Posted on 03/06/2021 9:30:08 AM PST by marcusmaximus
“Trump needs you,” one fundraising email implored.
“President Trump’s Legacy is in your hands,” another pleaded.
Others advertised “Miss Me Yet?” T-shirts featuring Donald Trump’s smiling face.
While some Republicans grapple with how fiercely to embrace the former president, the organizations charged with raising money for the party are going all in. The Republican National Committee and the party’s congressional campaign arms are eager to cash in on Trump’s lure with small donors ahead of next year’s midterm elections, when the GOP hopes to regain control of at least one chamber of Congress.
But there’s a problem: Trump himself. In his first speech since leaving office, the former president encouraged loyalists to give directly to him, essentially bypassing the traditional groups that raise money for GOP candidates.
“There’s only one way to contribute to our efforts to elect ‘America First’ Republican conservatives and, in turn, to make America great again,” Trump said Sunday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida. “And that’s through Save America PAC and donaldjtrump.com.”
The comment was particularly notable because Trump is generally loath to ask for money in person. It amounts to the latest salvo in the battle to shape the future of the GOP, with Trump making clear that he holds no allegiance to the party’s traditional fundraising operation as he tries to consolidate power.
That could help him add to an already commanding war chest, aiding his effort to influence the party. Save America has more than $80 million cash on hand, including $3 million raised after the CPAC speech, according to a person familiar with the total.
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Jill “Swill” Colvin of “Ape Pee”
Eighty percent of my contributions went directly to Trump. He can decide who gets help.
Fake News. The normal Party organs get their donations from the “Big Donors” and will continue to do so.
Sniff sniff smells like Ass. Press.💩
Not anymore.
It will HELP get Conservatives elected to GOP positions.
The Chamber of Commerce Cheap Labor Express is deeply saddened.
Let's look at what happened.
For four years, the left pushed one lie after another about what President Trump said or did that could have been easily refuted, but the GOP refused to do so.
Russia, Russia, Russia went on for two years under a GOP controlled House and Senate.
The GOP had control of the Georgia House and Senate and was run by a governor who was supported by President Trump, yet they stood by and did nothing to stop the dems from stealing the election.
Now they want my support?
All I can say is that for now, I'm considering the options.
I watched President Trump’s CPAC speech and near the end when he announced the DonaldJTrump.com website as the ONLY fundraising site exclusively for his supporters to fight against the corrupt RINO’s I went and signed up immediately. I then unsubscribed from the RNC, NRCC, and NRSC.
All this family’s political donations are now exclusively to President Trump’s fundraising arm.
I went to donaldjtrump.com hoping to find a Miss Me Yet? T-shirt but there’s no longer a store. Shame. They should reopen it with Pro Trump, anti swamp gear.
I have received 3 calls from RNC types this past week. I told as I have in the past..NO. I will only donate to an individual candidate.
Tries to consolidate power should say consolidates power. Stupid AP.
LOL. Should be a top seller before long.
bookmark
RNC = NO
GOPe = NO
Those two entities can wither and die.
Trump sent cease-and-desist letters to stop the RNC, NRCC, and NRSC from using his name: report
Business Insider ^ | 3/6/2021 | John L. Dorman
Posted on 3/6/2021, 9:38:13 AM by marcusmaximus
Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump on Friday issued cease-and-desist letters to the Republican National Committee (RNC), National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) for “using his name and likeness on fundraising emails and merchandise,” according to a Politico report.
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Trump is reportedly upset that his name is being used without his permission by organizations that are backing Republicans who supported his impeachment, according to Politico.
Jill Colvin @colvinj National political reporter for The Associated Press. Reluctant Washingtonian. Night owl. Quiet car enforcer. The dog is much bigger now. Email: jcolvin@ap.org.
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Oh, Jill. There you go again.
I tried to get to donaldjtrump.com and arrived at a WinREd site with a picture of Trump? Was I hijacked?
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