“I think we all can agree, whether people like him or they don’t like him, in light of what happened to him on Saturday, he has proven to be one tough SOB,”
Uh, no we can't. He is and always will be a giant thin-skinned coward. Where did he prove to be tough?
Did we ever get actual footage of his ear? The day of, we saw an ear with blood on it, then today we saw an ear with a bandage covering it. Are there any shots of the ear cleaned up enough to see actual tissue damage?
The tinfoil hat in me is still wondering if the performative display we saw was something like a gunman hired to pop a few shots at expendable followers behind Trump, so that Trump can duck below where the cameras were aimed, slather some shit on his ear, then pop up with that cheesy movie-esque fist pump.
Kinda expected info on the gunman to snuff those kinds of theories, but it's sounding like he was just another dipshit Nazi who could easily be duped into a deal like that, then popped off by the SS.
The ear itself could disprove it, but so far I haven't seen any articles with a pic.
He raised his fist after the sniper team had already killed the shooter while missing a little chunk of his ear. Super brave. I remember after my dad broke his leg in 16 places in an accident he went to work in a wheel chair and kept at it until he got out of it after the doctors told him he would likely not be able to walk. That's tough. There are a lot of actually tough SOBs in America powering through their own problems to do what needs to be done. Trump isn't one of them.
Corrupt class traitor shows his true colors, every teamster should be voting this clown out.
Also this is on top of him challenging a Republican to a fist fight this year during a committee session where he and the Republican idiot had to be gaveled down by Bernie.
“I refuse to keep doing the same things my predecessors did,” O’Brien said in a speech that criticized both parties. “Today the Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party. We will create an agenda and work with a bipartisan coalition ready to accomplish something real for the American worker.”
Too cowardly to even admit he’s a conservative. I’m sure he’ll be speaking at the DNC too.
His whole speech was a call for bipartisanship and for all workers to unite along class lines. Aside from a tiny bit of pandering to the venue/audience which makes the rightwing audience more receptive to the message, he didn't endorse or praise the Republican party. If you want Republican voters to wake up and vote in their own interest, this is how the message has to go. It's also a great way to sow division within the Republican party.
Lmao trump is a weak piece of shit. The weakest around. He can't even fire people to their face, he did it over tweets when he was president and never even told the person directly. God I'm remembering what an awful shit show his failure of a presidency was. Awful 4 years.
It seemed to me like he was thinking what an excellent opportunity to reach a new kind of audience to further the objectives of the teamsters.
The attendees applauded a lot of statements, whether forced for pageantry or authentically, that is bound to get some gears turning.
And those who didn't applaud, well that's a different useful signal.
There's really a lot of opportunity for workers advocate to get good messaging out to this crowd. I would also point out that his address was probably the most substantive one of the whole convention so far.
The reality is Republicans will not disappear, they might even take majorities. Labor topics are super important to get out to them.
Nah, that just takes power away from working people. Organize militant committees within the union for the sole purpose of getting working politics into leadership positions. That is the play.