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bottomofthehill

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1. What is the common thread between all the incumbents the teamsters donated to?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 05:00 AM

Aug 12

They all voted against the 40 Billion Dollar bail out of their pension plan the plan that was mismanaged and stolen from by the Teamsters fucking their own employees.

Fuck the Teamsters. With friends like them…….

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Teamsters pour money into GOP, shifting away from Dems [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 12 OP

What is the common thread between all the incumbents the teamsters donated to? bottomofthehill Aug 12 #1

men who believe trump has the right manly family values. nt msongs Aug 12 #2

GQP hate unions..... Lovie777 Aug 12 #3

Not quite accurate. Labor split the vote between VP Harris and trump, and in case some don't recall that lostincalifornia Aug 13 #29

Union members themselves were more supportive of Harris, and this was an increase from 2016 and 2020 muriel_volestrangler Aug 13 #35

Locals will ignore him? Polybius Aug 12 #4

Definitely not all of them BumRushDaShow Aug 12 #5

Obviously not all Polybius Aug 12 #24

But note my reply to you later in the thread BumRushDaShow Aug 13 #37

September 24, 2024 Teamsters locals buck national leadership, endorse Harris Omaha Steve Aug 12 #8

... Prairie Gates Aug 12 #12

I'm talking about the majority of the 1.4 million Teamster members Polybius Aug 12 #25

And who counted the votes? Omaha Steve Aug 12 #27

What? The Teamster leadership is corrupt historically? Say it ain't so. marble falls Aug 13 #31

Here's the problem with that BumRushDaShow Aug 13 #36

Yes they did, and labor in general split the vote between VP Harris and trump. lostincalifornia Aug 12 #28

Chickens voting for Col. Sanders. Irish_Dem Aug 12 #6

Bingo. bottomofthehill Aug 12 #7

That makes no sense at all. Vinca Aug 12 #9

fucking ridiculous-- the GOP is a criminal fascist organization... but maybe the Teamsters LymphocyteLover Aug 12 #10

I don't understand this Diraven Aug 12 #11

The problem is THIS Union President BumRushDaShow Aug 12 #13

Weren't these the same folks that had the 18 wheeler blockades at Canada and Mexico border? walkingman Aug 12 #14

No - that "Freedom Convoy" nonsense were probably mostly RW indies (non-union) BumRushDaShow Aug 12 #16

Thank you - always think of the truckers as Teamsters... walkingman Aug 12 #20

I expect many are BumRushDaShow Aug 12 #21

The people who gave us Reagan PhilosopherKing Aug 12 #15

Well there's a strategy to break up the unions. Buddyzbuddy Aug 12 #17

Please republicans, help destroy our union. JohnnyRingo Aug 12 #18

Hmmm Abstractartist Aug 12 #19

Somebody in the GOP has in incriminating pictures of Mr. O'Brien... maspaha Aug 12 #22

no, he's weak, a wimp and a cult wannabe member Shellback Squid Aug 13 #34

Thank you Dems, for a century of hard-fought battles to improve the lot of working people Zambero Aug 12 #23

I would love for a Dem to tell O'Brien they will pass a law to take back the billions given to the Teamsters pension. LonePirate Aug 12 #26

The only union I hated holdiing a card for. Been a member of the AFL-CIO, UAW. marble falls Aug 13 #30

Self-immolation Blue Owl Aug 13 #32

sean is a republican, he's trying to consolidate power Shellback Squid Aug 13 #33

The teamsters don't only represent truckers, Deminpenn Aug 13 #38