This is plainly shocking and a lose-lose for one of the most powerful unions in the country. As the only union out of the nation’s 10 largest unions not to endorse Harris, the Teamsters made the mistake of taking the Democrats for granted.

Teamsters vice president at large John Palmer savaged O’Brien in his own post, writing that “It is unconscionable for any Labor leader to lend an air of legitimacy to a candidate and a political party, neither of which can be said to have done, or can be expected to do, anything to improve the lives of the workers we are pledged to represent.”