Posted on 10/03/2024 5:28:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) has snubbed the Harris-Walz ticket with a non-endorsement — news which comes after Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) spoke at their event in August.
IAFF President Edward Kelly made the announcement on Thursday following an executive board meeting, where the determination was made.
“Today, the IAFF Executive Board, by a margin of 1.2 percent, voted to not endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election,” he announced, noting that IAFF took “unprecedented steps to hear out members’ views on the candidates and the policy issues that matter most to them” over the last year.
“As we have over our 106-year history, the IAFF will continue its work to improve the lives of firefighters and their families,” Kelly continued, contending that the Executive Board determined that “we are better able to advocate for our members and make progress on the issues that matter to them if we, as a union, are standing shoulder-to-shoulder.”
“This decision, which we took very seriously, is the best way to preserve and strengthen our unity,” he continued, encouraging members to get out and “make their voices heard in the upcoming election.”
This non-endorsement comes as a huge blow to the Harris-Walz ticket; the union endorsed President Biden prior to the 2020 presidential election.
It also follows Vance speaking to the union in August, receiving a mixture of boos and applause.
“Semper fi, guys. Sounds like we’ve got some fans and some haters,” Vance said at the time, ultimately telling the group that it was an “honor to be here with America’s incredible firefighters.”
“God bless you guys, and thanks for what you do,” Vance said during his speech, announcing during that time that the New York City Fire Marshals Benevolent Association endorsed...
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How many votes list in the TN/NC situation? Good for the IAFF. A non-endorsement..... I’ll take it.
On it
The media blares 24/7 over the deep staters, the lifelong bureaucrats and those who have been parasites off taxpayers their entire careers who are endorsing harris....
But this is yet another major union that always endorses the dem ticket who have refused to do so this time around...
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