Trump Courts the Union Vote

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

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Last night at the Republican National Convention, Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, spoke. O’Brien was the first Teamsters president to ever speak at an RNC and his presence represents a shift in union voters away from the Democratic Party. WSJ’s Paul Kiernan reports on why some union voters are interested in voting for former President Trump this election. Further Listening: -‘We’ll Strike All Three’: The UAW’s Historic Walkout Further Reading: -For Embattled Biden, Union Members Aren’t the Reliable Support They Used to Be Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The theme last night at the Republican National Convention was Make America Wealthy
0:10.3	Once Again. I was there on the floor and the crowd was hype. One of the main
0:17.2	speakers of the night was Sean O'Brien. I'm Sean O'Brien, general president of
0:22.3	the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
0:25.0	And O'Brien's presence at the R&C was kind of a big deal.
0:30.0	He was the first president of the Teamsters to ever address the Republican Convention.
0:34.0	O'Brien's Union is one of the country's largest, with over 1 million members,
0:39.0	including warehouse, freight, and parcel workers.
0:42.0	Never forget American workers own this nation.
0:47.0	We are not renters.
1:00.0	We are not renters, we are not tenants, but the corporate elite treat us like squatters and that is a crime. In his speech, O'Brien criticized the Chamber of Commerce and attacked what he called
1:05.4	gigantic multinational corporations.
1:08.4	We need corporate welfare reform under our current system massive companies like Amazon, Uber, Lyft, and Walmart
1:17.1	take zero responsibilities for the workers they employ.
1:21.1	This is not exactly what you expect to hear at the Republican National Convention.
1:25.8	The party has been long tied to pro-business and pro-market policies.
1:30.2	But O'Brien was invited to speak by former President Trump.
1:34.0	To be frank, when President Trump invited me to speak at this convention,
1:39.4	there was political unrest.
1:41.8	On the left and on the right.
1:46.0	Hard to believe.
1:47.8	The Teamsters had endorsed Biden in 2020,
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