Realignment? From Politico,
Teamsters pour money into GOP, shifting away from Dems.
Politico explains,
It wasn’t just 2024: the Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien is signaling a more permanent realignment by donating to battleground Republicans in the upcoming midterms.
For the second year in a row, the labor union’s political arm donated to the Republicans’ House campaign arm after nearly two decades of mostly backing Democrats.
We’re not talking big money, here. The dollar amounts mentioned by Politico total not much more than $100,000. But it’s the new direction that counts.
But the GOP donations signify a marked shift in the pivotal labor union’s strategy since 2024, when Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien delivered a historic address at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and his outfit began more seriously supporting Republicans.
A welcome and clarifying change,
And it’s a warning sign for Democrats that their labor support — long a keystone of their base — continues to erode, as President Donald Trump chisels away at it in his effort to remake the GOP as a working-class party.
Trump has certainly played a big role, but the realignment has been underway for decades.
Over the years, Democrats have morphed into the party of billionaires, single-college-educated women, welfare recipients, and illegal aliens.
Republicans have become the party of the working class and small business owners.
