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ForgoTheConsequence

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

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 Feb 5 OP

Shame on every Union that backs that son of a b**** CurtEastPoint Feb 5 #1

Why would any union support him? catrose Feb 5 #2

Probably thinking he will win relection MichMan Feb 5 #22

Not that it will help them. catrose Feb 5 #32

Seriously? They think he wants unions to remain viable? mdbl Feb 5 #23

So the Teamsters are not even pretending to give a shit about the country's workforce any more? Whyisthisstillclose Feb 5 #3

And thus ends... GiqueCee Feb 5 #4

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

They endorsed Nixon and Reagan. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 5 #6

Wow, been longer than I thought. Thanks for the correction. Emile Feb 5 #7

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

Maybe before Jimmy Hoffa LiberalArkie Feb 5 #13

Teamsters refused to endorse Biden, even after Biden marched with the UAW Number9Dream Feb 5 #8

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

The poster was wrong Polybius Feb 5 #29

I'm glad that they did. markodochartaigh Feb 5 #31

Incorrect Polybius Feb 5 #28

In 2020 yes newdeal2 Feb 5 #30

They usually endorse late, and were very strong with Biden Polybius Feb 6 #35

Talk Radio kurtyboy Feb 5 #9

A lost generation. Totally mind fucked since Limbaugh and his copy-cat proteges. Goes back to 1978. Evolve Dammit Feb 5 #20

I back Greg Abbott... for 20 to life in Supermax. Initech Feb 5 #10

Teamsters liberalgunwilltravel Feb 5 #11

Generalization: Teamsters have been the violent union for a very long time. Think Jimmy Hoffa LiberalArkie Feb 5 #12

I'll be laughing when the trucks aren't driven by teamsters anymore. dem4decades Feb 5 #14

Just one of the unions in America that support a political party that is anti-union - real smart. walkingman Feb 5 #15

Are they insane?????????????????? Vinca Feb 5 #16

F U Teamsters . They must be members of the pedophile club Bread and Circuses Feb 5 #17

I'm pro union, when union is pro worker, so bluestarone Feb 5 #18

Makes me sick Angrybob2001 Feb 5 #19

I often wonder if I should stop giving a Fuck about working people if they prefer MAGAts. Lucky Luciano Feb 5 #21

me too samsingh Feb 5 #25

A pox on all their houses NBachers Feb 5 #24

I give up. I will never understand and I'm exhausted by trying. Marie Marie Feb 5 #33

They're like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders. LudwigPastorius Feb 5 #34

CurtEastPoint

(19,933 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

Feb 5

catrose

(5,350 posts)

2. Why would any union support him?

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:15 PM

Feb 5

MichMan

(16,931 posts)

22. Probably thinking he will win relection

Reply to catrose (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:59 PM

Feb 5

and not wanting to butt heads with him

catrose

(5,350 posts)

32. Not that it will help them.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #22)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:31 PM

Feb 5

mdbl

(8,374 posts)

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

Reply to catrose (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:31 PM

Feb 5

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

Whyisthisstillclose

(561 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

Feb 5

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

GiqueCee

(3,713 posts)

4. And thus ends...

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:18 PM

Feb 5

... 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

(41,609 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

Feb 5

ForgoTheConsequence

(5,178 posts)

6. They endorsed Nixon and Reagan.

Reply to Emile (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:23 PM

Feb 5

Emile

(41,609 posts)

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

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:24 PM

Feb 5

Polybius

(21,690 posts)

27. And George H.W. Bush in 1988

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:50 PM

Feb 5

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

(19,565 posts)

13. Maybe before Jimmy Hoffa

Reply to Emile (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:57 PM

Feb 5

Number9Dream

(1,859 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

Feb 5

Teamsters can go to hell... nazi enablers.

markodochartaigh

(5,292 posts)

26. President Biden was the first, and only,

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:20 PM

Feb 5

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

(21,690 posts)

29. The poster was wrong

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #26)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:54 PM

Feb 5

The Teamsters endorsed Biden.

Teamsters Endorse Biden-Harris Ticket

markodochartaigh

(5,292 posts)

31. I'm glad that they did.

Reply to Polybius (Reply #29)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:11 PM

Feb 5

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

(21,690 posts)

28. Incorrect

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:53 PM

Feb 5

They endorsed Biden.

Teamsters Endorse Biden-Harris Ticket

newdeal2

(5,120 posts)

30. In 2020 yes

Reply to Polybius (Reply #28)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:10 PM

Feb 5

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

Polybius

(21,690 posts)

35. They usually endorse late, and were very strong with Biden

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #30)

Fri Feb 6, 2026, 05:25 AM

Feb 6

So we don't know for certain if they would have endorsed him in 2024 or not.

kurtyboy

(989 posts)

9. Talk Radio

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:50 PM

Feb 5

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.