Dana Bash Confronts Teamsters President For Refusing to Endorse Kamala Harris After He Slammed Trump For Anti-Labor Comments

CNN anchor Dana Bash confronted the president of the Teamsters Union about the organization’s decision to not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump .

On Wednesday , the union announced that it would not endorse Trump or Harris because neither made serious commitments “to ensure the interests of working people are always put before big business.”

A survey of union members conducted found that members supported Trump over Harris by nearly two-to-one.

During a Thursday interview on CNN, Bash grilled Teamsters President Sean O’Brien over his decision to not back Harris despite endorsing President Joe Biden in 2020.

BASH: If it is accurate, it would mean that almost 60% of your members do prefer former President Trump over Vice President Harris. But I just want to give a small sample of Donald Trump’s record on union issues. He appointed Supreme Court justices that were part of major decisions going against unions. He appoints to the NLRB people who consistently rule against labor. He visited a nonunion auto plant while the UAW was striking and encouraged union members to boycott their dues. And you, of course, remember last month when he was on with Elon Musk praising Musk for firing striking workers. You called that economic terrorism. And you do have, I understand that there is some split, but you do have people like James Curbeam, who is the head of the Teamsters Black Caucus, saying that what you have done is chosen not to stand up to a bully and an anti union candidate in not endorsing Kamala Harris.

O’BRIEN: Yeah, James Curbeam, you know, he represents a certain group that’s not affiliated directly with the Teamsters Union. And, you know, look, I criticize President Trump. I’ll criticize anybody that attacks labor across those picket lines or whatever else. And this was not an endorsement for the Republican Party. This is a wake up call that the system is broken far. It’s far too long that the Democratic Party and I’m a Democrat has just got their way. We need to hold them accountable. But this is an opportunity as well for both parties to take a hard look. The Democrats refocus and say something’s wrong. We’ve got to recapture American workers. What do we need to do? And this is an opportunity for Republicans who claim they want to be the working party for American workers to prove that they can do that by supporting the Pro Act, and passing the Pro Act, and help develop a Pro Act.

Watch the clip above via CNN .