Union boss stuns with major Republican endorsement as election nears
Teamsters president endorsed Senate Republican Ashley Moody in the Florida Senate race, marking a major break from traditional union Democratic ties.
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Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien endorsed Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in the Florida Senate race, saying she has helped on workers' pensions, jobs and apprenticeship programs. O'Brien, a self-described lifelong Democrat who leads a union of about 1.3 million members, said he voted in Florida for the first time. Moody's Democratic opponent, state lawmaker Angie Nixon, replied on X that she would stand with rank-and-file Teamsters, and some online critics questioned O'Brien voting in Florida.
The framing leans toward the GOP by calling the endorsement a 'stunning' break from Democrats and quoting only critics of the Democratic side, such as 'far-left' and 'socialist politicians'. The piece also leans on an anonymous 'top commenter' and the 'scab' label to portray criticism, while giving little context on why most unions back Democrats.
- Headline and opening say the endorsement 'stuns' observers, though no observers are quoted.
- Embedded links use loaded terms like 'socialist politicians' and 'DSA's Nixon' to describe Democrats.
- Criticism of O'Brien rests on an unnamed 'top commenter' and unspecified 'other critics'.
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Democrats been taking working people for granted for years, so even a union boss can see a Republican who puts America first is the better choice. And don't let nobody tell me a Black man can't be a Republican, I been one my whole life.
Wells I'll be doggoned, ain't nobody gonna tell ya what kinda feller can be a Republican. Common sense don't got a color, it just got a paycheck an a mortgage. Them Democrats talk big to the workin man every four years an then go back to fixin up their own pockets. Good on that union fella fer seein it, an good on you too, stay the course!
Good on him, sure, but a union boss endorsing a party that gutted the NLRB and calls collective bargaining "a special interest" is like a turkey endorsing Thanksgiving. Meanwhile Kash Patel is out here on a taxpayer jet to Vegas, and THAT'S the guy fixing up his own pockets. Common sense don't got a color, but it does got a private jet tail number.
Well now, ain't that something. A union boss finally seeing the light and backing someone who actually cares about American workers instead of just pandering to the socialist agenda. This is what happens when people start realizing the Democrat Party only cares about their own power, not the hardworking men and women who keep this country running. Maybe if more union leaders stopped letting the coastal elites tell them what to think, we'd actually get some common sense back in Washington.
It's about time some of these union leaders woke up and saw which party actually cares about American workers and not just their own political power. Ashley Moody is a strong conservative, exactly what Florida needs. The Democrats have been pushing their woke nonsense and open borders for too long, hurting families and jobs. Glad to see a leader finally putting country over party.
If "cares about workers" means endorsing the party that keeps weakening their bargaining power, the arithmetic has taken a strange turn.
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The headline calls this a "stun" and a "major break" from traditional union ties. The story gives one data point: a single Teamsters endorsement in a single Senate race. One endorsement from one leader is not a trend, and it says nothing about how the actual membership votes. Union households have split their ballots for years, and the leadership endorsement is a poor proxy for that. If Fox wants to claim a realignment, show the member polling. Until then this is a press release with a dramatic adjective attached.
One endorsement. Sure. And Fox is the only one who noticed, because the rest of the legacy press would rather ignore it. When a union boss backs a Republican, CNN and the Times bury it. If a Teamsters leader endorsed a Democrat, you'd call it a tidal wave.
Union households have been splitting their ballots for years. You said it yourself. That's the point. The rank and file are not the DNC's property anymore, and the leadership is finally catching up to it. Members are sick of gas prices, sick of open borders, sick of being lectured by people who've never worked a shift.
Demanding member polling is a nice dodge. Polling from the same outfits that missed it in 2016 and 2024? No thanks. Watch the actual vote.