In a recent interview, Teamsters Union president Sean O’Brien called out the Democrats — pointing out that the party has “f—ked us over for the last 40 years.”
The Teamsters famously decided earlier this year that they would not be endorsing a presidential candidate in the upcoming November election, though an internal poll found that a significant majority of union members support former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris.
Teamsters will not endorse a president after their member polling gave Donald Trump an overwhelming lead over Kamala Harris.
Trump: 59.6%
Harris: 34.0%This is the first time in about three decades that the Teamsters will not endorse a candidate pic.twitter.com/DoHZZQog8k
— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) September 19, 2024
The non-endorsement also came after the Democrat National Convention refused to invite O’Brien to speak, allegedly because they were offended that he dared to speak at the Republican National Convention.
It’s no wonder Democrats didn’t invite the @Teamsters to speak at their convention — Kamala Harris supports radical policies that crush the American worker.
President Trump and JD Vance will never stop fighting for the working man and woman.pic.twitter.com/ZDf2v6mBSg https://t.co/dfT0JIMcmr
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 19, 2024
Since then, it appears that the Teamsters Union president is no longer afraid to criticize the Democrat Party. During an interview with comedian Theo Von on the “This Past Weekend” podcast, O’Brien explained that union members are tired of Democrats being all talk and no action — which is unsurprising, as it appears that the left only cares about their constituents every four years during a presidential election.
“I’ll be honest with you, I’m a Democrat, but they have fucked us over for the last 40 years, and for once — and not all of them — but for once, we’re standing up as a union, probably the only one right now, saying, ‘What the fuck have you done for us?’” O’Brien said.
“And I’m getting attacked from the left, and we’ve given — since I’ve been in office, two and a half years — we’ve given the Democratic machine $15.7 million,” the Teamsters president added.
“We’ve given Republicans about $340,000, truth be told,” O’Brien continued. “So, it’s like, you know, people say the Democratic Party is the party of the working people — they’re bought and paid for Big Tech, those Big Tech companies.”
O’Brien then pointed out that Republicans are becoming the party of the working class — which has been confirmed with numerous polls showing that the working class have been moving to the GOP while the Democrats have become the party of the wealthy elite.
“And you’ve got the Republicans who are now saying, ‘Hey, we want to be the working class Party,’ right? And, okay, you’ve got a great opportunity right now to do that,” he said.
“And the Democrats, if 60 percent of our members aren’t supporting you, the fucking system’s broken,” O’Brien added. “Stop pointing fingers at Sean O’Brien, stop pointing fingers at the Teamsters Union. Look in the mirror.”
“I mean, I had a heated debate, a heated discussion, two weeks ago with Chuck Schumer, and it got f—king ugly,” O’Brien continued, prompting Von to reply: “Chuck Schumer is a piece of s—t.”
“And it got ugly because, you know, these politicians, the one I’ve learned, they f—king walk in and they tell you, ‘I did this for you.’ Okay, great. Let me tell you what you haven’t f—king done for us or our members,” O’Brien declared. “And we got into it pretty heavy.”
“And I’m like, ‘You had no problem taking $550,000 from me three weeks prior to me going to the Republican National Convention, and then you want to be a f—king tough guy on Twitter or X or whatever it is and throw shit out there about me?’” he added.
O’Brien also confirmed that, in the past, “you always had Democrats fighting for working people — now we kind of see a switch where working people feel like, number one, they’ve been left behind by the Democratic Party.”
“Two, the Republicans say they want to be working class, represent the working class,” O’Brien added. “They have an opportunity to do it.”
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien torches Democrats and Chuck Schumer on Theo Von: “Democrats have f-cked us over for the last 40 years.” pic.twitter.com/BeJCFmVQMU
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) October 8, 2024
