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Teamsters give GOP first major donation in years with $45,000 to RNC

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Updated February 22, 2024 at 11:24 a.m. EST|Published February 21, 2024 at 5:52 p.m. EST
Former president Donald Trump after meeting with members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in D.C. last month. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
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A previous version of this article understated how much Teamsters donated to the Democratic National Committee. The article has been corrected.

The Teamsters’ political committee has given $45,000 to the Republican National Committee, according to federal records, a significant departure for a powerful organized labor group that has more recently supported Democrats, such as President Biden, who have championed workers’ rights.

The union sent out the contribution — the maximum allowed from the union’s political action committee — to the RNC the same day former president Donald Trump met with Teamsters’ leadership for the second time in January.