Teamsters back Greg Abbott as unions split endorsements in governor's race

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday drew the backing of a slew of labor unions, including the Texas Teamsters, in his bid for a record fourth term in office — a series of endorsements that the Republican touted as a first from labor groups that have historically backed Democrats.

Read more: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/abbott-teamsters-endorsement-21333700.php

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Shame on every Union that backs that son of a b****

[catrose]

2. Why would any union support him?

[MichMan]

22. Probably thinking he will win relection

and not wanting to butt heads with him

[catrose]

32. Not that it will help them.

[mdbl]

23. Seriously? They think he wants unions to remain viable?

Shit their dumb as a bag or rocks - or their leadership is compromised.

[Whyisthisstillclose]

3. So the Teamsters are not even pretending to give a shit about the country's workforce any more?

WTF? Abbott would run all the unions out of Texas if given half a chance.

[GiqueCee]

4. And thus ends...

... ANY support, however reserved, I might've had over the years for the Teamsters Union. No rationalization can defend an alliance with a psychotic monster like Greg Abbott. A great many Texans secretly wish that tree had been bigger.

[Emile]

5. Back before Rush Limbaugh, the Teamsters used to be a great union.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

6. They endorsed Nixon and Reagan.

[Emile]

7. Wow, been longer than I thought. Thanks for the correction.

[Polybius]

27. And George H.W. Bush in 1988

Here's their endorsement list:

1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat)
1968: Hubert Humphrey (Democrat)
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: No Endorsement (Neutral)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1992: Bill Clinton (Democrat)
1996: No Endorsement
2000: Al Gore (Democrat)
2004: John Kerry (Democrat)
2008: Barack Obama (Democrat)
2012: Barack Obama (Democrat)
2016: Hillary Clinton (Democrat)
2020: Joe Biden (Democrat)
2024: No Endorsement

[LiberalArkie]

13. Maybe before Jimmy Hoffa

[Number9Dream]

8. Teamsters refused to endorse Biden, even after Biden marched with the UAW

Teamsters can go to hell... nazi enablers.

[markodochartaigh]

26. President Biden was the first, and only,

president to walk a picket line. 80-100 years ago this would have earned him undying loyalty from the vast majority of workers. US workers have become so propagandized and sycophantic that President Biden walking the picket line barely made a ripple. It may be impolitic to say so, but I think that the US workforce is going to get what we deserve.

[Polybius]

29. The poster was wrong

The Teamsters endorsed Biden.

Teamsters Endorse Biden-Harris Ticket

[markodochartaigh]

31. I'm glad that they did.

However my point was about the individual union voters who didn’t support President Biden, or for that matter any Democratic candidate after the Democratic president for the first time in history walked a picket line.

[Polybius]

28. Incorrect

They endorsed Biden.

Teamsters Endorse Biden-Harris Ticket

[newdeal2]

30. In 2020 yes

In 2024, they were noncommittal even before he dropped out. And then of course they sat on their hands when Kamala was the nominee.

[Polybius]

35. They usually endorse late, and were very strong with Biden

So we don't know for certain if they would have endorsed him in 2024 or not.

[kurtyboy]

9. Talk Radio

Most truckers listen to talk radio for hours on end, every day they work. Talk radio is almost exclusively right-oriented, from a significant "leaning" to out and out reactionary bordering on seditious. In many parts of the heartland, the south, and the mountain west--across which interstate truckers must travel--there are simply no other options to while away the hours.

I suppose podcasts might be an alternative, but the bias is built in, now. When they sit down for a meal at a truckstop or are in the breakroom if they are local truckers, the conversations are mostly one-sided. The social pressure to conform surely influences a few of them.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. A lost generation. Totally mind fucked since Limbaugh and his copy-cat proteges. Goes back to 1978.

[Initech]

10. I back Greg Abbott... for 20 to life in Supermax.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

11. Teamsters

Corrupt as ever.

[LiberalArkie]

12. Generalization: Teamsters have been the violent union for a very long time. Think Jimmy Hoffa

Violent people like people like Miller and Trump.

[dem4decades]

14. I'll be laughing when the trucks aren't driven by teamsters anymore.

[walkingman]

15. Just one of the unions in America that support a political party that is anti-union - real smart.

[Vinca]

16. Are they insane??????????????????

[Bread and Circuses]

17. F U Teamsters . They must be members of the pedophile club

[bluestarone]

18. I'm pro union, when union is pro worker, so

Fuck TEAMSTERS 100% F them!!

[Angrybob2001]

19. Makes me sick

It makes me sick that I have to be a member of the teamsters to keep my job.

[Lucky Luciano]

21. I often wonder if I should stop giving a Fuck about working people if they prefer MAGAts.

[samsingh]

25. me too

[NBachers]

24. A pox on all their houses

[Marie Marie]

33. I give up. I will never understand and I'm exhausted by trying.

May you get everything you voted for and more.

[LudwigPastorius]

34. They're like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.

Dumbasses!