Teamsters President — Who Spoke at RNC — Slams Trump’s Position on Firing Striking Workers: ‘Economic Terrorism’
Teamsters President — Who Spoke at RNC — Slams Trump’s Position on Firing Striking Workers: ‘Economic Terrorism’
Dude tried to play both sides against the middle as the GOP was fumbling the ball.
Blue collar union dipshits are a majority Trump supporters and don't think they're voting against their interests. Its not surprising he went to the RNC.
He never supported Trump. His speech was phenomenal. Maybe you should go listen to it.
lol did you listen to his speech at the RNC?
I recommend actually listening to the speech, he was very much not playing both sides
^this take:
The leopards! My facccee!!
I thought it was a good speech in the right venue. Those asshat haven't heard anything like that. Trump looked confused.
In this thread: "bothering to reach half the country who tends not to agree (or understand) your positions is icky".
Y'all need to get on board with diversity of tactics. Memeing on your ass isn't going to cut it alone.
The union's job is to empower the workers, like it or not, by getting inserted at the RNC, it will have a lasting impact.
Case in point, is it more impactful to hear a criticism of Trump from a DNC speaker or an RNC speaker? Wtf is the actual complaint here?
Lol if you think the bozo who is in a union and votes Republican will ever change their minds about anything. News flash buddy it's ain't logic they are running on. You might as well preach to a wall.
I watched his speech and I am not a Republican voter.
Looks like yeah actually it was pretty shitty for him to give that speech there https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/teamsters-sean-obrien-rnc-speech
This comment chain has illustrated how effective control over corporate media is. All I knew before was that he spoke at the RNC, and assumed the worst, which I'm sure was the intention. The content of his speech is definitely not widely distributed.
Here's the link to his RNC speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5WlI1LK1NY
Alternative Headline: Union boss who sold out for power flip-flops after angering its paying members and realizing he will likely lose current position next union election cycle. This and more at 11....
Did you watch his speech? He wasn't there cause he sold out. He was there to give a message. Your kneejerk reaction shows you didn't even watch his speech.
No shit right?
Most lemmings don't seem to be able to get past a sophmore level of analysis on politics.
To Lemmy users who just don't get it: The headline was "Headline speaker at night one of RNC refuses to endorse Trump"
Sean O’Brien used the RNC as a platform to deliver the most pro-labor, pro-progressive, anti-capitalist speech of ALL TIME. As in, hands down, the most progressive speech, at ANY major party political convention EVER.
He took the platform, and didnt endorse the candidate. Do you have any idea how big of a fucking deal that is?
If you are mad that Sean O'Brien took the opportunity to use a platform he was offered to speak truth to power, this is you:
To be fair it hasn't paid dividends weeding through mountains of vitriolic, bigotry and small-mindedness for a literal diamond in the rough. It's not too far fetched to see how many could think speaking at a party convention for fascist asshats is a tacit endorsement.
Yeah thats not happening
He didn't sell out for power.
He sold out because Teamsters leadership is racist as fuck.
Did he sell out at all though?
Dickhead trying to crawl back.
Slams! Dut duh duh, dut duh duh. Let the boys be boys!
Well THAT'S a blast from the past
Come on and slam and welcome to the jam!
Pump up the jam
Did media ask him when he is going to rescind his endorsement?
He explicitly didn't endorse a candidate.
I don't think he implicitly endorced anyone either
Reading comprehension fail on my part
When did he endorse someone?
Maybe next time don't support someone that tried to overthrow the government.
Did they support Trump though? He spoke at the RNC but his speech was vehemently anti-Republican.
Yeah - I was the first to criticize him for thing there, but the speech was very pro-union and a slap in the face to the GOP. He walked into the lion's den giving double-fingers.
Honestly, as someone who lost their job, in part, thanks to Sean O'Brien, I really applauded his speech to the RNC. It was great.
He praised Trump, Vance, and other anti-union politicians in his speech. So, yes?
And ya know is vehemently anti-labor. This guy was a fucking clown for deciding to make that speech at that venue.
You need to go where people are to speak to them - I can't speak to their personal motivations but they ended up delivering a good message to a bunch of folks that would never normally hear it because unions are "lib'ruhl".