DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republicans are continuing to receive labor union support amid Teamsters union President Sean O’Brien repeatedly lambasting Democrats for reputedly abandoning the working class.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Democrat, Republican, Independent Voter Education (DRIVE) PAC has doled out nearly $70,000 to Republicans this year. The donations mark the second cycle in a row that the Teamsters’ political arm has donated to Republican candidates after contributing to Democrats exclusively for roughly two decades. 

“Our members are working people whose interests cut across party lines,” Kara Deniz, a Teamsters spokesperson told Politico’s Playbook, which was first to report the DRIVE PAC contributions. “And there’s no value in living in a bubble … where you only talk to certain people to the exclusion of others.”

The Teamsters’ political arm contributed $5,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, House Republicans’ campaign arm, and a combined $62,000 to 22 House Republicans, including Reps. Nicole Malliotakis, Andrew Garbarino, Nick LaLota, and Mike Lawler, all R-N.Y., as well as Reps. Jeff Van........

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