Trump Can No Longer Funnel GOP Money To Himself, But Others Are Doing It For Him
02/23/2021 08:34 pm ET
Utah Sen. Mike Lee held a fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club last weekend, and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem plans one for March.
By S.V. Date
WASHINGTON ― Former President Donald Trump can no longer funnel Republican donor money into his own pockets, but he has found other GOP candidates willing to do it for him.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee, who helped plot an effort to dump Trump as the 2016 nominee at that summer’s convention, had a $5,300-per-person fundraiser set for this past Saturday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago social club in Florida. And South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has scheduled a $4,000-per-person one for March 5.
Trump is the sole owner, and now a full-time resident of, the Palm Beach swimming, tennis and croquet club that has been a frequent site of Republican National Committee and Trump campaign fundraising events since the spring of 2016, when Trump took control of the party.
“He’s back in the hotel business,” said Steve Duprey, a former RNC member from New Hampshire. “I guess he never left.”
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