Thanks; actually, your background context is a lot more informative than the quote. It makes a lot more sense that they were excluded because it didn't make se

Thanks; actually, your background context is a lot more informative than the quote. It makes a lot more sense that they were excluded because it didn't make sense for them to be there because it was an event targeted at the union(s) because the administration had just made things difficult for them. (The quote sounds simply like "we excluded Tesla because they are anti-union"...)