Sean Baker
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171 appearances
10 recordings
4 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard May 2025
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Yeah, well, you know what's funny? We've been saying it since December of 2023. When I first took over the Teamsters Union, our goal was to work bipartisan and work with the people that are going to represent working people, whether it's Democrat, Republican, or Independents. And when we started down that road, it was ironic how fast the Democrats turned turned on us.
Some of them, you know, they were very vindictive, very critical. But we knew that, you know, President Biden was failing. We could tell. I mean, you didn't have to be a rocket scientist or a medical professional to figure it out. And that we knew Kamala Harris wasn't the answer to what Americans needed, American working people.
So it's funny now, everybody had amnesia when, and no pun intended, amnesia when the election was happening. But now they saying that the Democratic Party had this code of silence and no one knew how bad it was. I mean, come on, that's that's a little far fetched, don't you think?
Right. And you know what? They did him a disservice. I mean, when I met with him and I got to know him a little bit prior to the election cycle, and it was kind of, you could tell he was deteriorating. And I used to tell people all the time, it kind of looks like elderly abuse. Like, you know, people are forcing him into doing something he didn't want to do.
It's like, you know, you're taking your grandmother or grandfather's license away. It's hard, but it's necessary at times. And I think he got bad advice. And the Democrats are in this position, finger pointing, instead of taking a look in the We're responsible for what we don't agree with in this country.
Let's stop blaming everybody and let's blame ourselves for not having a strategic plan and or a vision to what they thought this country needed. And look, I'm a Democrat. There's no running from that. I grew up in the great city of Boston where I'm very proud, but we've got to call balls and strikes.
And the candidates that they put forward after Joe Biden pulled out certainly is not the answer for this country.
Look, I mean, I don't trust her, to be honest with you. The way she talked to people, the way she demanded support. Look, the one thing that myself personally and I think most Americans, they don't want to be told what to do. They want to be told what someone is going to do for them. I mean, we pay their salaries. We're their constituents.
And I know growing up where I grew up and I've been in trouble my entire life. When someone told me to do something, I always did the opposite, just to see what the consequences were going to be. And they didn't want to listen anymore. And, you know, they paid the consequence for it.
Yeah. So ironically, we met with every presidential candidate. And I'll say this, President Trump, as soon as we reached out, because we've never done this before, we had a roundtable with rank and file members and our general executive board and We interviewed every single candidate. President Trump's team responded immediately in December of 23 saying we'd love to do it. Here's some dates.
The Biden administration was very difficult to schedule, and they pushed back probably till like May. And then when he got out of the race. Kamala Harris came in and very difficult to deal with. I mean, we gave each candidate 16 questions, all the exact same previous to the meeting. Most of the candidates answered all of them. Joe Biden answered about nine out of 16.
And then when Kamala Harris came in to answer, her team was very clear that She was only going to answer a certain amount of questions. And halfway through, I got a note slipped under me saying that this will be the last question. And she only answered four of them. So it was a typical attitude where, you know, I'm going to be the president of the United States.
And she said on the way out after she gave her closing statement to us that I'm going to win with you or without you. So that's pretty arrogant. And, you know, we had a pretty diverse rank and file presence there, along with our general executive board. So, you know, it didn't sit well with us, didn't sit well with our members.
And look, we polled extensively and 65 percent of our members were voting for President Trump.
Yeah, I mean, I just think it's the attitude of the party. I mean, for so long, the party has – and I can speak for the Teamsters Union in my own opinion. We've given the Republican Party millions upon millions – Democratic Party millions upon millions of dollars. And I think they just thought it was like 10th grade geometry was a given.
They were just going to get it, tell us what we wanted to hear, and that they were going to win. And look – Our members are sophisticated. I think the American people are a lot more sophisticated and they pay attention. And, you know, the arrogance, I think, was a downfall. You know, they talk to people like we were schoolchildren, you know, telling us what we should do, what we shouldn't do.
And she's just not a good candidate. And the funny thing is. You know, when she talked about her intention, she embraced technology. She embraced a lot of things that will destroy American jobs. And she was actually reflecting upon what the Republicans used to say 20 years ago. So it was like a script was flipped and, you know, she just wasn't resonating with us. And, you know, her running mate.
I mean, really? I mean, that guy, he called me out saying this was hilarious. Calls me out saying all the courageous union leaders that endorsed our ticket, you know, they should be applauded. And the ones that didn't have the courage, you know, basically, you know, screw. And I'm laughing at him. I'm like, here's a guy that has a false narrative of his service for this country.
And he looks like a creepy wrestling coach in high school that you wouldn't want your kids rolling around the ground with. So, you know, I just thought that was funny coming from him.
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