Teamsters Union president addresses the Republican National Convention 

I guess people just hear whatever it is they want to hear. I heard a lot of republican values here asking corporations to pay for pensions instead of the American tax payer.

​@@autumngroth5876 That republican value was lost 40 years ago

@@jarrodedwards5819 Turning responsibilities to private companies instead of the government is the core of capitalist conservative belief.

@@autumngroth5876 Not any more, corporations own what once was GOP.

This might be a bit to PROGRESSIVE for some people at the RNC who didn't know wither clap after wards or not but at least its BEING SAID FINALLY!

I saw quite a few of establishment Republicans looking around like, WTF?

Traitor

@tylerhansen99870 Just like you did?

Cause Trump is anti union and it's clear he's trying to lobby unions to his campaign for votes.

​@tylerhansen99870like trump does on social media

@@Historybluff1986 Americans never meet up with traitors.

Things are not as clear cut as you think. The vast majority of Teamsters I know did not vote for Biden in 2020.

​@@hochhaul Perhaps, but Republicans are the ones running all the union busting operations.

and he had them cheering. Listen to the message and notice most of us want the same thing with regards to economic security. And he didn't do an endorsement, either.

Underlying fact Republicans HATE organized labor. That will never change.

Leftists are insane

yes, trump starts looking a bit off and flustered at the halfway point. too bad.

I know! They were like, What? Who invited this guy? lol

Agreed. But conservatives are great at pro-worker messaging all while voting anti-worker, anti-union. Their pro-corporation legislative voting rolls speak volumes. Let's vote based on what they do, not what they say.

@@kitskivich Indeed.

At first I thought what the -uck but now I see what he’s trying to do

I nominate O'Brien to step in for Biden. He could easily beat Trump in a debate.

@@gaslitmasses75 I 100% agree with that.

This is a monumental speech - Biden needs to call it quits - but then again Kamala is a nightmare as well

Oh my , I’ve just retired with a good pension - I don’t know any nurse who isn’t in a union - uk nurse here . Never sure why USA workers put up with your lives ! 35 days paid holiday - 6 months full pay 6 months half pay if sick ( not linked to holiday ) three maternity leaves of 6 months - paid . Cannot believe unions are not part of life

That is shameful

I pretty well lost my nursing job due to union-busting

@@carolcoleman8936 All you have to do is listen to the man's speech if you want to understand why it is the way it is in the states.

Only the union members by voting endorse the POTUS ballots are send out oct

Nah he Just thanked Trump multiple times for making it possible. Fir opening the doors to them

Watch Fox news and corporate media distance republicans from this speech.

​@DaTooch_e You mean MSNBC and lefties calling for this guy's head. Republicans have always been America first.

Total Chad

YES!!!

As a teamster member we are very lucky to have him

YES!

That right there! 👊🏽

​@@TheBeebop420I agree! TEAMSTER 631

Sean O'Brien. stated: “Elites have no party, elites have no nation.” Sean O'Brien statement is ripped straight out of Adolf Hitler, who frequently railed against “rootless international”-especially Jewish-bankers without loyalty to “blood and soil.”

You think every man and woman in that hall is an "elite"? The elites in the party are furious with Trump. The elites are the Mitt Romney's, the Nikki Haleys, the well heeled business owners. They were all perfectly happy to see the GOP and the country sold out. Trump terrifies them.

They will also be at the dnc soon

Probably more elites in the Democrat room

​@mikecodester not at all. What's really funny is that the real division isn't between the republicans or democrats. It's between the elites and the working class. The elites just keep us divided with politics and many other distractions.

@@mikecodester nope

you must not have seen zell millers speech at the 2004 convention then

He is a traitor sharing space with traitors.

​@@TainoCyberBehikeDJSanakoriHave you noticed the difference in the composition of the crowd at the RNC v. the DNC? All wealthy white elitists. No people of color. At the DNC you see women and minorities well represented and they are more casually dressed. Much more representative of mainstream America.

More union leaders and members will speak at the dnc

​@TainoBehikeDJSanakori your not part of the solution talking like that

@@raymondsaucier4433 Sean O’Brien rocks!! American workers are the wheels on the bus; unfortunately billionaire corporations own the bus & GOP, thanks to 😡 Citizens United

Agreed, @jarrodedwards5819. Excellent points.

Yeah he was literally just spitting straight facts which for some reason most people think are like socialism but when you say them with the right energy and a few nice things about The_Donald sprinkled in there then ya know i can see how these folks would be on board with most of these ideas

@@Weegeeguy208I mean let's talk about the entire left side of the political spectrum calling this guy a traitor and requesting he step down for even speaking at the RNC. When I was a kid the Democrats were the party of workers, that couldn't be further from the truth these days.

@@KeivonWashington partisanship for the sake of partisanship is stupid i agree

I hope that's the case but, unfortunately, his presence at the RNC screams pro-Republican to the Teamsters and other union members writing in the comments on Forbes' RU-vid post. Conservative voting records are deeply Right-to-Work and for cutting union pensions, but people seeing O'Brien at the RNC now think he endorses Trump.

Exactly, he flat out the elites are only loyal to the balance sheet and not the working people. The elites own both parties.

we all get taxed more

most unions are a scam

My union was against raygun too, but my brother's union, the UTU endorsed the prick.

Yep. Union busting billionaire Elon Musk just endorsed Trump and pledged $45 million dollars a month.

Biden totally screwed those pipe line workers 2 weeks into his term

The Teamsters endorsed Reagan TWICE. Sad but true.

@@rebeccacashero1539 Dont hold your breath. Im sure Trump would tolerate a union in one of his businesses right?

Good luck with that one.

It was amusing to listen to conservatives applaud someone speaking against everything they believe in, and even more amusing to listen to the applause get far less enthusiastic as O'Brien's speech progressed.

​@@kitskivich You do know that your opposition isn't some monolith made of caricatures, correct?

Why do you guys always make up this nonsense? Like every Trump rally, he points at the cameras and does his whole "WAYOAHH THE FAKE MEDIA, THEY'RE TURNING OFF THEY'RE CAMRAZ! YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NO RED LIGHT ANYMORE!" song and dance, and you rubes fall for it hook, line, and sinker. Wanna know how I know this is true? There's countless videos of him doing exactly this, and the footage is from CNN, MSNBC, the places he claims are turning their cameras off. It's like WWE with you weirdos.

Corporate media is biased to the left and Unions.

He literally said the left called him a traitor for doing this speech. This just boosted trump once again, not that he needed it. Trump is the next president and you can’t stand it

I wondered that too. He should also speak at the Democratic convention.

@@robins_rodeo Dems didn't invite him. Trump did.

@@robins_rodeo The Democrat party's policies on trade and open border migration are destroying the unions. I don't think you realize just how many Teamsters hate Joe Biden with every fiber of their being. Hilarious when people unironically think the DNC is somehow anti- big business as they watch MSNBC, packed to the rafters with former Bush era neo-cons.

​@@chipmunk1227 Without flat out saying he also said all the anti labor Republicans and their corporate donors are the problem too. He only praised a very small number of republican politicians, like 5 of them

Yeah he can speak

@@duhgreat8449As a 19 year Teamster, I would vote for him right now over the two tired old men.

Maybe it’s the start of a third party?

@@michaelho2384 Labor party

Billionaires don't like the working man

I never imagined the President of the Teamsters would ever speak at the RNC. Yet Biden’s war on the American worker has led us to this historic event.

​@kazamareenkurios8197 you COMPLETELY missed the point. He actually told off the Republicans and Trump to their face.

@@logans.mcquillan3527 No, he didn't he talked about the war on American workers & he's right. I am a long-term union member & union leaders don't like Trump, but rank & file are sick of inflation, crime, unvetted prancing in, funding wars etc., They endorsed Biden in the past but also say he hasn't delivered as he promised. What's making Dems nervous is like this leader said, no one owns their vote. I don't really care if he endorses or not, I think it's great he was open to coming in & sharing his message....that is historic. Months of deteriorating relations and rising concerns about Biden's political endurance have soured sentiment among some of the leaders at the union, which represents workers in fields ranging from trucking to manufacturing and office work. "No final decision has been made," said Kara Deniz, a spokesperson for the Teamsters, adding that any reporting that suggests an outcome is speculative.

@@kazamareenkurios8197 what are you talking about lady? Biden's NLRB is probably the best thing about his administration and the FTC banning non-compete. Look, I know you republicans dont know anything about labor, but maybe you should look at some GOP initiatives that were a direct consequence of trump, or is GOP dogma that are diametrically opposed to workers. Trump even tried to do a speech at a non-union auto factory during the auto workers strike, what a clown! the GOP's decades old wet dream of cutting and ending social security and medicare. or Trumps court producing some disastrous decisions that are going to effect workers for decades to come like right to work and the chevrom doctrine. I could go on and on, but if you seriously think the GOP and trump are going to be pro union or pro worker anytime soon, than I have a bridge to sell you. The teamsters president is doing what he's supposed to do, which to speak to anyone that will listen. but this idea that biden's admin is doing a war on the american worker is insane. He is the first POTUS to ever walk a picket line with the auto workers, and he will most likely get the endorsement of the teamsters in the end, just like they did in 2020.

@@logans.mcquillan3527 the point was ENTIRELY lost on you. He'd never been invited before. 121 years. He clearly stands for free speech and so does Trump. Who knows what endorsement even means anymore with social media driving a daily opinion. Sorry but this just shook everyone in the best way possible, a win/win.

He's a traitor. If you believe republicans or trump care about working people you're either not paying attention or a bot.

@@Morning404 I take it as he is caring about his membership. He blasted the Republicans to their faces. What's traitorous about that?

@@Morning404a traitor for what? Did you watch the the speech or are you just talking from ignorance?

R u gonna leave us hanging

@@anobody3803 Every Democrat in Congress voted to prevent the pensions of more than 350,000 Teamsters from being cut by up to 65% by including the Butch Lewis Act in the American Rescue Plan. Every Republican voted against it. You'll see this trend in bill after bill.

Neither party supported the pro act. It's why it's not the law.

Which party votes to keep more of one's own money in their pocket? Which administration had increasing wages across the board? Which party has more in common with the actual members culturally?

and… that good! This speech was classic liberalism and a total hijack! Thank you Mr. O’Brien

Then why was he at the GOP house? Trump hates unions.

He’s rich in the 1 percent with a salary of over 300k. lol what a hypocrite

@@Tendertroll1300k is not 1 percent in mass the guy also works all day 7 days a week a position like that is a lifestyle not a job . He also has the responsibility of over a million workers and if he makes a mistake he could damage life for a lot of people. He’s underpaid.

Loved it and can't stand Mullin

❤❤❤

Wages went up in 17, 18, and 19. The economy was roaring and delivering for everyone. So much so, that people remember having money with Trump, and that's mainly why he's leading. He was also strong on the border, because illegals suppress wages (Bernie used to say this too, when he was allowed). Trump may not have enacted legislation that specifically helped unions, but to say he didn't help the working class at all is dishonest.

@@tylerspunucious7420 I own a commercial construction company. My taxes went from 35% to 21%, and my self-employment taxes stayed the same at 13.4%. The average person is having trouble with Joe Biden's America.

This is patently false. We had better real wages under trump, cheaper gas and better working conditions

Not really. Most rank and file members vote red. They don't want their taxes going up and want a stop to inflation. They want cheaper energy. The republican party is changing to a populist movement. If anything O'brien is just moving the way the members are.

Not really a “left” anymore

How was that left?! Asking corporations to pay for pensions instead of the taxpayer!

​@@autumngroth5876do you know what word represent "workers own the means of production"

Trump is the most classically liberal president we’ve had in decades

Cry more lefty

I am so confused. I definitely hear your desire to be rude and insulting, but why would any Democrat be crying after Sean O'Brien's speech? He showed great integrity by using the GOP invitation as an opportunity to school them on worker's issues, corporate greed, and corporate welfare. He spoke up for the value of bipartisan cooperation on the issues that impact workers. He never endorsed the pumpkin head. Well done, Teamsters. 💙🌊💙🌊

@@perryd765 Was this a ploy ??? I'm a Union guy and proud of it ! Trump is definitely not a Union guy ! He's just using O'brien for political points .

@@perryd765 When O'brien said , "ALL WORKERS". That means ALL workers! Trump is not a Union guy at all! I feel that O'brien was a Trojan Horse at this party! You' should've seen the faces!

@@perryd765 🎯

Subtlety isn't really their thing. ​@@perryd765

He praised his VP as being for the American workers.

how much is the sea cee pea paying you per post?

Trumps America that’s what universe

@@autumngroth5876😂

@@autumngroth5876 Name one of his businesses he employs union labor...............

@@autumngroth5876you mean right after he uses scabs on his buildings?

They care about them in the hardware stores .In the plumbing aisle, asking Non-Union labor employees where the pressure fittings are at ! Exactly !

Wow, so profound

It's pink, the typical color of socialists

Well it seems a lot of people are turning Trumps way these days.

👍👍👍👍👍 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Literally every State GOP platform endorses Right to Work laws, plus nationally, and wish to pass them if they aren’t already implemented. Any Union worker knows that Right to Work laws gut unions ability to function. It should really be that simple .

He made a lot of good points. I'm sure the elites didn't want to hear that stuff. Notice Trump bragging to J.D.Vance about getting him there. "Lachlan turned for far less..."

It is alright, his words were supportive of working people, I am belly laughing at the silence at points where that nest of conservatives so disagree with his words. You should see their astonishment postings. This guy, he knows this is not a place nor audience favorable to workers.

Absolutely!!! 😂 Trolling at its best! Negotiating tactic

Lol Republicans don't we work there bud

​​@@joshrinkus5800What Republicans do in their legislation as well as in the court systems is what truly hurts the American worker. Pay attention to their actions, not their words.

He does ! He's just lied his way to the Convention just to prove a point ! I LOVE IT !

@@joshrinkus5800 Yeah... Republican workers... But the ones in that room ain't about you

Are we watching the same video? Dude is fully excited seeing the Teamsters fully endorsing him. This is big for him

Showing up at the RNC is the endorsement.

You couldn’t be more wrong. Trump is the populace candidate and Biden is the out-of-touch elite

You and your liberal peers are living under oblivion watching this video.

pretty sure he just admitted he will not be endorsing the dems also. this is a huge win for Trump.

I might add while Trump went to a non union auto parts factory to hold a rally the same day I believe

@@BrittneyAMcCubbin 💯🎯 Yes he did.

@@BrittneyAMcCubbin Like this guy says - he stands for ALL American workers, union or not. That's not what the dems are doing as they cater to the globalist agenda.

Pro-strike busting, pro-escalation of wars, pro-jailing opposition, pro-trying to bump the Green Party (an actual leftist party) off of ballots. Keep voting for the blue half of corporatists and power abusers, though.

He can appoint pro labor representatives to the nlrb

False

Who said he is against anti-union??

​@@090ihhuNobody has to say he's anti union, if you're half as smart as you like to think you would probably be able take context clues from the anti union individuals he's installed into public positions, to push anti union legislation and policies forward. It's almost as if your feelings towards one party or the other are based entirely on emotions, and no facts that you've garnered through personal research. I would suggest working on your critical thinking before heading to the polls this year

​@@Dc-sz2osYou haven't studied it enough if you have to like your own comments to make it seem like your words have substance.

This is the new republican party. They are grassroots, small businesses, and limited federal government. Those were the RINOs.

Agreed, @idoyb449. I keep entreating people to review the legislative voting rolls on related legislation. Conservatives so not vote pro-worker. Having O'Brien speak was purely for optics.

@idoyb449 Republicans are not what they used to be. This is the Tea Party, grassroots, small business, and less federal government Republican party now! Those are the RINOs you are thinking of, keep up!

history and record has shown that dems are anti-war and pro free speech but that hasnt been the case the last 8-12 years, maybe things change? Idk

American made, American built is the union and gop plan.

​@@kennymontejano5361let me guess, that plan is 2 weeks away, right? 😂😂😂 liars

Nor in DNC.

The DNC is in bed with Corporations. Things are changing. People need to wake up. One is turning for workers and the other is going for Money and Government Unions only

​@kennymontejano5361 Union and GOP plans are not the same, and you're fully aware that.

Do your homework because it was Dems Unions and FDR who ushered in home ownership in the 1940s. The Dems passed legislation that helped working people unions got the 8hr work day paid vacations healthcare and retirement packages for workers in the 1940s/1950s and Reagan and the GOP destroyed it. Do the research.

Some good questions here. But one thing is incorrect. Trump doesn't want to touch social security. He says it all the time. Biden tried to say that in the debate, but was fact checked by CNN afterwards.

If you’re given a platform, take it. Plus, O’Brien might be doing this to scare the Dems and get something out of them. And let’s face it. The Dems are no great friends to labor either - not anymore.

Dude, half of them will still vote for Trump, the fact that Trump is even close in this-presidential race, just proves that people are very gullible and willing to vote against their interest.

Every workers right you have today is because of unions. If there were no unions you’d work80-100 hours a week and barely be able to put food on the table. Go read a book

Definitely did not he just said we're not beholden to any party, if he does he's going to lose a lot of respect.

Pro labor is not a progressive thing. It’s common sense. How anyone could be against this is insane.

@@matthewbradley8226 what's a word for "workers controlling the means of production"

​@@joshshultz1250Socialism. Socialism does not automatically mean "progressivism" in the way that American libs sell it. Most conservative working people would fully embrace socialism if they weren't so indoctrinated against it. There's nothing about socialism that says our borders should be open or that everyone should share the same opinions on stuff like gay marriage or abortions or whatever culture war subject is talked about this week. These are lies that both the Democrats and Republicans have been telling the American people for far too long. All socialism wants to achieve is the triumph of labour over capital. Whether the labourers are socially progressive or conservative makes no difference.

Remember when a Dem controlled Senate shut down a sick leave amendment?

OMG, they could not have expect to hear that piece of news.

I don't think trunp thought he was getting an endorsement. a union president of this caliber peaking at the rnc is enough of an endorsement. it shows something...

Because unions never deliver what they promise 😂😂😂

@@HiramMaxem spoken like a true republican

@lonotalonota5779 ... who has been a union member and seen the corruption and negligence first hand.

Maybe you should have listened closer to his words. He's done with the games.

Sorry bud most rank in file are trump supporters.. love how Biden handled those rail workers lul

17 million union workers 99% will vote Dem 😅😮😂 FDT

@@rockytop4 nope wrong.. only in the teachers union lul

​@EdKnowlton Yes because teachers are on the bottom of Trump and MAGAS list of those that deserve respect, good pay and support. Remember, a highly educated public is a threat to authoritarian principles. Unless, the school curriculums are infused with Prager U propaganda and revisionist history.

Well, according to the comments, half of the truckers/drivers are pro Trump.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 & I thought it was just me watching the wrong national convention

They still are.

Where's your proof ?

Yeah just called him "one tough SOB", said he's "willing to hear from often critical voices" and thanked him repeatedly for inviting him, along with calling VP JD Vance an ally. Total condemnation of Trump there *sarcasm*.

If you don’t vote for me you ain’t black - Biden

So true, @mr.nmtrue5059. Trump supports Right-to-Work and Republican legislators consistently vote against workers' rights bills. God help anyone who buys into the optics of having O'Brien speak at the RNC.

All he cares about is getting votes from the Teamsters and members of other unions who are oblivious to conservatives' pro-corporation legislative voting history on bills related to workers' rights. Forbes posted O'Brien's speech on their RU-vid channel and Teamsters and other union members were crowing their support for Trump and Republicans. They're literally planning to vote against their own interests.

He had a captive audience there and he made them listen to sense.

😂 ur slow!!!

Bro Trump invited him he knows what Teamsters is about .. This mam thanked Trump for being open to different dialogue

@@sidsmith4410 You're the one that's pretty slow.. .YOu know how many people Trump has fired or laid off back in the day and none of the fired employees were able to fight back because Trump even though he did have unions in place would rather close his establishment and walk away! And you wonder where the lawsuits came in ???! Alot of his sectors were non-union and he'd only accept certrain union only IF forced upon by the gov't! He himself admitted he's the biggest Union buster ! And i say he's the biggest because of his Narcissistic ways ! O'brien just dropped a trojan horse bombshell !

Lol, you honestly think they invited him without thinking that his speech was going to go something like this? Just his presence there alone was huge and hes showing he is open to talks.

@@sidsmith4410Youre the one thats slow! You do realize Teamsters has endorsed Obama Biden and Clinton in the past and that Trump is very Anti Union! And there are videos of Trump saying that ;) He invited Obrien for sole purpose of political points 😂

United we bargain divided we beg✊

Yep! Regardless of what he likes to say on camera to corporate CEOs, he's solidly on the side of Right-to-Work laws.

Wait, it's a problem to give workers a choice to consent?

Not ant-union. Pro choice 😂

@@diamondjones1595The problem with the way the law is now is that a person can refuse to be in a union AND he must still receive all the union benefits that union members get. Basically the law facilitates freeloaders. If it were the case that non union members have to negotiate their own salary and benefits, that would be no problem, but the way it is now, they get all the benefits that a union works for without having to pay any dues.

@@geraldobrien7323 and that’s so union could be obsolete, I don’t know why all these fools here thinking Republicans are for unions.

​@@ProgressiveGoldbug🙄

but one dump sob for letting the fox into the hen house

@@ProgressiveGoldbugyou’re literally an NPC meme.

Yeah Bunker Bone Spurs a real tough guy lol

He uses SOB a lot. A play off of his initials.