Former Longtime Teamsters President Blasts Successor For Not Backing Harris

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Not endorsing anyone this cycle means the union won't be mobilizing its political program for either party at the top of the ticket, effectively benefiting Trump.
44% : The union also released internal polling the same day showing members preferred Trump to Harris.
44% : " The Teamsters also handed Trump a public-relations win: The GOP candidate's campaign gleefully blasted out the polling numbers the union released, calling it evidence rank-and-file members back the Republican.
42% : In that speech, O'Brien called on both Democrats and Republicans to support workers and praised Trump as "one tough SOB."
22% : " Major unions like the Teamsters tend to back Democratic candidates for office, since Democrats generally support unions while most Republicans, including Trump, are hostile to them.
16% : O'Brien announced Wednesday that the 1.3-million-member Teamsters would not be endorsing Harris or Trump, saying the union found "no definitive support among members for either party's nominee."

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