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Can't be losing the unions.
At some point, people are going to have to start being honest about Sean O'Brien and how his personal politics and lust for attention are not only driving this but hurting the Teamsters overall. He loves the spotlight. That interview he did with Theo Von sealed that.


International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien faced backlash from labor movement voices on Wednesday for expressing his support for U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Labor and for appearing to take a softer stance on so-called "right-to-work" laws—policies generally decried by organized labor because they allow employees to opt out of union expenses while working at a unionized establishment.

Labor journalist Alex Press called his comments regarding right-to-work "shameful" and "embarrassing."

Over the summer, Press spoke with rank-and-file Teamsters members about recent actions from O'Brien that signal a rightward shift, such as his decision to headline the first night of the 2024 Republican National Convention. "Some are undoubtedly thrilled," wrote Press, though "a growing number of members believe their president is offering a straightforward, if not always explicit, endorsement of a political party that wants to destroy them."

On Wednesday, O'Brien attended the Senate confirmation hearing of Oregon Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's labor pick, during which Chavez-DeRemer said she would support Trump's agenda, according to The New York Times. Chavez-DeRemer also told senators that she no longer supports a section of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act—sweeping Democratic labor legislation that was introduced in Congress but never passed—which would have weakened state right-to-work laws.

Speaking later Wednesday on Fox News, O'Brien said of Chavez-DeRemer, "Not only do we support her appointment, we are going to the mat to make sure that she gets confirmed."

When asked about Chavez-DeRemer's stance on the right-to-work section of the PRO Act, O'Brien said that he is working with senators such as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to come up with a version of the PRO Act that "may not include that."
 

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The GOP is a fire. The DNC are firefighters. If they refuse to meaningfully engage the fire- they are who I will blame.

Should I blame the fire for burning? That's just what it does. I expect nothing but destruction from them. When they do something decent it's an accident or a step towards something worse. That's the GOP.

The DNC is a failed party. The only successful opposition they have shown in the last decade is against progressives in their own party.
 

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He is hitting the base (which apparently isn’t black people or black women) in the economically anxious areas of Nebraska and Iowa. He seems quite comfortable there. Good to see.
He’s hitting swing districts to put pressure on vulnerable House members.
 

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He is hitting the base (which apparently isn’t black people or black women) in the economically anxious areas of Nebraska and Iowa. He seems quite comfortable there. Good to see.
I dont even rock with bernie like thatand can see how retarded this post is. This is why dems continue to lose, due to retarded post like this. Why would he hit district that already vote overwhelmingly for dems. He should be hitting disenfranchised districts that the party have lost over the last 10 years, not fukking d +10 districts. Holding campaigns in Atlanta Detroit etc are cool, but that's not how you win on an national level.
 
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