101 points

Maybe next time don’t support someone that tried to overthrow the government.

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Did they support Trump though? He spoke at the RNC but his speech was vehemently anti-Republican.

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Yeah - I was the first to criticize him for thing there, but the speech was very pro-union and a slap in the face to the GOP. He walked into the lion’s den giving double-fingers.

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The best way to walk into a GOP convention.

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Honestly, as someone who lost their job, in part, thanks to Sean O’Brien, I really applauded his speech to the RNC. It was great.

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If he cost you your job, you were on borrowed time anyway.

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He praised Trump, Vance, and other anti-union politicians in his speech. So, yes?

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And ya know is vehemently anti-labor. This guy was a fucking clown for deciding to make that speech at that venue.

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You need to go where people are to speak to them - I can’t speak to their personal motivations but they ended up delivering a good message to a bunch of folks that would never normally hear it because unions are “lib’ruhl”.

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He was stage managed and ended up simply giving bona fides to Trump’s “working man” schtick. It didn’t go well, it helped Trump, hurt democrats, and generally showed a hubris that ended up hurting the interests of labor unions.

Want evidence? Look how many people in this thread took exactly the opposite message from his appearance at the RNC. Whatever his intentions, the actuality of the situation harmed the cause of organized labor.

Politics is pragmatics. He got beat.

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Dude tried to play both sides against the middle as the GOP was fumbling the ball.

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Blue collar union dipshits are a majority Trump supporters and don’t think they’re voting against their interests. Its not surprising he went to the RNC.

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He never supported Trump. His speech was phenomenal. Maybe you should go listen to it.

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lol did you listen to his speech at the RNC?

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I recommend actually listening to the speech, he was very much not playing both sides

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^this take:

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The leopards! My facccee!!

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I thought it was a good speech in the right venue. Those asshat haven’t heard anything like that. Trump looked confused.

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In this thread: “bothering to reach half the country who tends not to agree (or understand) your positions is icky”.

Y’all need to get on board with diversity of tactics. Memeing on your ass isn’t going to cut it alone.

The union’s job is to empower the workers, like it or not, by getting inserted at the RNC, it will have a lasting impact.

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Case in point, is it more impactful to hear a criticism of Trump from a DNC speaker or an RNC speaker? Wtf is the actual complaint here?

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His presence gives the Republicans standing to claim (however falsely) that they’re the party of working people.

I get the argument, but it seems to me that the RNC took advantage of him much more than the other way around.

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That may be true, but he also got a different kind of message out to a large variety of viewers that was different from the rest of the convention.

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Purity at all costs?

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Lol if you think the bozo who is in a union and votes Republican will ever change their minds about anything. News flash buddy it’s ain’t logic they are running on. You might as well preach to a wall.

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I watched his speech and I am not a Republican voter.

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Looks like yeah actually it was pretty shitty for him to give that speech there https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/teamsters-sean-obrien-rnc-speech

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