Vice President Kamala Harris met with Teamsters Union head Sean O’Brien on Monday to secure a crucial endorsement but Harris will not be getting the nod.
The official announcement from O'Brien came in today and the result wasn't surprising considering that the meeting was tense and far from smooth. After the meeting, the feeling was that the Teamsters Union could withhold its endorsement from Harris but likely wouldn't openly support former President Donald Trump.
O'Brien has been busy this election season as he appeared at both the Republican National Convention and the Democrat National Convention.
However, it was the RNC that gave O'Brien a primetime speaking slot while the DNC sidelined him. This was the first sign that the Democrat Party wasn't prioritizing union votes while Republicans were actively chasing those votes.
The Democrat Party has pursued destructive policies for years that have crushed the American worker. Many union members have been hit hard by inflation and the immigration crisis which has surpressed wages.
Union support for Trump among rank-and-file workers has been growing for years but this election cycle may finally drive home that unions no longer belong to the Democrat Party.
Internal polling from the Teamsters Union shows that Trump is destroying Harris as he holds a whooping 59% to 34% lead.
O'Brien claimed that this election's internal polling has been the "most inclusive process in the union’s 121-year history, ensuring that the voices of their members guide the final decision."
This internal polling may be why the meeting with Harris was tense and why there hasn't been an announcement yet. How can O'Brien and Teamsters Union leadership endorse Harris when an overwhelming majority of members want Trump?
The Teamsters Union is largely made up of truckers and UPS drivers so it is no surprise to see them swing towards Trump who has been economically sound and receptive to the concerns of average American workers.
Meanwhile, Harris has been outright dismissive of inflation and the immigration crisis for years and only now is claiming that she can fix things after years of telling Americans that there was nothing to fix.
Harris failing to secure the Teamster's Union's endorsement is a damning indictment of just how badly Democrats have performed in the last three years. For decades, the slightest lip service was all Democrats needed to get automatic endorsements.
The Teamsters Union is so strongly in favor of Trump that there is growing anger among rank-and-file members that there wasn't a direct endorsement for Trump.
Members support Trump by a near 2 to 1 margin and yet O'Brien and Teamster Union leadership were too cowardly to outright endorse Trump.
However, this development is a de facto endorsement for Trump who needs blue-collar workers in swing states to carry him to a 2nd term in office. In return, Trump promises to undo the damage that President Biden and Kamala Harris have done in the past few years.
