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ForgoTheConsequence

(5,178 posts) Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:10 PM 10 hrs ago

Teamsters back Greg Abbott as unions split endorsements in governor's race

Source: Houston Chronicle

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday drew the backing of a slew of labor unions, including the Texas Teamsters, in his bid for a record fourth term in office — a series of endorsements that the Republican touted as a first from labor groups that have historically backed Democrats.

Read more: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/abbott-teamsters-endorsement-21333700.php

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Teamsters back Greg Abbott as unions split endorsements in governor's race (Original Post) ForgoTheConsequence 10 hrs ago OP

Shame on every Union that backs that son of a b**** CurtEastPoint 10 hrs ago #1

Why would any union support him? catrose 10 hrs ago #2

Probably thinking he will win relection MichMan 7 hrs ago #22

Not that it will help them. catrose 3 hrs ago #32

Seriously? They think he wants unions to remain viable? mdbl 6 hrs ago #23

So the Teamsters are not even pretending to give a shit about the country's workforce any more? Whyisthisstillclose 10 hrs ago #3

And thus ends... GiqueCee 9 hrs ago #4

Back before Rush Limbaugh, the Teamsters used to be a great union. Emile 9 hrs ago #5

They endorsed Nixon and Reagan. ForgoTheConsequence 9 hrs ago #6

Wow, been longer than I thought. Thanks for the correction. Emile 9 hrs ago #7

And George H.W. Bush in 1988 Polybius 5 hrs ago #27

Maybe before Jimmy Hoffa LiberalArkie 9 hrs ago #13

Teamsters refused to endorse Biden, even after Biden marched with the UAW Number9Dream 9 hrs ago #8

President Biden was the first, and only, markodochartaigh 5 hrs ago #26

The poster was wrong Polybius 5 hrs ago #29

I'm glad that they did. markodochartaigh 4 hrs ago #31

Incorrect Polybius 5 hrs ago #28

In 2020 yes newdeal2 5 hrs ago #30

Talk Radio kurtyboy 9 hrs ago #9

A lost generation. Totally mind fucked since Limbaugh and his copy-cat proteges. Goes back to 1978. Evolve Dammit 8 hrs ago #20

I back Greg Abbott... for 20 to life in Supermax. Initech 9 hrs ago #10

Teamsters liberalgunwilltravel 9 hrs ago #11

Generalization: Teamsters have been the violent union for a very long time. Think Jimmy Hoffa LiberalArkie 9 hrs ago #12

I'll be laughing when the trucks aren't driven by teamsters anymore. dem4decades 9 hrs ago #14

Just one of the unions in America that support a political party that is anti-union - real smart. walkingman 9 hrs ago #15

Are they insane?????????????????? Vinca 9 hrs ago #16

F U Teamsters . They must be members of the pedophile club Bread and Circuses 9 hrs ago #17

I'm pro union, when union is pro worker, so bluestarone 8 hrs ago #18

Makes me sick Angrybob2001 8 hrs ago #19

I often wonder if I should stop giving a Fuck about working people if they prefer MAGAts. Lucky Luciano 7 hrs ago #21

me too samsingh 6 hrs ago #25

A pox on all their houses NBachers 6 hrs ago #24

I give up. I will never understand and I'm exhausted by trying. Marie Marie 3 hrs ago #33

They're like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders. LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #34

CurtEastPoint

(19,899 posts)

1. Shame on every Union that backs that son of a b****

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:13 PM

10 hrs ago

catrose

(5,347 posts)

2. Why would any union support him?

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:15 PM

10 hrs ago

MichMan

(16,866 posts)

22. Probably thinking he will win relection

Reply to catrose (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:59 PM

7 hrs ago

and not wanting to butt heads with him

catrose

(5,347 posts)

32. Not that it will help them.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #22)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:31 PM

3 hrs ago

mdbl

(8,273 posts)

23. Seriously? They think he wants unions to remain viable?

Reply to catrose (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:31 PM

6 hrs ago

Shit their dumb as a bag or rocks - or their leadership is compromised.

Whyisthisstillclose

(491 posts)

3. So the Teamsters are not even pretending to give a shit about the country's workforce any more?

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:16 PM

10 hrs ago

WTF? Abbott would run all the unions out of Texas if given half a chance.

GiqueCee

(3,613 posts)

4. And thus ends...

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:18 PM

9 hrs ago

... ANY support, however reserved, I might've had over the years for the Teamsters Union. No rationalization can defend an alliance with a psychotic monster like Greg Abbott. A great many Texans secretly wish that tree had been bigger.

Emile

(41,351 posts)

5. Back before Rush Limbaugh, the Teamsters used to be a great union.

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:19 PM

9 hrs ago

ForgoTheConsequence

(5,178 posts)

6. They endorsed Nixon and Reagan.

Reply to Emile (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:23 PM

9 hrs ago

Emile

(41,351 posts)

7. Wow, been longer than I thought. Thanks for the correction.

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:24 PM

9 hrs ago

Polybius

(21,624 posts)

27. And George H.W. Bush in 1988

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:50 PM

5 hrs ago

Here's their endorsement list:

1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat)
1968: Hubert Humphrey (Democrat)
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: No Endorsement (Neutral)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1992: Bill Clinton (Democrat)
1996: No Endorsement
2000: Al Gore (Democrat)
2004: John Kerry (Democrat)
2008: Barack Obama (Democrat)
2012: Barack Obama (Democrat)
2016: Hillary Clinton (Democrat)
2020: Joe Biden (Democrat)
2024: No Endorsement

LiberalArkie

(19,471 posts)

13. Maybe before Jimmy Hoffa

Reply to Emile (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:57 PM

9 hrs ago

Number9Dream

(1,852 posts)

8. Teamsters refused to endorse Biden, even after Biden marched with the UAW

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:41 PM

9 hrs ago

Teamsters can go to hell... nazi enablers.

markodochartaigh

(5,218 posts)

26. President Biden was the first, and only,

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:20 PM

5 hrs ago

president to walk a picket line. 80-100 years ago this would have earned him undying loyalty from the vast majority of workers. US workers have become so propagandized and sycophantic that President Biden walking the picket line barely made a ripple. It may be impolitic to say so, but I think that the US workforce is going to get what we deserve.

Polybius

(21,624 posts)

29. The poster was wrong

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #26)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:54 PM

5 hrs ago

The Teamsters endorsed Biden.

Teamsters Endorse Biden-Harris Ticket

markodochartaigh

(5,218 posts)

31. I'm glad that they did.

Reply to Polybius (Reply #29)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:11 PM

4 hrs ago

However my point was about the individual union voters who didn’t support President Biden, or for that matter any Democratic candidate after the Democratic president for the first time in history walked a picket line.

Polybius

(21,624 posts)

28. Incorrect

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:53 PM

5 hrs ago

They endorsed Biden.

Teamsters Endorse Biden-Harris Ticket

newdeal2

(5,029 posts)

30. In 2020 yes

Reply to Polybius (Reply #28)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:10 PM

5 hrs ago

In 2024, they were noncommittal even before he dropped out. And then of course they sat on their hands when Kamala was the nominee.

kurtyboy

(980 posts)

9. Talk Radio

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:50 PM

9 hrs ago

Most truckers listen to talk radio for hours on end, every day they work. Talk radio is almost exclusively right-oriented, from a significant "leaning" to out and out reactionary bordering on seditious. In many parts of the heartland, the south, and the mountain west--across which interstate truckers must travel--there are simply no other options to while away the hours.

I suppose podcasts might be an alternative, but the bias is built in, now. When they sit down for a meal at a truckstop or are in the breakroom if they are local truckers, the conversations are mostly one-sided. The social pressure to conform surely influences a few of them.