Former President Donald Trump has demanded that the Republican National Committee (RNC) and two GOP campaign organizations stop using his name and parable for fundraising, according to a Politico report.
Trump attorneys have reportedly not only sent orders for strike and removal to the RNC, but also to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which heads the Republican efforts to re-occupy the Senate and House in mid-2022, respectively.
The attempt to halt comes less than a week after Trump’s first big speech to the presidency, during the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in Orlando, Florida.
Trump used his speech there not only to reaffirm his leadership from the party that twice nominated him for president, but also to harness a potential 2024 presidential election and to name the ten Republican representatives by name. call who voted to charge him with incitement. uprising in January.
He also attacked the seven Republican senators who voted to condemn him, telling the crowd, “Get rid of everyone,” although at least two of the seven have already announced they will not run for re-election.
Trump names Mitt Romney, “Little Ben Sasse”, Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Tomney, and all the Republicans who voted for his blast, ending with Liz Cheney pic.twitter.com/Me5JvoIslq
– Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) 28 February 2021
According to Rachael Bade and Tara Palmeri of Politico, the Republican defectors are part of the reason why Trump decided on Friday to strike orders. The former president, who has twice been charged, was reportedly “furious that organizations helping his Republicans accuse him of harassing his name without his permission.”
Before making a turn in politics, Trump made a career out of his name: he gave a license from Trump steaks to Trump vodka to Trump tapes, not to mention a bunch of towers in the US and abroad, and has earned millions in the process.
In February, NRCC’s financial chairman, Mr. Darin LaHood, told Politico that the GOP’s campaign would stand behind members of the indictment in 2022, despite Trump’s public desire to excommunicate them from the party. And NRCC chairman Tom Emmer has urged Trump to stay out of the GOP primaries.
Trump’s CPAC speech made it clear that he intends to run in the by-elections – and if implemented, the orders that halted Trump’s camp on Friday could be a blow to the GOP’s fundraising efforts. in the medium term.
In part, this is because the Republican base remains overwhelmingly loyal to Trump. For example, in a Morning Consult / Politico poll in the field late last month, 79 percent of Republicans say they maintain a favorable opinion of the former president, and the majority of Republicans from the House and Senate also have their say. harnessed to him.
In addition, Trump has already proven himself to be a fundraising giant since his defeat in the November election last year. His leadership PAC, Save America, raised more than $ 31 million in the run-up to the election alone, and Trump is apparently also considering a new super-PAC to bolster his fundraising.
Trump is also doing his best to channel money from Republican donors through his own fundraising channels, instead of groups like the NRSC.
“There’s only one way to contribute to our efforts to elect American First Republican Conservatives and to make America great again, and that is through Save America PAC and donaldjtrump.com,” he told CPAC last weekend.
If Republican donors heed the former president’s call, Trump is likely to be able to influence the upcoming election not only by using his popularity to endorse, but by using his PACs to bolster the efforts of the RNC, NRSC and NRCC to counteract.
As of Saturday, however, it appears that the RNC has not been deterred. According to Politico’s Alex Isenstadt, the committee sent out a fundraising email calling for Trump’s agenda, even after the termination and termination orders expired.
As reported by @playbookdc, Trump has sent termination letters to the RNC, NRCC and NRSC saying they should not use Trump’s name or likeness in $ appeals
But the RNC apparently ignores it. They sent an e-mail today asking supporters to “DEFEND” Trump’s policies
– Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) 6 March 2021
Trump’s exact plans are not clear, but he keeps the IDP his party
All the money he pays in is Trump’s future political plans somewhat obscure. He has repeatedly teased a 2024 run, and it is not hard to see him winning the nomination again if his current support for the IDP base continues.
But Trump also has a unique set of post-presidential challenges that could complicate the plan – namely a whole host of potential legal issues.
At the very least, he faces ongoing criminal investigations by district attorneys in Manhattan and Fulton County, Georgia, and New York Attorney General Letitia James is also leading a civil investigation into possible fraud by the Trump organization.
There is also a libel case by author E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexual assault in 2019, and two lawsuits by members of Congress over Trump’s actions in connection with the January 6 storm by Trump’s insurgents.
On top of that, Trump faces potentially questionable financial circumstances in the near future, with an IRS decision of more than $ 100 million over a threatening tax refund and his business in trouble.
In short, he may be a little busy with other things by the time 2024 runs around – and it’s even the assumption that he wants to run because he hates the job of presidency and Twitter has made it clear that he’s not returning his account to to help him, even if he runs again.
For now, however, Trump’s prospective candidacy in 2024 largely froze the rest of the Republican 2024 hopefuls’ hopes and allowed him to consolidate his party leadership, as Bloomberg explained last month.
And no matter what he decides on 2024, Trump’s plans for 2022 are clearer. In February, he issued his first GOP primary approval against a Republican pro-indictment – Ohio, rep. Anthony Gonzalez – and plans to target other intra-party opponents, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the only senator who voted to condemn who is also up for re-election in 2022.
“I do not know where other people will be next year,” Trump said. said in a statement Saturday, “But I know where I’ll be – in Alaska against a disloyal and very bad senator.”