Posted on 06/24/2017 3:56:23 PM PDT by HokieMom
Rep. Tom MacArthur got the call late on a Saturday night: President Trump would host a fundraiser for him the following weekend. By Friday, the New Jersey Republican had raised $825,000 for the event.
It's a staggering amount for a rank and file House member, even one with the New Jersey and New York donor communities to draw from. MacArthur said it totaled far more than he's ever raised before for a single event — and that it couldn't have happened without Trump, who hosted the June event at his private golf club in Bedminster, N.J.
"I think the fact that the president wanted to help me made these people want to help me," MacArthur said Friday in an interview with the Washington Examiner. "We had a frantic week of making phone calls."
MacArthur, 56, represents a swing district in southern New Jersey. He has raised his profile by playing a prominent role in negotiations that led to passage of the House GOP bill to partially repeal Obamacare.
But the $825,000 he raised in one event is unusual for a House member that is not a member of the elected leadership or major committee chairman.
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Federal law caps individual contributions to members of Congress at $5,400 ($2,700 each for their primary and general election campaigns.) Using a JFC allowed MacArthur to solicit larger donations.
Republican insiders said the amount MacArthur raised was in the range what President George W. Bush used to pull in for JFC events for GOP House members. But the short notice, MacArthur was given, just five working days to raise the cash, was impressive.
Trump was similarly successful in helping Rep.-elect Karen Handel, R-Ga., raise money for her special election campaign in the Sixth Congressional district.
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I will help where I can. I did sent $50 to the Handel campaign.
This is something the Congresscritters can wrap their minds around. They usually pay attention to money.
Much appreciated, I’m sure.
“This is something the Congresscritters can wrap their minds around. They usually pay attention to money.”
Good point. For those that have not been on the Trump Train it would be a good idea to now get on board. Maybe the success of the Handel campaign will have that effect.
Would love to see Trump hit the campaign trail to help primary some of these swamp dwelling Rinos. Trump is in his element at campaign rallies and it would give him a vehicle to push his agenda. Trump would surely enjoy doling out some payback to back stabbers like Flake and crew.
If that turns out to be true, it will purchase what passes for loyalty.
Hope this is for real. The left has OCEANS of money and few Republicans are making an issue out of this. The time to begin raising a war chest was yesterday.
Especially if it helps get them re-elected!
Not everyone will take his money, as we know; probably those who are either anti-Trump, or in complicated congressional districts.
Especially if it helps get them re-elected!
The “gold” standard.
I’d actually pay to go to a Trump headlined event for a local candidate. $200 for ba d chicken dinner. I am in. In fact I would pay $200 and bring my own KFC
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