Former President Donald Trump amassed $31.2 million in his new political operation by the end of 2020, giving him a powerful tool to keep the Republican Party in his grip as he left office.
. Recent fundraising calls from that group have said that it is splitting donations between Save America and the Republican National Committee, with 75 percent going to Trump’s leadership PAC and 25 percent going to the RNC. “Trump’s biggest weapon is his megaphone. But without his twitter account, he especially needs the money to fund his desired political infrastructure,” said Matt Gorman, a veteran Republican operative.
The once-beleaguered DNC is starting in an entirely different position in 2021 compared to the last presidential election, closing out the 2020 cycle with nearly $39 million in the bank and just $3.1 million in debts. The new DNC chair, Jaime Harrison, is deeply familiar with the power of online fundraising. He smashed records in 2020, becoming the most well-funded Senate candidate in history before losing his race in South Carolina, largely through those grassroots donations.
It’s not yet clear whether either party will be able to maintain the same fundraising pace without Trump in the White House. While Democrats benefited from furious backlash against Trump from their online donors, Trump also built an enormous online fundraising list that directed millions to the RNC.The year-end campaign finance filings also detailed the flood of cash into Georgia's Senate runoffs earlier this year, where now-Democratic Sens.
Hallucinant!
The Unsurprising Reasons Trump’s Lawyers Quit
2XIMPOTUS As crooked as they come. Nothing short of totally corrupt Conman
That is 'Disgusting' people that funded him need think about what they have done! If trump is allowed so much 'Power' over a political party, I think it will affect them in a way where they become 'Greedy' and forget their Oath, and any honor & Integrity they may have!
Not to worry, Trump is really good at wasting money, that will be gone in no time.
Bait and switch
Trump will pocket the money, he won’t waste it on politics, he gets that coverage for free!
Blood money
Obscene.
GOPLeader HouseGOP For Trump that $31m is chump change he will fritter away; for any GOP candidate, it’s blood money
Now do the dummies who donated this money to Trump realize or even care that this money went directly into Trump's own pocket? Because this where all the money donated to Trump goes....to Trump himself, it is not for his defense it is for him and him alone.
Well, he didn’t cheat anyone this time. He didn’t hide who he is. So, if ppl want to give him their money, so be it.
Republicans feel our politics have become far too reasonable and too rational to bear any longer.
Shows you how gullible people can be.
Grifter forever
Is this before or after his lawyer fees?
Fools parting with their money.
Any money he raised is already gone All he does mismanage everything
Trump will always be my President!!!!
SO EVIL.
And people are mad at the redditors over game stop. I'm mad at the people that just keep giving money to Trump.
I hope he shorted GME....
Raised 255 million yet only 30 million to the PAC. What happened to the rest?
Way to go Donnie! Now you just need 370 more million to pay off ol’ Putie!
They should look for continued money laundering from outside the US split into small donations via his base.
You misspelled disgraced.
That should cover the cost to repair the damage to the Capitol.
Grift, grift, grift. How do my fellow citizens not see that the Emperor Wears No Clothes! The Trump Family is not in it to save the U.S., or help citizens of the U.S.; they are in it for the easy money for themselves (and notoriety to boost their egos)! WAKE UP PEOPLE!
He’s pissed away money before. Easy come, easy go with this piece of work. ConvictAndDisqualifyTrump
Still stiffed his first lawyers.
By “political operation” you mean the defrauding of his supporters who he told would use donations for legal defense, right? Grifter gonna grift.
But doesn't want to pay his lawyers: The Unsurprising Reasons Trump’s Lawyers Quit
interesting. I had no idea.
His new Twitter handle is notbarron1946. He gonna try to run again
Those idiots are in a abusive relationship and don’t even know it! They need to work together and cage the bully!
That’s actually only 50 cents for each person who voted for him, so some big donors are getting their money’s worth.
Trump grifted 31 million dollars from Americans.
There’s a sucker born every minute.
is becoming the National Enquirer. 🙄
Where will that money go? What prohibits him from spending it on himself like the Trump “charity?”
Trump's new personal slush fund that he'll sell to suckers to bailout his failing business loans.
To earn that he continued said fraud election reality he knows there is no fraud.
KrisKetzKMBC No wonder GOPLeader and other SenateGOP are kissing theDon POTUS45 ring. HawleyMO TraitorsSupportTraitorTrump Too bad there are many that want that money but aren’t worth a 💩💩💩💩
Wonder how much he's willing to pay for a vote not to convict in the Senate?
it is rather amazing to contemplate how much money Donald Trump can make picking other people’s pockets.
Shouldn’t he be worried about his impeachment trial first? He should be hoping that his new legal team wouldn’t drop out like his first five who split with him days before his senate trial.
Trump raised over $255,000,000 in the 8 weeks following the election alone.
He needs money to refinance those loans.
I hope he spends it all on lawyers.
Follow the money! BTW, I still want to see those tax returns.
$31 million is going going to last a few months knowing how much he paid his kids and own hotel.
A bunch of it I’m sure given to PACs who people thought were helping in the Georgia races