Tim Walz calls out unions who didn't endorse Democratic ticket: 'Did not show the courage they needed to'

Democratic vice statesmanlike campaigner Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., chided immoderate large labour unions for their historical non-endorsement this year, saying their leaders failed to "show the courageousness they needed to."

The Minnesota politician appeared connected "The Daily Show" Monday, wherever helium touted the Harris-Walz ticket's entreaty to the mediate class. At 1 point, Stewart asked Walz wherefore unions person "been much reluctant successful this cycle" to backmost the Democratic candidate, aft 2 large labour unions broke from contented and decided not to endorse either campaigner this election. 

"It's a couple," Walz replied. "They person pugnacious authorities wrong those. These are folks that are straight liable to their members. And look, immoderate of their members divided off. The bottommost enactment is, however tin you beryllium with a feline who wants to bust the unions, not determination to marque corporate bargaining the right, not to marque wellness attraction there?"

"Some of those leaders did not amusement the courageousness they needed to. The immense bulk of national leaders showed the courageousness successful backing us," Walz said aft Stewart confessed helium didn't recognize the "cognitive dissonance" down the unions' reluctance to backmost the Democratic ticket.

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Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., appeared connected Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" Monday night. (Screenshot/Comedy Central)

Walz went connected to accidental that Democrats needed to "talk to folks better" astir their policies to code that "disconnect."

"I ever said this arsenic a teacher, if my kids weren’t getting the lesson, a batch of them, it’s astir apt due to the fact that I wasn’t teaching it arsenic good arsenic I needed to. So I’m inactive of the content that we person to bash a amended job," helium said.

"How bash you get a house? What's a taxation chopped look for you? And what's Social Security look like? We commencement talking to them. Look, the immense bulk of national members, the immense bulk of mediate people folks cognize that," helium continued.

Earlier this month, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) became the 2nd large labour national to denote it would stay neutral successful the 2024 contention and not endorse a statesmanlike candidate, contempt backing President Biden successful 2020.

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Republican statesmanlike campaigner and erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump (C) walks to a podium to present remarks aft gathering with leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters astatine their office connected January 31, 2024, successful Washington, D.C.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters besides broke with contented past period by announcing it would not endorse a statesmanlike campaigner this predetermination year, aft consistently endorsing Democrats implicit the past fewer decades.

The historical non-endorsement came aft the national released interior polling of its rank-and-file rank showing bulk enactment for Trump.

The landmark determination ruffled feathers successful immoderate Democratic circles. 

Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., told The Washington Times, "It’s wide that these workers are misinformed oregon uninformed astir Trump’s record connected labor." "His allegiance isn’t toward moving people."

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the erstwhile House speaker, called the Teamsters’ determination "disappointing."

"Donald Trump refused to enactment a pension measure for Teamsters. It was Biden-Harris and Democrats who saved Teamsters pensions successful the Butch Lewis Act of our American Rescue Plan — without 1 Republican vote," she said connected X. 

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General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O'Brien speaks during the archetypal time of the 2024 Republican National Convention astatine the Fiserv Forum successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. Days aft helium survived an assassination effort Donald Trump won ceremonial information arsenic the Republican statesmanlike campaigner and picked right-wing loyalist J.D. Vance for moving mate, kicking disconnected a triumphalist enactment normal successful the aftermath of past weekend's failed assassination attempt.  (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump called the non-endorsement "a large honor."

"It's a large honor. They're not going to endorse the Democrats. That's a large thing," Trump told reporters soon aft the Teamsters' announcement during a halt successful New York City up of a rally connected adjacent Long Island.

Harris has received enactment from respective large unions, specified arsenic The United Auto Workers Union, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the United Steelworkers.

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Fox News' Charles Creitz and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this article.