The embattled union head falsely claimed that members in the congresswoman’s district overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump.

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      Yeah, who would want a president that doesn’t live in reality and ignores two thirds of the people he’s supposed to represent?

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    How does one get elected head of the most historic, blue-collar, working class unions and think ‘maybe that guy shitting on golden toilets and his contractors has something going for him…’ ?

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      A lot of people are politically idiotic, like my colleagues who vote for the party that wants to cut their public servant jobs…

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      Honestly, that is the dumbest train of thought I’ve had to read in a while. And it’s also probably 100% accurate.

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      Probably because a lot of members are in a union but are otherwise conservative.

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    The poll that was released showed that the majority of the teamsters were pro dumpy. The messaging on the press release was that neither side gave any promises to the teamsters.