As you may recall, Teamsters Union chief Sean O’Brien made history last fall by speaking at the Republican National Convention and not the Democrat National Convention.
There was a very good reason for that. The Democrats have lost working class Americans.
O’Brien talked about this in a recent interview with the Free Press, noting that all of the issues Democrats ran on in the last election were ‘social justice’ issues and not the economic issues that members of his union care about.
He also pointed out that Democrats no longer talk to working Americans, instead opting to pay attention to their elitist donor class.
The Daily Caller has more details:
Teamsters Union President Sean O’Brien explained on “Honestly with Bari Weiss” Tuesday that he believes the Democratic Party has abandoned working Americans by serving special interests and campaigning on “social justice issues.”
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters in September 2024 declined to endorse a 2024 presidential candidate after publishing internal polling data demonstrating that nearly 60% of the workers it represented favored President Donald Trump over former Vice President Kamala Harris. O’Brien criticized Democrats on The Free Press podcast for not spending time in person with their constituents.
“Where the Democrats lost … they fell in love with their captors. They fell in love with big money. They fell in love with big tech. And they forgot who they’re truly representing: working people. You know why? Because they’re not in their communities, not in their neighborhoods,” O’Brien said. “They’re not talking to the people that they’re paid to represent. And when you talk to people one-on-one — look, I can sit in my office all day, every day, and try and solve problems over the phone and I’m not going to get a true testimonial of what is actually going on.”
Watch the video below:
NEW: Teamsters Boss Sean O’Brien *BLASTS* Dems for selling out working Americans
“They fell in love with their captors. They fell in love with big money. They fell in love with big tech. And they forgot who they’re truly representing: working people.”@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/kUht3sBVPd
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) August 5, 2025
It has been amazing to watch Democrats in the months following the election as they still don’t seem to understand the issues that O’Brien addresses here. They just keep doubling down on woke issues and being anti-Trump. It may continue to cost them big time.
