Trump attorneys have sent letters to a group of IDP committees asking them to stop Trump from raising funds for appeals, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee. Other groups loosely affiliated with the party also received notices.
A NRCC spokesman declined to comment on how the organization plans to respond to the stop-and-stop letters. An NRSC spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
The dust is a rare interruption between the Trump team and the RNC, who worked together during the 2020 campaign through a joint fundraising vehicle to raise more than $ 366 million. The two parties merged their political and digital activities into a single operation in the run-up to last year’s election, and their fundraising activities were now put together. Trump and McDaniel talk regularly, and just after the election he signs her to serve a third term as party chairman – a nod that paved the way for her re-election.
But as he lays out his plans to take revenge on his alleged Republican enemies in the 2022 midterm elections, the former president has begun to give greater control over how his name is used to raise money. Just days before the ceasefire letters were sent, Trump delivered a speech before the Conservative political action conference in which he said that the “only … way” to financially support Trump-aligned Republicans was through Save America , his political actions of leadership. committee.
Trump launched the PAC just after the 2020 election, during which he raised ten million dollars. Trump can use the committee to donate to candidates he has chosen and to fund other political activities.
Separately, he appointed longtime advisor Corey Lewandowski to address a super PAC, which will be able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. Brad Parscale has re-entered Trump’s career after being fired as campaign manager last summer, helping with digital fundraising efforts.
Some senior Republicans believe they believed the demand to stop and stop last week was driven by the advisers around Trump, not the former president himself. And most mocked the request, claiming they could use Trump’s name in fundraising calls, since he is a public figure.
The RNC has continued to appeal to Trump on several fundraising applications since receiving the stop-and-stop request. It sent out some Trump-themed fundraising emails over the weekend and on Monday emailed donors to help them defend President Trump’s legacy.
In his letter, Riemer writes that Trump and McDaniel ‘enjoy a close relationship, and we understand that President Trump confirmed to her over the weekend that he is currently using his name in fundraising and other materials, including for our future donor, approve. retreat on Palm Beach that we look forward to. ”
A Trump spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump has long been sensitive about people making money from his name. In 2019, Trump’s campaigner David Bossie, a longtime informal adviser to the former president, reprimanded amid allegations that he fraudulently used Trump’s name to raise money for an outside group he oversaw.
While the RNC and Trump campaigns worked closely together during last year’s campaign, there was sometimes tension between the two sides. McDaniel and former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien have long been considered rivals, and during the waning days of the election, communication between the committee and the campaign crumbled. Although the campaign was skeptical about the data provided by the RNC, committee officials were critical of TV commercials broadcasting the re-election effort.