rw conservatives going all the way back to the late 60s when they were confronting students protesting the VN war and calling for progressive change.

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Teamsters pour money into GOP, shifting away from Dems [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 OP

What is the common thread between all the incumbents the teamsters donated to? bottomofthehill Aug 2025 #1

men who believe trump has the right manly family values. nt msongs Aug 2025 #2

GQP hate unions..... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #3

Not quite accurate. Labor split the vote between VP Harris and trump, and in case some don't recall that lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #29

Union members themselves were more supportive of Harris, and this was an increase from 2016 and 2020 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #35

Locals will ignore him? Polybius Aug 2025 #4

Definitely not all of them BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #5

Obviously not all Polybius Aug 2025 #24

But note my reply to you later in the thread BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #37

September 24, 2024 Teamsters locals buck national leadership, endorse Harris Omaha Steve Aug 2025 #8

... Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #12

I'm talking about the majority of the 1.4 million Teamster members Polybius Aug 2025 #25

And who counted the votes? Omaha Steve Aug 2025 #27

What? The Teamster leadership is corrupt historically? Say it ain't so. marble falls Aug 2025 #31

Here's the problem with that BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #36

Yes they did, and labor in general split the vote between VP Harris and trump. lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #28

Chickens voting for Col. Sanders. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #6

Bingo. bottomofthehill Aug 2025 #7

That makes no sense at all. Vinca Aug 2025 #9

fucking ridiculous-- the GOP is a criminal fascist organization... but maybe the Teamsters LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #10

I don't understand this Diraven Aug 2025 #11

The problem is THIS Union President BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #13

Weren't these the same folks that had the 18 wheeler blockades at Canada and Mexico border? walkingman Aug 2025 #14

No - that "Freedom Convoy" nonsense were probably mostly RW indies (non-union) BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #16

Thank you - always think of the truckers as Teamsters... walkingman Aug 2025 #20

I expect many are BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #21

The people who gave us Reagan PhilosopherKing Aug 2025 #15

Well there's a strategy to break up the unions. Buddyzbuddy Aug 2025 #17

Please republicans, help destroy our union. JohnnyRingo Aug 2025 #18

Hmmm Abstractartist Aug 2025 #19

Somebody in the GOP has in incriminating pictures of Mr. O'Brien... maspaha Aug 2025 #22

no, he's weak, a wimp and a cult wannabe member Shellback Squid Aug 2025 #34

Thank you Dems, for a century of hard-fought battles to improve the lot of working people Zambero Aug 2025 #23

I would love for a Dem to tell O'Brien they will pass a law to take back the billions given to the Teamsters pension. LonePirate Aug 2025 #26

The only union I hated holdiing a card for. Been a member of the AFL-CIO, UAW. marble falls Aug 2025 #30

Self-immolation Blue Owl Aug 2025 #32

sean is a republican, he's trying to consolidate power Shellback Squid Aug 2025 #33

The teamsters don't only represent truckers, Deminpenn Aug 2025 #38