Teamsters President Sean O'Brien told Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson on Monday's podcast that Vice President Kamala Harris was the He said that he had turned his back on the union.
In September, the Teamsters, one of the nation's largest labor unions, announced for the first time that it would not endorse a candidate. Since then In 1996, the group did not endorse any presidential candidates. On “The Tucker Carlson Show,” O'Brien told Carlson that Harris met with one of the union's executive committee members at an event after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race.
“They line up to take pictures and Joan introduces herself to Vice President Harris.” [and] “I’m Joan Corey,” I said. I am the general executive officer of the Teamsters. “she [Harris] “Teamsters?'' You better get on. You'd better get on it soon. 'I'm telling the vice president,''' O'Brien said.
“In front of her?” Carlson asked. “Damn, I thought I was being arrogant. That's really arrogant!”
O'Brien went on to say that he then called former Democratic U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh to inform him of Harris' reaction and warned him about her tone toward unions. (Related: 'What are you doing!?': Co-hosts stunned after Cenk Uyghur claims Kamala could easily become Governor of California)
“So she comes back. There's a meeting the next day,” O'Brien said. “She tells me, 'So I call Marty Walsh. He wasn't the Secretary of Labor, but, you know, he was lobbying hard to get us to show our support.' It's like, “Let me ask you a question, Marty.'' Sorry for my French. Who does this damn woman think she is? If I want support from some organization, I don't slam someone in the face and say, “You better get involved, or else.” But that is the attitude of this party as a whole. ”
O'Brien said Harris told Carlson that Harris agreed to the interview only after the group pressured her. O'Brien previously said in media interviews that the Democratic Party does not invite labor unions to its convention and that Harris did not agree to a roundtable discussion.
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“So she came to the roundtable. Same format, same questions — rank-and-file members are asking her the same questions as every other candidate. They were trying to negotiate with us. She I just want to answer three questions. It's like, “Here are 16 questions.” She answered three of them, and on the fourth question one of her operatives or staff members slipped a note in front of me. “This is the last question.'' And that was 20 minutes earlier than the scheduled end time,'' O'Brien added. “So you're there trying to get our support, and her declaration on the way out was, 'I'm going to win without you.'”
Mr. O'Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention in July, even though unions tend to support Democratic candidates. said The group is “not dependent on anyone or any political party.” In September, two major internal voting The group said 59.6% of its members electronically submitted a vote in favor of the group endorsing Trump as presidential candidate, but only 31% supported Harris. It was. Similarly, in a survey telephone poll, 58% supported Trump, 31% supported Harris, 6% were undecided, and 5% said they were “don't know.”
Carlson called Harris' actions “crazy,” but O'Brien said Biden and Harris were reluctant to speak to the media after their meeting with lawmakers, and that this was not Trump's behavior. He said it was a complete contrast.
“The only difference with all the candidates that came together is that we set up the media at the end of all these roundtables, so after that [the] conclusion of [the] After meeting with President Trump, I held a press conference in the lobby of my building. Well, Donald Trump held a press conference in the lobby of my building after his speech. Similar offers were made to both President Biden and Vice President Harris, but they declined,” O'Brien said.
“So you're meeting with the biggest labor organization you want, and you have the opportunity to be asked questions by the media about how the meeting felt and what you wanted to accomplish. But you don't want to talk to the media.'' ?That's a problem. But to Mr. Trump's credit, he held a press conference in the foyer of our building. ”
During Harris' campaign, the vice president was constantly criticized for not having deep conversations with the media and giving vague answers when she sat down with reporters. Despite her efforts to appeal to voters and her use of surrogates, Harris lost support among key Democratic voters, including Hispanics and black men.
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