The leadership of the United Auto Workers union is set to endorse Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.
While union leaders remain largely in the fold of the Democratic Party, their members have increasingly supported Republicans — especially Donald Trump — in recent election cycles.
Per CNN:
The support could help boost the president with blue-collar and union workers, as well as in the key battleground state of Michigan.
Biden is set to address UAW members at the group’s conference in Washington, DC, on Wednesday afternoon, where the endorsement is expected to be announced.
The White House and Biden campaign declined to comment.
The expected UAW endorsement comes as the Biden campaign is making a full pivot to the general election, pointing to former President Donald Trump’s victory in the Republican primary in New Hampshire Tuesday as a clear sign that he is poised to emerge as the GOP presidential nominee.
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