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Trump’s cash plea could complicate GOP fundraising efforts
AP ^ | 3/2/2021 | Jill Colvin

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: defundthegope; defundtherinos; dissociatedpress; gopestablishment; jillcolvin; rinos; tds
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To: marcusmaximus

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/


21 posted on 03/06/2021 10:37:10 AM PST by crz
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To: proud2beconservativeinNJ

I heard WinRed just processes payments, such as paypal. Your payment should go to whom you selected to receive it. In this case Donaldjtrump.com.


22 posted on 03/06/2021 10:37:32 AM PST by Betty Jane
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To: proud2beconservativeinNJ

Most likely..

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/


23 posted on 03/06/2021 10:37:53 AM PST by crz
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To: marcusmaximus

That’s the point, ya morons!


24 posted on 03/06/2021 10:38:53 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust Trump's Plan. )
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To: proud2beconservativeinNJ

I just went on to donate and the donation site is down.

SO...you might be correct. It may have been hacked.


25 posted on 03/06/2021 10:39:53 AM PST by crz
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To: bigbob

Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn are going to get sued if they don’t shut down their Trump store:

https://secure.winred.com/nrsc/storefront/?utm_source=website-featured-merch/


26 posted on 03/06/2021 10:40:23 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Democrats about to feel the price of rigging love it.


27 posted on 03/06/2021 10:51:54 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: William Tell

Same here. ALL went to his PAC. Freepers should have learned from Sarah Palin and she was the loudest to say it: dont give to the RNC but to the PAC. I am NOT a member of the GOP and never will be.


28 posted on 03/06/2021 10:53:02 AM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: Betty Jane

They kept charging my card several times- the same amount and I finally just closed my credit card account. Search showed I was not alone:

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29 posted on 03/06/2021 11:02:34 AM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: marcusmaximus

Trumps PAC will suck up all the Grassroots money.
The GOP will suck up Big Corporate Money.
We will see who wins in the end.
One thing is certain, Globalist will have to spend a ton of money
defending Globalist and GOP Warmonger Seats.


30 posted on 03/06/2021 11:02:36 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Got a call yesterday from a GOP fundraiser, Told her I refused to support a party full of traitors to President Trump. When they had all three branches they refused to take action and allowed for division within their ranks, leading to the clusterf**k we now find ourselves in. Instead of uniting and fighting these efforts to destroy America, they are whining for more funds as if that will cure the evils. Worse yet, they continue to divide themselves by criticizing Trump and 70-80 million conservatives as well. I’ve had it with down payments and they will have to earn anything I might donate.


31 posted on 03/06/2021 11:04:09 AM PST by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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To: marcusmaximus

It’s not complicated at all dumbasses. We loath the eGOP. We love Trump. The party establishment must decide, Washington or the people....


32 posted on 03/06/2021 11:21:09 AM PST by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: marcusmaximus

33 posted on 03/06/2021 12:31:27 PM PST by McGruff (Trump 2024)
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To: marcusmaximus

I will not donate to the RNC ever again. The Republican Party is dead to me unless and until they can put up decent candidates again. I will donate to Trump only if he runs again. I’m sure a billionaire like Trump doesn’t need my money for anything else.


34 posted on 03/06/2021 1:07:36 PM PST by FormerFRLurker
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To: conservative98

Anonymous sources say she’s been known as “Thrill On the Hill Jill”. Anonymous sources.


35 posted on 03/06/2021 3:48:56 PM PST by j.argese (/s tags: If you have a mind unnecessary. If you're a cretin it really doesn't matter, does it?)
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To: SueRae

...to individual candidate.


That’s what t thought i did for Kim Klacik in Maryland. Turns out a good bit of her donations went to the fundraiser, more, anyway ,than i thought fundraisers skim......earn.

If Trump is in charge of the warchest, RINOs will starve away. That’s fine by me. If individual RINOs raise enough money on their own, great. But not from me.


36 posted on 03/07/2021 5:40:16 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: Mark

I wasn’t happy with WinRed at all. Worse than telemarketers, couldn’t turn them off, took two hours on the phone, and i had zero confidence that any candidate i chose was getting money.


37 posted on 03/07/2021 5:44:01 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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