The Teamsters Union’s political action committee has donated $5,000 to Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Missouri) re-election campaign, moving the historically Democratic organization closer to the Republican Party.
Holly posted on X.thank you @teamster”
thank you @teamster https://t.co/2LaBJLNHeQ
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) April 15, 2024
First of all, Axios report The donation was made Monday and the union confirmed it to Breitbart News.
As reported by Breitbart News, the donation comes after the union’s PAC also donated to the Republican National Committee (RNC) for the first time in 20 years. The $45,000 donation comes after union leaders met for a second time with former President Donald Trump in January.
The last contribution labor groups made to the RNC was $15,000 in 2004.
“This is the latest sign that one of the nation’s largest and most powerful labor unions, which has yet to declare an endorsement in the presidential election, is ready to support a Republican party that shares its priorities,” Axios reported. Ta.
The newspaper reported that Hawley emphasized collaboration with the labor movement. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has proposed an amendment that would add seven days of paid sick leave to railroad workers’ contracts at the end of 2022, after joining a strike by Teamster workers in a St. Louis suburb in March. Voted in favor of.
Hawley outscored Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce by $2.56 million to $2.25 million in the first quarter of 2024, according to Axios.
The paper said that “Trump’s” Republican Party has “infiltrated working-class voters, if not all of its leaders.” Still, the United Auto Workers union endorsed President Joe Biden in January.
Biden met with labor union members in Wisconsin in January and accidentally put his helmet on backwards, sparking ridicule on social media.
It’s very on-brand for Joe Biden to wear his helmet backwards and try to be “one of the guys.” pic.twitter.com/33yKCHJ7Mr
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 26, 2024
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