“Today the Teamsters are here to say we are beholden to no one or to any party,” the president of Teamsters International told the crowd at the Republican National Convention Monday night.
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O'Brien made history as the first Teamster to ever speak at the convention. In his lengthy 16-minute speech, the Teamster president praised former President Donald Trump for opening the doors of the RNC to the union.
“I don't care if I'm criticized,” he insisted, in a move that went some way toward acknowledging the union's long record of Democratic support and the backlash he'd already received for accepting the RNC invitation.
“The Teamsters and the GOP may not agree on many issues, but a growing group has shown the courage to sit together and consider positions that aren't funded by big money,” he continued, pledging to “create an agenda and work with a bipartisan coalition ready to deliver real results for the American worker.”
