Posted on 03/08/2021 7:22:42 AM PST by KevinB
Former President Donald Trump sent cease-and-desist letters demanding that Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) stop using his name and likeness to raise funds, a Trump adviser told The Epoch Times.
In a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando on Feb. 28, Trump instructed supporters to donate to his campaign website and the Save America political action committee (PAC). The move suggested Trump aims to build financial leverage over the RNC, a theory that seems to gain credence because of the cease-and-desist letters.
Calls placed to the RNC, NRSC, and NRCC on March 7 went unanswered.
As of the morning of March 7, the NRCC was still using Trump’s name in its standard messaging for new email list registrations. The home page of the NRSC advertised Trump t-shirts from its online shop.
“Stand with President Trump and House Conservatives,” the message said. “Show your support for President Trump’s fight against Nancy Pelosi and the radical Democrats, by giving a gift today.”
According to Rich Baris, the director of Big Data Poll, Trump’s instructions to donate to his website and PAC handed him leverage over the RNC, which may take a financial hit as a result.
“If he wanted to, he could basically bankrupt them into submission,” Baris told The Epoch Times. “I know there’s a lot of people in the Trump world who are rightfully angry with how the RNC raised so much money when they were jointly connected and did not appropriate it right or definitely didn’t appropriate it to the efforts that they said they would, like election integrity.
“There’s another element to this—the hidden horse race—which is the money race. The RNC and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, if these guys can’t raise money because Donald Trump is sucking all the oxygen out of the room, they’re in a lot of trouble because their candidates are relying on their support.”
George Santos, a Republican running for Congress in New York, told The Epoch Times last week that bypassing the RNC for fundraising will send a message to the committee that they need Trump “more than they understand.”
“This is a great example of how he’s a more powerful individual than the party actually is, at this juncture,” Santos said.
Cease and Desist letters are not “pressing”.
Lawsuits are, one one comes before the other, don’t worry about it.
I agree, but changing the title of a posted article is frowned upon around here.
That’s because Trump is cleaning house ahead of his return to office. The entire House and senate are going to be purged of RINOs and the Democrats are going to face harsher consequences.
What a joke. This is the party he’s leading. Trump is the man who could have hit the ground running with a legitimate second party. Trump blew it by allowing the swampers to convince him to remain a tool of the Uniparty (R).
Splitting the non-democrat vote is a plan to fail, I think Trump understands this.
Clinton’s plurality wins produced an electoral landslide both times: 370 and 379 evs.
And not splitting the Uniparty vote results in the one party police state we currently enjoy. Don’t rock the boat, don’t screw up the good thing we’ve got going. That constitution thing? Just a price we pay for your idea of a “plan not to fail”? Thanks for toeing that Uniparty (R) line.
GOP connected entities raised hundreds of millions under the “Stop the Steal” theme, but spent nothing get an accurate vote count. Donors to those groups should file lawsuits alleging civil fraud and racketeering. I stopped contributing to GOP groups and to PAC’s a long time ago and only donate directly to candidates I support.
As a working staff , and always have been , I always find it totally puzzling that people have any spare dollars even to give to politicians!
I haven’t even been on vacation in three years !
Of course my wife has! Happy wife. Happy life !
I’m Ross Perot and I approve this message!
You touting one of your other great successes, King Bushite, the first? There’s probably another Bush coming to get your party free of used to be useful idiots, like me. I’m glad you’re happy in your Uniparty Nirvana.
Let these RINOs give every dollar they’ve collected to President Trump’s PAC. They were intended for him anyway.
Actually it would be Kamalamadingdong Devi Gopalan-Harris who would benefit from a three way Democrat/Republican/Trump election.
DITTO!
But you conveniently forget YOUR GOP’s complicity in the election night coup makes having a 2024 presidential election nothing but a joke of a formality. Even you can’t be a deluded enough stooge to think the Uniparty is going back to fair elections. Fair elections that Trump can win? Enough levity from you, I’m laughing too hard.
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