Teamsters Union Head Tells Theo Von Democrats ‘F*cked Us Over for the Last 40 Years’

 
Sean O'Brien Rips Democrats on Theo Von's Podcast

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Teamsters Union President Sean O’Brien ripped into Democrats during an appearance on Theo Von’s podcast, saying the party “fucked over” his union members and revealing that a recent meeting with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) got “fucking ugly.”

The Teamsters made waves this election cycle when O’Brien revealed the union of more than one million members would not be endorsing former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris. This is the first time the group has not made a presidential endorsement since 1996.

O’Brien joined comedian Von on This Past Weekend podcast where he held nothing back when discussing his organization’s historic support of Democrats. According to the union president, a number of polls taken among members showed a near-even split, with many supporting Trump in the upcoming race.

Democrats, O’Brien claimed, are “bought and paid for” by Big Tech companies.

O’Brien argued:

“I’ll be honest with you, I’m a Democrat but they have fucked us over for the last 40 years and for once, and not all of them, but for once, we’re standing up as a union, probably the only one right now saying, what the fuck have you done for us? And I’m getting attacked from the left and we’ve given since I’ve been in office two and a half years, we’ve given the Democratic machine $15.7 million. We’ve given Republicans about $340,000, truth be told. So, it’s like, you know, people say the Democratic Party is the party of the working people; they’re bought and paid for Big Tech, those Big Tech companies.”

O’Brien said Republicans have a “great opportunity” to become the party of the “working class.” He also revealed a meeting with Schumer following O’Brien speaking at the Republican National Convention got “fucking ugly.”

“Stop pointing fingers at Sean O’Brien, stop pointing fingers at the Teamsters Union. Look in the mirror. I mean, I had a heated debate, a heated discussion two weeks ago with Chuck Schumer and it got fucking ugly,” O’Brien said.

“Chuck Schumer is a piece of shit,” Von added.

“And it got ugly because, you know, these politicians, you know, the one I’ve learned, they fucking walk in and they tell you, I did this for you. Okay, great. Let me tell you what you haven’t fucking done for us or our members,” O’Brien continued. “And we got into it pretty heavy and I’m like, you had no problem taking $550,000 from me three weeks prior to me going to the Republican National Convention and then you want to be a fucking tough guy on Twitter or X or whatever it is and throw shit out there about me?”

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Zachary Leeman covered pop culture and politics at outlets such as Breitbart, LifeZette, BizPac Review, HollywoodinToto, and others. He is the author of the novel Nigh. He joined Mediaite in 2022.