Teamsters President Sean O’Brien eviscerates the Democratic Party: ‘They have f**** us over for the last 40 years’

The president of the powerful 1.3 million-member Teamsters union has criticized the Democratic Party and described how he believes the party has fooled us over the past four decades.

Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien spoke about this with comedian Theo Von Podcast from last weekend to which he has more than 3 million subscribers.

O’Brien described himself as a Democrat but believes the party may no longer be the right party to represent the working class.

“I’m a Democrat, but they fooled us for once in the last 40 years we stand up as a union and say, what the hell have you done for us?’ O’Brien said in scathing remarks.

“I’m under attack from the left, you know, and since I’ve been in power for over two and a half years, we’ve given the Democratic machine $15.7 million.

“We gave the Republicans about $340,000, honestly, so it’s like, you know, people say the Democratic party is the party of working people, but in reality they’re bought and paid for by the big tech companies,” O explained “Brien out.

“Now you have the Republicans now saying, ‘Hey, we want the workers’ party!” and okay, you now have a great opportunity to do that.

“As far as Democrats are concerned, if 60 percent of our members don’t support you, the damn system is broken and you need to fix it. SPoint your fingers at the Teamsters Union and look in the mirror,” he said bluntly.

Earlier in the podcast, O’Brien explained how he believed the sands could shift as the Republican Party now competes to be the party that represents workers.

“It’s funny, you know, before you always had Democrats fighting for working people, and now we’re seeing kind of a shift where working people feel like they’ve been let down by the Democratic Party and Republicans say they want to be the party that should represent them. the working class,” O’Brien said.

“They have a chance to do it, but you know, I think we have a huge opportunity to organize. We exposed them and we fought. And you know our biggest opponent right now is Amazon, and we’re going to crush them.”

Last month, the powerful union opted not to endorse either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris for president, in a major blow to Democrats.

The move came just weeks after O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention, and days after Harris met with union leaders.

A letter from the union’s board revealed divisions among members and an erosion in support for Democrats after Joe Biden stepped down in July.

“President Joe Biden received the support of Teamsters who voted in local unions in straw polls between April and July, prior to his exit from the race,” the statement said, citing polls of members.

“But in independent electronic and telephone polls from July through September, a majority of voting members twice chose Trump for a potential Teamsters endorsement over Harris.”

“The union’s extensive membership surveys showed no majority support for Vice President Harris and no universal support among members for President Trump.”

That left the leadership of the union, which includes truck drivers and a range of other professions, in the difficult position of selecting a candidate who did not have strong support from its own membership.

The union, which is more conservative than many other Democratic-aligned unions, has not endorsed a Republican since 1988. She also did not express her support in 1976 or 1996, during Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign.

This high-impact step comes in an election where battleground states are crucial. Public polls show Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all with strong union membership, up for grabs.

It is the only one of the country’s ten largest unions that Harris does not support.

According to data released by the union, supporters chose Trump over Harris by 60 to 34 percent.

The announcement was the latest industrial action in a hard-fought election battle.

Biden made a point of marching with striking UAW workers earlier this year. And Trump sparked controversy with an approving comment to Elon Musk on the X platform when Musk talked about firing striking workers.

The Teamsters also slammed both candidates for not promising to support them on key issues.

“After going through six months of nationwide membership surveys and completing nearly a year of roundtable discussions with all the major candidates for president, the union was left with few commitments on Top Teamsters issues from former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris – and found no definitive support among members for either party’s candidate,” the report said.