The Teamsters Union, one of the largest unions in the country, just made a major donation to the Republican National Committee (RNC) after meeting with Trump.
This sends a clear message about how the union thinks the 2024 election will go.
The Teamsters haven’t done this in years.
FOX News reports:
Teamsters union reports maximum donation of $45,000 to RNC after meeting with Trump
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ political action committee reported a $45,000 donation to the Republican National Committee (RNC) convention fund last month, a sharp departure from the union’s history of donating primarily to Democrats.
The Teamsters PAC — known formally as Democratic, Republican, Independent Voter Education — committed the donation on Jan. 25, according to federal election documents reviewed by Fox News Digital. The contribution was reported weeks after former President Trump, the clear favorite to secure the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, met with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and days before a second meeting between the two on Jan. 31.
In a statement, Teamsters spokeswoman Kara Deniz said the contribution was approved in December, ahead of the union’s two meetings with Trump, and will soon be sent to the RNC. An RNC official told Fox News Digital that he had not received the submission and that the Teamsters had not contacted him.
Deniz added that it represented the first time the Teamsters had attended both the Republican and Democratic conventions in more than two decades.
More from RedState:
Unions are notoriously left-wing in both leadership and political action. While many workers in the country’s largest unions are divided between Republicans and Democrats, the unions as a whole are very pro-Democrat…
While the Teamsters typically make occasional donations to Republican candidates, donations to the RNC itself are rare: The last time it donated to the Republican group was in 2004, when it made a $15,000 donation. As you can see below, the vast majority of Teamster political spending goes to Democrats.
This is an important development.
In a significant step forward for the powerful organized labor group, the Teamsters PAC donated $45,000 to the Republican National Committee for the first time in 20 years, according to reports. https://t.co/godS6pd06O https://t. co/TqvJNqlv4W
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) February 23, 2024
Just as we saw in 2016, union leaders often support Democrats, but their members support Trump because he understands the working class.