Though the International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse any presidential candidate in the currently unfolding race for the White House, a slew of specialized and local groups that are linked to that broader organization are nonetheless endorsing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz.
Harris is also currently the vice president, and Walz is the governor of Minnesota.
And the list of Teamsters organizations supporting Harris and Walz despite the central body refusing to get onboard includes the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters, which — according to TribLive, a Pennsylvania news source — “represents over 95,000 Teamsters in PA, as well as Teamster members in Delaware and New Jersey” plus some members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
“In the 45 years the PA Conference of Teamsters has been in existence, it is extremely rare to have a pro-labor candidate for president and a pro-labor candidate for vice president running together,” said that organization’s president, William Hamilton.
Like in the 2020 race for president, Pennsylvania is a closely watched electoral battleground state in the current contest, with both major party candidates prioritizing it for in-person visits. Harris stopped by earlier this week for an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists. That’s the same organization where, appearing at their national convention, Trump recently argued that Harris “happened to turn Black,” arguing that she was being deceptive and/or conniving in identifying herself as Black. To be clear however, her father was born in Jamaica. (Harris’ mother was from India.)
And the recent debate between Harris and Trump was held in Philadelphia, though it looks likely that the debate will be the only general election debate between Harris and Trump. Trump is now opposing the possibility of any more face-offs with Harris before Election Day.
