In another blow to Vice President Kamala Harris, the International Association of Fire Fighters announced Thursday that it would not be making a 2024 presidential endorsement.
The union, which represents more than 300,000 career firefighters and emergency responders, was the first to endorse President Biden’s 2020 White House bid and has a long history of backing Democratic presidential candidates.
IAFF’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 race comes two weeks after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which has also long backed Democrats, defied the will of its pro-Trump membership and declined to make a presidential endorsement.
The IAFF backed the Democratic nominee for president in every election between 1984 and 2012.
Gimenez, who represents Florida’s 28th Congressional District, credited Trump’s appeal with “the working man and women of this country” and his policy toward national security with why many rank-and-file members of IAFF are backing him in 2024.
“Record inflation, you know, firefighters, they’re middle-class folks, and this record inflation, especially with groceries and energy prices, that affects firefighters and the families of firefighters much more so than the elites that Kamala Harris is appealing to.”
The Trump campaign called the IAFF non-endorsement “another devastating blow to Kamala Harris’ failing campaign.”
“Hardworking Americans including Teamsters, firefighters, Border Patrol Agents, law enforcement officers, teachers, small business owners, moms and dads are sick and tired from the inflation, border crisis, and chaos caused by Kamala’s incompetence and terrible policies,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
“President Trump represents the change our country desperately needs and he will deliver economic relief, safety, and security for all Americans,” she added.
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