New numbers released this week by the Teamsters of their survey of rank-and-file members that was conducted July 24-Sept. 15, broken down by state, shows Trump with far more support than Harris
The announcement by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters that it would not endorse either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Trump in the 2024 White House race earned some major headlines.
And the move by the powerful union with over one million U.S. members instantly gave the Trump campaign some ammunition to fire at Team Harris, because the Teamsters became the only one of the nation’s top ten organized labor organizations not to endorse the vice president in the race to succeed President Biden in the White House.
„The Teamsters carry a lot of weight“, Trump noted as he discussed the move by the union against an endorsement for the first time in over a quarter century.
The Harris campaign, in an apparent move to downplay the news, pointed to endorsements from „many Teamsters locals and rank and file.“
This week, ahead of Trump’s stop in Savannah, Georgia, to outline his manufacturing proposals, the Harris campaign spotlighted the endorsement of the vice president by Teamsters Joint Council 75, which represents rank-and-file members in Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
The Harris campaign touted that the vice president „has now been endorsed by local Teamsters unions representing more than 1.
