Who funds That? EP4 Democrat Union Bosses, Republican Workers

About this episode

The episode discusses the influence of union funding on conservative political candidates and the implications for working-class support.

As working-class Americans demonstrate increasing willingness to support conservative political candidates, some ostensible conservatives—some perhaps in service to their think tank’s funders in left-wing Big Philanthropy and others perhaps in the delusion that Big Labor will lead them to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—have argued that the path to working-class support is through union bosses’ marble and stone palaces in Washington, D.C. and other big blue cities. Today’s guest brings warnings that that way lies madness—or at least self-inflicted defeat, because those palaces still serve the Left as they have for (at least) almost a century. Today Tom Jones of the American Accountability Foundation brings the receipts, with documentation on how private-sector unions that have Republican members have been using their (often forced) dues to fund the Institutional Left.see less Scathing report claims nation's oldest labor union 'betrayed' MAGA members through 'shocking' spending DUKE: A Shaky Ceasefire And A Union Betrayal Making the AFL-CIO great again: labor policy in 2026 Some local Teamsters groups announce Harris endorsements after national union declines to do so Does Big Labor…

People in this episode

Guest: Tom Jones

Topics covered

• union funding
• working-class support
• political candidates
• labor unions
• conservative politics
• Big Labor
• left-wing philanthropy

Keywords

• union bosses
• Republican workers
• labor unions
• political funding
• working-class
• conservative candidates
• AFL-CIO
• Teamsters
• Big Labor
• American Accountability Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Accountability Foundation, AFL-CIO, Teamsters

Places: Washington, D.C., America, Big Philanthropy, Big Labor

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