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Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problemsFix Now →Two days after Teamsters president Sean O’Brien spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention, the union’s official X account posted a sharp rebuke of Sen. Josh Hawley’s effort to connect far-right politics with a pro-labor message. The post was deleted. Contemporary reporting does not establish who wrote or authorized it, so “went rogue” is a headline framing—not a verified account of what happened.
What O’Brien said at the Republican convention
O’Brien addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024. PBS NewsHour described it as the first address to an RNC by a Teamsters president. In the speech, he said working people were being taken for granted, thanked Donald Trump for opening the convention to the union, and emphasized that the Teamsters were not beholden to a political party. PBS NewsHour’s coverage and the speech transcript published by Roll Call / Factba.se document those remarks.
O’Brien called it an honor to be the first Teamster in the union’s “121 year history” to address an RNC. That is the figure he used in his speech; it should not be mistaken for an independently verified founding-date finding. He praised Trump for the invitation, but the reviewed speech does not show O’Brien endorsing Trump.
What the Teamsters account posted—and why it drew attention
On July 17, the Teamsters’ official X account replied to O’Brien’s praise of an article by Sen. Josh Hawley. The Guardian reported that the account’s post argued unions gain nothing from endorsing far-right politics and warned that tying a pro-labor message to such politics could make Teamsters of color, women, and LGBTQ Teamsters feel unwelcome. The Guardian reproduced the post’s text:
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“Unions gain nothing from endorsing the racist, misogynistic, and anti-trans politics of the far right, no matter how much people like Sen Hawley attempt to tether such bigotry to a cynical pro-labor message.”
The Guardian’s contemporaneous report says the post was deleted. The Washington Post also reported that the account briefly rebuked Hawley’s article. Because the original post is no longer available, its wording is documented through contemporaneous coverage and a screenshot referenced in reporting, not a live post that readers can inspect.
Why the speech and the post appeared to conflict
The dispute reflected two competing readings of O’Brien’s appearance. Supporters of the strategy could view a speech at the RNC as a chance to reach Republicans and put labor issues, including corporate conduct, before a new audience. The Washington Post quoted Teamsters spokeswoman Kara Deniz defending the speech as an opportunity to expose corporate interests, including Amazon’s employment practices.
Critics could see a union leader appearing on a partisan stage as lending legitimacy to the party’s broader politics, regardless of the speech’s labor-focused content. The Teamsters account’s warning made the inclusion concern explicit: it argued that linking union support to far-right politics could alienate members, particularly members of color, women, and LGBTQ members. The contrast was between the stated aim of bipartisan access and the perceived cost of association with the host party’s politics—not simply a disagreement over whether labor issues belong in a political speech.
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What is—and is not—established about the “rogue” post
The evidence supports describing the deleted message as a public rebuke posted by the Teamsters’ official account. It does not identify the person who wrote it or establish whether the message was authorized, unauthorized, or posted by someone acting independently. Neither the deleted post nor the reporting cited here proves that the account was hacked or that a staffer “went rogue.”
That distinction matters: the account’s published message is part of the record, but claims about the operator’s identity or motive go beyond what the available reporting establishes.
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