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Donald Trump speaks out on union's refusal to endorse a candidate
The battle for the endorsement of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters shows just how important union support is during a US election and how much Donald Trump is changing the Republican Party.

On Wednesday the union’s president, Sean O’Brien, announced that his organisation was sitting out the election for the first time since 1996. “Unfortunately, neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before big business,” he said.

But by choosing to withhold support from either candidate, the 1.3 million-member union dealt a blow to Kamala Harris, who had lobbied O’Brien earlier this week and becomes the first Democratic nominee to miss out on its backing since Bill Clinton.

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00:00This is quite something, isn't it?
00:02I'm sure.
00:03Were you at the show?
00:04You were at the show?
00:05Great, right?
00:06Hello, everybody.
00:08Hi.
00:09Hi, everybody.
00:10Mr. President, any reaction to the Teamsters'
00:13decision not to endorse?
00:14No, they were — it's a great honor.
00:17They're not going to endorse the Democrats.
00:20That's a big thing.
00:21And this is the first time in, I guess, 50, 60 years
00:24that that's happened.
00:25Democrats automatically have the Teamsters.
00:28They took a vote, and I guess I was at 60 percent
00:30or more.
00:31And that's a great honor.
00:32I mean, it's really — I've had a lot of Teamsters
00:35work for me.
00:36A lot of the concrete trucks have built all
00:37these buildings that you see in New York City.
00:39They're Teamsters.
00:41Exclusively Teamsters, I have to say.
00:43And they've done a great job.
00:44But the vote of the Teamsters themselves was
00:47very high for me.
00:48And the leadership — Sean O'Brien and the group,
00:53who are great people — they said, we can't
00:55endorse the Democrats.
00:56So, I think this is the first time in many
00:58decades that they haven't endorsed Democrats.
01:00It was always automatic that Democrats get the
01:02Teamsters, and they said, we won't endorse the
01:05Democrats this year.
01:06So, that was an honor for me.

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