
Some Trump congressional backers see big campaign windfalls in 1st quarter
CNN
New fundraising reports it underscores how much the Republican small-donor base is rewarding loyalty to the former President.
His robust fundraising swamps the roughly $192,000 he raised during the first three months in the off-year of the previous election cycle. And it underscores how much the Republican small-donor base is rewarding loyalty to the former President. Other Republicans who have sided with Trump reported collecting big sums during the first three months of the year as the nation grappled with the aftermath of a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol and Trump's second impeachment. Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia previously reported bringing in $3.2 million, a staggering sum for her first fundraising quarter in Congress.
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