Kamala Harris Stung by Union that Backed Joe Biden
October 3, 2024
4,531
Share
✓ Link copied to clipboard!
Vice President Kamala Harris has been stung by a key labor union declining to endorse her, despite having backed President Joe Biden against former President Donald Trump in 2020.
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) said on Thursday that it would not be endorsing Harris or Trump in this year’s presidential election after leadership narrowly decided against backing any candidate.
“Today, the IAFF Executive Board, by a margin of 1.2%, voted to not endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election,” IAFF General President Edward Kelly said in a statement.
“This decision, which we took very seriously, is the best way to preserve and strengthen our unity,” he added. “We encourage our members—and all eligible voters —to get out and make their voices heard in the upcoming election.”
Vice President Kamala Harris is pictured during a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 29, 2024. The International Association of Fire Fighters declined to endorse either candidate in this year’s presidential election on… Vice President Kamala Harris is pictured during a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 29, 2024. The International Association of Fire Fighters declined to endorse either candidate in this year’s presidential election on Thursday, despite backing President Joe Biden in 2020.
Kelly said that the decision was made after the union “took unprecedented steps to hear our members views on the candidates and the policy issues that matter most to them.”
The non-endorsement follows a similar recent move by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which last month declined to endorse either candidate last month despite having previously backed every Democratic candidate since 2000.
Newsweek reached out for comment to the IAFF and the Harris and Trump campaigns via email on Thursday.
Um die besten Erfahrungen zu bieten, verwenden wir Technologien wie Cookies, um Geräteinformationen zu speichern und/oder darauf zuzugreifen. Wenn Sie diesen Technologien zustimmen, können wir Daten wie das Surfverhalten oder eindeutige IDs auf dieser Website verarbeiten. Die Nichteinwilligung oder der Widerruf der Einwilligung kann bestimmte Merkmale und Funktionen beeinträchtigen.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
