Michigan Teamsters President Kevin Moore said his members “overwhelmingly” support Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid, despite the International Brotherhood of Teamsters last Wednesday opting not to endorse a presidential candidate in 2024 after multiple polls found a majority of members actually plan to vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump.

But Moore insisted to The Detroit News there’s “no room for Donald Trump in the Teamster world in the state of Michigan” when he announced an endorsement for Harris from the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43 the next day.

Moore and the council’s executive board “enthusiastically” endorsed the Harris-Walz campaign “on behalf of 245,000 active and retired Teamsters” in Michigan, citing a “commitment to issues that matter most to working families and our nation’s middle class,” a statement read.

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A fact check on who Michigan Teamsters “overwhelmingly” support for president, however, seems to conflict with Moore’s claims.

A breakdown of internal Teamster polling data by state shows there’s more support for Trump in Michigan than among all members nationally.

A Teamsters electronic member poll in Michigan conducted July 24 to Sept. 15 found 61.7% of members plan to vote for the 45^th POTUS, compared to 35.2% for Harris. Another 2.1% were undecided.

Nationally, the same poll found 59.6% of Teamsters support Trump, 34% support Harris, and 2% are undecided. A national phone poll Sept. 9-15 produced similar results: 58% for Trump, 31% for Harris, 6% undecided, and 5% didn’t know. The former was conducted by BallotPoint Election Services, the latter Lake Research Partners.

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“As recent member polling from the Teamsters demonstrated, nearly 6 out of every 10 Teamsters support President Trump. The rank and file of the Teamsters, and all of the nation’s working men and women, know that President Trump is the candidate looking out for them. He has an economic plan that will allow them to keep more of the money they earn, increase American manufacturing, drive down energy costs and protect our workers from unfair trade deals that take away their jobs,” Brian Hughes, Trump campaign senior advisor, said.

Team Trump Michigan Communications Director Victoria LaCivita noted the data illustrates “exactly what we knew – that rank and file Michigan Teamsters are supporting President Trump and his pro-worker policies.

“While local chapter leadership refuses to disrupt the status quo, the Michiganders who make up these chapters want strong leadership that will protect their jobs, lower inflation, and support American industries – and that’s Donald J. Trump,” she said.

Trump himself addressed the strong support among Teamsters during a campaign stop in New York City last week, CNN reports.

“It’s a great honor. They’re not going to endorse the Democrats. That’s a big thing,” Trump said. “Democrats automatically have the Teamsters. They took a vote, and I guess I was at 60% or more, and that’s a great honor.”

The Teamsters have large numbers of members in key battleground states that could play a major role in swinging the election, and their decision not to endorse a candidate “likely means the difference between their members voting 50 percent for Harris versus close to 60 percent,” Steve Rosenthal, a Democratic political strategist who focuses on labor unions, told The Washington Post.

The decision by the national Teamsters leadership to sit out the 2024 presidential race marked the first time since 1996 the union representing 1.3 million transportation workers failed to endorse a Democrat for president.

“Unfortunately, neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before Big Business,” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said in a statement. “We sought commitments from both Trump and Harris not to interfere in critical union campaigns or core Teamsters industries—and to honor our members’ right to strike—but were unable to secure those pledges.”

The no-endorsement decision followed an appearance by O’Brien at the Republican National Convention in July just days after an attempted assassination of Trump, whom O’Brien praised as “one tough SOB.”

“President Trump had the backbone to open the doors to this Republican convention, and that’s unprecedented,” O’Brien said to a roaring applause.

O’Brien requested to speak at the Democratic National Convention, but was rejected despite the union donating $45,000 to the event, the Post reports.