Former President Trump
Donald TrumpUS, South Korea reaches cost-sharing agreement for Graham’s troops: Trump can make GOP bigger, stronger, or he can ‘destroy’ it. Biden nominates female generals whose promotion has reportedly been delayed under Trump MORE encouraged donors to donate money to his Save America PAC instead of to Republicans, whom he called ‘RINOS’ in another departure from traditional GOP campaign operations.
“No more money for RINOS,” Trump said in a statement late Monday, referring to “Republicans by name only.” “They are doing nothing but hurting the Republican Party and our large voting base – they will never lead us to Greatness.”
“Send your donation to Save America PAC at DonaldJTrump.com,” the statement continued. “We will bring everything back stronger than ever before!”
The statement comes days after Trump’s lawyers sent a letter of resignation to the Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee to stop using his name and parable. for fundraising and sale of goods.
The three groups represent the largest fundraising bodies for the IDP.
The RNC responded on Monday, saying the fundraising arm has a right to use Trump’s name and likeness in his efforts.
Justin Riemer, chief councilor of the RNC, wrote in a letter that the party “has the full right to refer to public figures, as this is a keynote speech of the political speech protected by the first amendment, and it will continue to pursue these common goals. “
The former president has also drawn criticism from Republicans who voted to convict him of inciting an uprising, promising to travel to Alaska to oppose Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Ann Murkowski GOP senator defends Cheney, Murkowski after Trump punishes Trump promises to travel to Alaska to vote with Murkowski GOP votes against COVID-19 bill MORE (R-Alaska), who voted to convict Trump in the Senate indictment.
Last week, Trump blew up The Wall Street Journal for his editorial appeal to Republicans to step down from the former president. The newspaper’s editorial highlighted the loss of the Republican Party under Trump, including the House in 2018 and the Senate.
“They are fighting for RINOS which has hurt the Republican Party so badly,” he said said in a statement. ‘This is where they are and this is where they will always be. Fortunately, no one gives much to the editors of The Wall Street Journal. They lost a lot of credibility. ”
The actions by Trump and his team come after he ruled out the possibility of starting his own political party during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he also teased a potential 2024 presidential presidency.