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Teamster say won’t back presidential candidate, but prefer Trump in poll
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9/19/2024
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It's the first time in three decades that the Teamsters union will not endorse a presidential
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candidate.
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One of the largest unions in the US released a statement saying neither candidate showed
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enough commitment to the union's demands to round up support from its members.
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After reviewing six months of nationwide member polling, the union was left with few commitments
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on top Teamsters issues from either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala
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Harris and found no definitive support among members for either party's nominee.
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It's a humiliating blow to Kamala Harris as the union has systematically endorsed Democratic
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presidential candidates since Vice President Al Gore in 2000, but Donald Trump welcomed
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the news.
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It's a great honor. They're not going to endorse the Democrats. That's a big thing. And this
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is the first time in, I guess, 50, 60 years that that's happened. Democrats automatically
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have the Teamsters. They took a vote, and I guess I was at 60% or more, and that's a
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great honor.
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The Teamsters launched an electronic poll among its 1.3 million members after Joe Biden's
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withdrawal from the race, which showed that 60% preferred to endorse Donald Trump and
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34% backed Kamala Harris.
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The Teamsters, which represent truck drivers, freight workers and workers across a variety
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of other sectors, was one of the last major unions to announce who it was backing. Other
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unions like the powerful American Federation of Teachers and the United Auto Workers chose
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to back Harris.
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They have a strong presence in swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan,
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Obtaining the union's endorsement could also show that the presidential candidate is receptive
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to the blue-collar workers' needs, making their support in the presidential race crucial
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for either candidate.
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