In yet another sign of an historic shift in modern American politics, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has just announced that, for the first time since 1996, it will not be endorsing either of the major presidential candidates in this year’s election.
This announcement comes after an internal poll was conducted among members of the Teamsters on who they prefer for president. A staggering 58% [1] said they prefer President Trump, while a mere 31% support Kamala; this is a truly unprecedented result for a Republican candidate in the historically pro-Democrat union. By contrast, the previous poll conducted when Joe Biden was still the presumptive nominee showed 44% support for the Democrat and 36% support for Trump.
This is further proof that President Trump and his America First agenda [2] is on the side of the American worker. It is President Trump who supports American manufacturing, and with his protectionist policies, will revive American jobs and industries that were once thought to be lost due to globalization.
This bodes very well for his chances of retaking the three crucial Rust Belt states that are the key to his path to victory in November. The momentum is on the side of America First, and victory is within reach.
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Teamsters Refuse to Endorse a Prez Candidate for 1st Time in 28 Years – Members Overwhelmingly Back Trump.
By William Upton
The powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters union is announcing it will not be endorsing a presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 election [3] in November. The decision is a significant blow to the Democratic Party’s nominee, Kamala Harris, who has struggled to appeal to rank-and-file union members across the country.
Former President Donald J. Trump, the 2024 [4] Republican nominee, has made a significant effort to reach out to rank-and-file union members, focusing especially on using tariffs [5] to combat foreign nations that seek to undercut U.S. manufacturing.
The National Pulse reported [6] that Trump had a productive meeting with the union in January of this year, resulting in its president, Sean O’Brien, addressing [7] the Republican National Convention for the first time in July. O’Brien has also heaped praise [8] on the Republican vice presidential nominee, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH).
Before the union’s decision, the Teamsters released [1] polling [9] results among its rank-and-file members showing they break for former President Trump by nearly 60 percent over the Democratic Party nominee, Kamala Harris.
Teamster members polled electronically say they support Trump by 59.6 percent to Harris’s 34 percent. An additional 6.4 percent say they’re supporting another candidate. Among those surveyed over the telephone, 58 percent support Trump, while just 31 percent support Harris. Meanwhile, five percent say they support another candidate.
Curiously, a survey [10] of Teamster members conducted before Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election shows a much closer race between Trump and the 81-year-old Democrat. Members backed Biden by 44.3 percent to Trump’s 36.3 percent. An additional 5.6 percent said they were voting [11] for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [12], while 1.7 percent indicated they backed third-party candidate Cornel West.
The last time the Teamsters Union endorsed a Republican presidential candidate was George H.W. Bush in 1988.
Read the original article at The National Pulse [13]