@@BeauoftheFifthColumn the brotherhood in our trade aren't getting the message. Red splotch in a very Blue state. Also, you are my 5am bandaid to the brain . Thank you

I was about to mention that before I saw this. Though, I do hope the tweet from the Union criticizing O’Brien’s support for Hawley being deleted isn’t a sign that O’Brien is just going to shut down dissent and push things in the wrong direction out of spite/malice.

Seriously Beau, I think you need to watch that bit again. He didn't use the words "I endorse Donald Trump" in the same way that Trump didn't use the words "you will get the aid promised to Ukraine only if you do me this favor." He praised him, including lying directly about Trump's willingness to take criticism, and effectively endorsed his character. Given that for so many people, character, and not policy or principal, is the primary factor in their choosing a presidential candidate, that rings more like an endorsement than any endorsement I've seen Trump has given to someone else, IMHO.

Yeah I mean knowing the (trade union) folks I work with, a non-endorsement followed by a “hey I love this fascist” post is going to be taken more as an implicit endorsement of trump than as criticism of republicans. Way too many of my coworkers already believe republicans will help them and just want leadership to sign off on them voting R, so overall I’m more bummed out than enthused by SOB’s recent shenanigans

Member of the union here, I can say this was pretty divisive among my circles. Our VP called it an embarrassment, you claim this is good for messaging purposes and I'm half in agreement. But saying he didn't endorse trump is a bit silly, he certainly did. To most fellow rank and file I've talked to, this just seems like a mouse coming to a cat convention to try and convince them to be pro-mouse... it just won't ever happen. Ultimately I believe it's desperate pandering to the suspected winning party, but it's not going to make a difference to republican policy toward unions. Not sure the messaging aspect here was as worth the infighting and overall division this caused among us, or to what extent if any the messaging actually influences the target audience. Giving this Beau take a 6/10, needs improvement. The last sentence of the video was the most important takeaway.

They think Marxism is Communism.. so there is that lol

Unions cost corporations more money than they'd spend on non-union people (I am _PRO_ union) and the GOP is staunchly anti-union, so of course the corp's are funding the GOP. O'Brien is pushing for his people (which is exactly what a leader is supposed to do); good for him!

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@@davidcat1455 The Cold War did a number on our lexicon in the USA lol

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Who wants a Pepsi?

With what leg to stand on?

@@promethiac2641 ; All I wanted was a Pepsi! just one Pepsi! and she wouldn't give it to me!

@@jvcyt298 "Still I get them tendencies.. bringing back the memories.. That I really miss.. Wanna reminisce".. Yeah I pulled out some Fred Durst lol

I don't see how that's different from a religious event, to be honest.

@@anarchodin most religious events are attended by actual religious people......this convention is attended by a lot of people pretending to be religious to gain popularity....

As an American I am also shocked.

I think you have it backwards. What is shocking is how much church looks like the RNC now.

@@sdilluminatigrandfounder3807 interesting point of view!

Just to clarify: unions only represent non-union members during collective bargaining. All other times, non-union members are on their own and at the mercy of their employer..

You don't think union gains have any influence on others expectations. That's ignorant ​@grepora

That was OBrien's message

When union membership was at its highest, in the 1950s & 1960s, the ENTIRE middle class flourished. Now that it's at its lowest the middle class is vanishing & half the country is struggling to survive!

@@grepora As a member of LIUNA (before leaving the job), all the full timers were union. We sure made sure that the non-union part time members were treated fairly, too. The director (municipal library) was non union. After the negotiations were finalized, she sure did make sure her non union members also got raises. We were a team. They worked just as hard as we did and for no benefits.

they used to (a hundred years ago)

The last time republicans did anything for American workers was before 1865...

And this is especially true with former venture capitalist JD Vance as VP, considering he is portraying himself as a 'Man of the People', while in fact he's been installed by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, to gut worker protections, and push for corporate deregulation and 'the Free Market'.

As a current union member, I’m astonished at how many of my “brothers and sisters” are Trumpified. Voting against their own careers and security for what? Cause they’re racist and homophobic? Or just natural bullies. All of the above.

@@taxirob2248 Eisenhower did. He was the last.

Hear hear!

Whoa whoa whoa there, bucky ... Did you say "think"? No working person who votes for Trump did so because of "thinking".

Not at all. So let's separately consider Maghats and everyone else at the convention/watching. Maghats are psyched because they probably thought O'Brien was going to endorse Trump. In their minds, that's the whole point of the convention. Maybe some think he actually did endorse their guy. The others, there aren't a ton in that audience, but they're watching. They're more likely to hear the content of the speech. That's why O'Brien is there, to state a pro-union message. And maybe it'll help.

worker, yes. well-paid worker? no safe worker? nope worker with growth opportunities? f*** off they care about the work, not the workers

My guess is that he wants 40% of his union that are Republicans to realize they're selling them out.

​@BeauoftheFifthColumn this

O'Brien would also like to address the Democratic convention but they haven't returned his call.

@@BeauoftheFifthColumn I dunno his VP seemed to think he was serious and that he's being paid off by big corporations and is really unpopular with the teamsters

​@BeauoftheFifthColumn or he is up for re-election and he wants the MAGA cult part of his union to keep him in leadership

Hitler wasn't the leader of the party when it took power. Someone else was the leader, and signed the Enabling Act, which gave a lot of power to Hitler.

Ok, lets give em what we gave him.

​@@SableagleIt was a little more messy than that. Moustache guy was the leader of his party and he formed a coalition with at least one conservative party (There were like lots of parties in the parliaments of the Weimar Republic). The enabling act... Basically removed checks and balances. (Disclaimer: This statement is far from complete, but the topic is way too complex to be adeqiately discussed in a YT comment)

@@Sableagle He was the leader of the party, but not the country. Hindenburg sign Hitler as President. Hitler combined presidency and chancellorship in his fuhrer title.

​@@Sableaglesounds like immunity......

That's one of the weird things I noticed. I mean, I'm an international viewer here, so I get my news mostly from international sources. I know that different outlets have their own particular lean. The US TVs, though? Wow, it's sensationalism on a completely different level that it's not funny. Even the general newspapers aren't half as bad (as long as it's not the WSJ, especially post-Murdoch).

I stopped watching TV entirely in 2016, but I had massive slowed down from 2010. It's incredible how much corporate and state propaganda is played regularly, and no one seems to notice.

@@Marewig The one thing that shocked me this year is NHK's coverage of the "OMG is Biden too old" narrative. Like, you lot have better things to report on than a manufactured narrative, what the hell?

Despite the laughable “liberal media” moniker, corporate media has always been biased in favor of those who support corporate interests.

And maybe not😊

Right? I only heard cheers when he introduced himself. As he mentioned the issues, the arena got quieter and quieter. Not radio silence quiet, but eye rolling quiet.

Between this guy and the sex worker, they are definitely not preaching to the choir this time. I doubt they will ask Lara trump to organize any more RNC conventions. MAGA and the Nazi's are not happy.

I was actually watching the mood on tfg face as the speech went on. Going from smiling to confusion to. Well I don't know what that was at the end something like.. ... I guess this guy has to be on my s@@t list.... The body language was palpable. I would call that speech an example of a Trojan horse.

@@MusicfromMarrs If they cheered his appearance, they probably didn't know who he was.

Hope he's invited to the Dem convention also!

Same! I was confused at first, but when I realized he was talking truth to idiots, I was wondering why they invited him. I had to smile.

Lots of MAGA folks support unions. Some of them don't, but not because they love big business.

@@BobSmith-k2qmaybe the regular everyday people like you and I support unions in the MAGA crowd, but the ones with more power in that party sure don’t and they make it abundantly clear when talking about unions to them when they aren’t actively trying to sucker people into thinking they’re for the working class in between election cycles

That's what I saw it as, but then I don't know if I saw the whole speech or a clip. The crowd definitely seemed confused when he started talking about union gains and stances. I'm still a bit confused because I think I'm missing context.

​@@erinmac4750I think he told them what the union expects.

@@erinmac4750the whole speech was about 5 mins and to me it was the most troll thing ever. The amount of confused clapping was high as he called out every single thing influential republicans do to their faces.

It's everybody's job to tell the parties how to best serve us, the people!

It's a reasonable thought. I don't think O'Brien's speech will help Trump or hurt Biden. If the DNC invites O'Brien, it will 100% help Biden. The Maghats didn't understand or care about the content. What about the undecided voters? What about the double-haters? They'll have heard the actual speech, the meaning, if they turn on the TV for the convention.

That's truth for sure. It's going to be spun the way that you describe, and the spin will succeed because Republicans are primed to accept propaganda and not to do their own thinking.

Plus, he still gave a shoutout to a lot of Republican Congressmembers.

This.

Honestly, good. Let them be unpleasantly surprised in November.

Because that's what Faux Snooze will tell them.

@@CP3oh322 Best way to avoid the snowball effect is to stop it in the snowball-sized phase.

I mean, O’Brien hasn’t really dissuaded that image either.

​@@longforgotten4823 did you watch his whole speech? He trolled the RNC.

Here you go--your brother's comment that the unions are supporting Trump will be accepted by many Republicans because the fact that O'Brien attended and spoke will register more than the pro-union nature of the speech because people hear and believe what they want to hear and believe. Context means more than content for the unsophisticated

@@karenryder6317 Sadly true with many. He is anti union himself. He thinks the GOP is going traitor by supporting unions now lmao.

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Hear hear! I'm tired of it.

EXACTLY!! THAT'S ALL THEY SAY

Yup

I heard the speech, not the commentators. It was crystal clear that O’Brien was calling for the GOP to change and NOT endorsing them in any way.

Their whole damn Hand is on the scales.

A lot of people there are trained to cheer almost anything,,But not understand it.

Fuck O'Brien. He doesn't speak for anyone but his own privileged ass!

Hearing the responses....it didn't go well.

The awkward silence was hilarious!

Dead silence in the clips I saw. Don't blame O'Brien for going, though. If I was a union head, I'd go talk to any and everyone who has power to push my union's goals.

Yep. A Republican congressman no less 😊

Yes! Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma 😆🤣

Yeah that's the one but he was the one challenged!

I'm sure he was the one that was challenged, and he's not a politician

Yeah I it was all show to make O'Brian look good.

Or silenced. How do they get the message out if nobody carries it.

First, they confiscated firearms, then they started coming for people.

I'm sure it fell on deaf ears.

He called out both parties.

@@longforgotten4823 yeah, but republicans don't often get called out to their faces. Like the previous guy said, it probably fell on deaf ears. or ignorant.

Saying that JD Vance "truly cares about working people" isn't calling them out to their faces. JD Vance. The guy whose senate campaign was funded by Peter Thiel, the billionaire who openly says he wants the US to be a dictatorship because it's "more efficient." JD Vance, the guy who voted to make it harder for Amazon workers to organize.

I will never get why so many retired people want to vote for the party that wants to end social security I mean I know why its fox news brain rot but man come on

As a retired person completely dependent on Social Security and Medicare, I damn sure don't understand.

R is the party against change, such as LGBT rights, which scares old people. And, sadly, bigots still thinking of "welfare queen" stealing from their social security. Completely blind of their party destroying SS funding at the same time. Sigh.

Unplug your TV and VOTE.

You're not alone! 🥺 But like David 👆 pointed out...vote!

Uneducated, as loser45 likes em! 🙄

Repetitious and emotionally charged messaging directed at uniformed voters.

Same deal with my union (Carpenters) and the others on your average job site (Electricians, Plumbers, Madons, Laborers, Operators, etc.). Between work and family the effort to put into actually paying attention to things is stretched so thin that listening to (and believing) Joe Rogan is all most folks can spare. Being a policy nerd takes effort, and counteracting the damage right-wing media dies to folks around you is a losing battle at the best of times; and the jobsite with 30 other things going on at the same time is *_NOT_* the best of times... XD

@@roganf4013 Yup, as Bannon said, "flood the zone with shit."

​@@roganf4013exactly a conversation I had this morning. They rely on 1 news media to feed them...they believe it cuz they don't want to do any fact checking and this is what you get. Fox tried to change the narrative just a bit and they turned against them. Now truth social is their feed. Too tired or stupid to fact check. They want to fight fight fight but unfortunately they want to fight the wrong group..the billionaire crowd or the Dems who sometimes really want to help citizens.

That is a possibility. While it could also be saying that the dems are not doing enough to support the Unions. But went there to scare dems.

EXACTLY. There are congress, senators, state representatives, etc. there. If they invited you, of COURSE you'd go and try to get your ideas in the mind of those with power.

Nothing happens without a dream first.

Sounds like Australia 😃👍🇦🇺

I’m all for that kind of dreaming.

I’m pretty sure that P2025 is directly against any union and something that would benefit the common person.

It's nearing the cocktail hour!

And most of it is BS!

He criticized a vague concept of "the elites" and "globalists" rather than the bosses of his workers. Did you listen to the speech? Did you pay attention to things he has said and endorsed outside of the speech? This was classically fascist and bad.

Some think that culture is more important than money.

@BobSmith-k2q what culture? Fake Christianity and Patriotism?

Yes, culture war wedge issues have brought about people voting for a certain tribe, rather than for what is best for them

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@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Hiya Victoria! This is my second try. YT is being a d*ck and deleting comments again. 😆

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Wtf are you talking about?

I'll have to re-listen. I could've sworn any praise was on the sarcastic/edgy side.

It doesn't matter how it was said. It's the fact he said it. You cannot read sarcasm online, so dumpster fire's people will have a field day with it on social media.