As they prepare to face primary challengers, the ten House Republicans who voted to accuse then-President Donald Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6 raised significantly more money during the first quarter of 2021. than they had done two years before.
The group, which harnesses the power of maintenance, also overpowered its primary opponents of the GOP in almost every case during the first round of fundraising because Trump angered Trump with their votes, the new Federal Electoral Commission shows.
Although all of the current challenging challengers who have submitted campaign funding reports are still early in the two-year election cycle, money is just one factor in typical low-turnout primary elections.
Mr. Trump’s committees of political action may also weigh in financially on some of the contests, and his endorsements could carry significant weight on the party’s basis. The PACs are only due to report their latest total in July, but one of them, Save America PAC, started the year with $ 31 million in the bank and has been raising money ever since.
In a speech earlier this year at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he called out all ten by name, Mr. Trump told his supporters to “get rid of everyone” during next year’s election.