Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellOvernight Defense: House approves COVID-19 .9T relief bill | McConnell says Capitol security reminds him of ‘last visit to Kabul’ | Austin and Blinken going to South Korea and Japan on their first trips abroad ENERGY OF THE NIGHT: Senate confirms Michael Regan as head of the EPA | Biden delays Trump’s changes to the lead and copper drinking water rule | Trump FWS blamed for lack of opinions McConnell boasted that the GOP group had outpaced Trump’s: report MORE (R-Ky.) In particular he boasted on Wednesday that the Republican Party Senate Leadership Fund had outpaced the old President Trump
Donald TrumpRecord number of unaccompanied minors detained at the border: MyPillow CEO report to launch social media site described as cross between YouTube and Twitter Trump endorses elected deputy Luke Letlow’s widow in the race for the Louisiana House MOREsuper PAC in 2020, reported The New York Times, amid the ex-president’s segmentation of republican fundraising efforts.
McConnell made the comments at a weekly party lunch following a presentation by Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), three people informed about the lunch told the Times.
Kentucky Republicans said funds raised by the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC that normally supports incumbent Republican senators, last year surpassed Trump’s America First PAC.
McConnell cited data that he presented on small cards entitled “Super PAC money raised” that said “Total: $ 612 + million” and “In 3 cycles: almost $ 1 billion”. Below it were the words “Trump: $ 148 + million”.
McConnell’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.
Jason Miller, a Trump adviser, told the Times that he rejected the suggestion that the former president led to the loss of two Senate seats in Georgia, which cost the majority to Republicans, blaming the minority leader for not support a stronger COVID. 19 relief bill.
“A better side-by-side comparison would be the $ 2,000 stimulus checks that Democratic candidates promised in Georgia versus the $ 600 stimulus checks that Republicans offered, which led us to lose both seats,” said Miller . “Think about it, if we had done something different, the Republicans would be in control of the Senate now.”
Over the weekend, Trump’s lawyers sent cease and desist letters to the Republican National Committee (RNC), the Republican National Congress Committee (NRCC) and the NRSC asking them to stop using their name and image for fundraising efforts. funds.
The RNC initially rejected the letters, but in the past few days, Trump has doubled down, issuing two statements asking his supporters and Republicans to donate to his PAC Save America instead of to the GOP fundraising arms.
In both statements, Trump called “RINOS”, referring to “Republicans in name only”, and condemned the Republican Party’s fundraising bodies for supporting such legislators.
“I fully support the Republican Party and major Republican committees, but I do not support RINOs and fools, and it is not their right to use my image or image to raise funds,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.
Scott, President of RNC Ronna McDaniel
Ronna Romney McDanielMcConnell boasted that the GOP group overcame Trump: report that Dick Morris has met with Trump: report that GOP leaders reiterate their commitment to working with Trump in the midst of comings and goings MORE and the representative of the NRCC president. Tom Emmer
Thomas (Tom) Earl EmmerMcConnell boasted that the GOP group overcame Trump: report that Dick Morris has been meeting with Trump: report that GOP leaders reiterate their commitment to working with Trump in the midst of comings and goings MORE (R-Minn.) Released a joint statement in response on Tuesday that said the committees “are grateful for President Trump’s support, both in the past and in the future.”