Posted on 10/31/2025 6:18:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
You know things are bad for the Democrats when even the Teamsters Union is calling on them to end the government shutdown.
One of the amazing aspects of this is that Sean O’Brien, the president of the union, is making these remarks while flanked by Republican Vice President JD Vance and Trump Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Do Democrats realize how stunning these optics are and how incredibly bad it looks for them?
The FOX Business Network reports:
Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien demands ‘end the shutdown’ while flanked by Vance, Duffy at White House event
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien demanded an end to the government shutdown Thursday in a passionate speech on its impact on the U.S. aviation industry and working families.
Flanked by Vice President JD Vance and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy outside the West Wing of the White House, the union leader called on lawmakers, including Senate Democrats, to “end the shutdown” and pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government…
“We took a position three weeks ago,” O’Brien said Thursday. “Pass a clean CR, get to the table, negotiate a deal. Do not put working people in the middle of a problem. They should not be in there,” he added.
“And we have got to think about the families that are going to be affected. Think about when you have to tell your son or daughter they can’t play sports because you’re not getting paid. Think about when you can’t pay your mortgage. Think about when you can’t pay your tuition.”…
“Put the politics aside, get to the table, negotiate a deal, pass a clean CR right now, and then figure out the problems moving forward,” he said. “Let’s not compromise the safety or the livelihoods of working people. Pass a clean CR.”
Here’s the clip:
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People who rely on CNN and MSNBC for news are completely uninformed because these networks don’t tell them the full story about anything.
Democrats are afraid that their lunatic fringe base will turn their anger (and guns) on the Democrat leaders.
Democrats plot messaging blitz ahead of Obamacare hikes
This is going to get a LOT worse. Senate RINOs think they can "work" with RATs and be "bi-partisan." They are delusional. The Democrat party has gone full Bolshevik. They are 100% dedicated to tearing down this country using any means necessary.
The unions used to be the Hubert Horatio Humphrey wing of the party. That place is now taken by the Pinkhat Revolutionaries.
Chuckles shouldn’t budge an inch. Give it another month or so. Can SNAP recipients send email?
Yes, they have free Obama smart phones and likely free internet services.
Schumer needs to retire, PERIOD!!
“”””Chuckles shouldn’t budge an inch.””””
I agree don’t budge an inch. We need more time to cut government spending.
We need more time to cut government spending.“
Too bad the layoffs have been halted by a hack judge. The appeal should have been filed the same day. They had to know it was coming. Maybe it has but I haven’t seen it.
SOOOOOOOOOOOo—HOW MANY UNION MEMBERS GET SNAP BENEFITS???
ILLEGALS GET WELL OVER HALF.
CLEAN OUT THE INVADERS & WATCH THE COSTS OF RUNNING THE USA PLUMMET.
HOSPITALS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFUSE TREATMENT TO ANYONE -—THEN ARE SPENDING LOTS OF TIME & MONEY GIVING FREE SERVICES TO ILLEGALS.
I think the Democrats are going to wait for the Food Stamp money to not show up (tomorrow?) and hope the tide will turn when the media shows all of these people on the streets begging.
They’re not going to beg, lots of them are on social media screaming about how they’re going to riot, loot and shoplift.
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