Even after hearing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who’s also a convicted felon, joke with supervillain-in-training Elon Musk about arbitrarily firing workers, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien has not slammed the door shut on endorsing the adjudicated rapist. But according to the Washington Post, likely Democratic nominee Kamala Harris will meet with O’Brien and other Teamsters executives to secure the group’s support.
DNC planners say the Teamsters will be represented in the program but the specifics were not disclosed. Angering some Democrats, O’Brien became a coup for Republicans when he broke years of precedent to speak at the Republican convention. O’Brien will not be the speaker at the DNC according to sources.
It’s unclear when Harris will participate in the Teamsters’ roundtable given the convention starts next week. The Teamsters traditionally choose to announce their endorsement after the end of both Parties’ conventions, so the Vice President could meet with the group the following week.