Republicans condemned Donald Trump after Capitol siege but now they seek his help
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
US President Donald Trump, right, gestures next to US Congressman Kevin McCarthy as they deliver remarks to Rural Stakeholders on California Water Accessibility in Bakersfield, California, on Feb. 19, 2020. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)TNS
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By Jill Colvin | The Associated Press
Just two weeks ago, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy declared Donald Trump culpable in the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. By Thursday, he was seeking his political support.
A private meeting between the two men at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort signaled a remarkable turnaround in the former president’s stature among elected Republicans. In the immediate aftermath of the insurrection Trump inspired, the idea that he would enjoy any sort of kingmaker role in his post-presidency seemed highly unlikely.
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Lobbyists selling their connections to former President Donald Trump capped off a lucrative four-year run with their best year in 2020. After raking in millions from high-profile clients, these Washington influencers are already losing clients under President Joe Biden but could still benefit from Trump’s continued influence over the GOP.
Brian Ballard, chairman of Trump’s 2016 big-dollar fundraising apparatus and vice chairman of the Trump inaugural committee, made the most of his deep-rooted relationship with the president. A power player in Florida politics, Ballard didn’t lobby at the federal level until 2017, Trump’s first year in office. Since then, his firm raked in $71.4 million in lobbying revenue.
Experts estimate the legislation will have wide-reaching impact on people with felony records, who face barriers to getting a job. In Michigan, people with convictions are even required to self-report criminal records to the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs when applying for most types of professional licenses, including barber’s and beautician licenses.
The law was supported by a bipartisan coalition that included conservative groups like American Conservative Union and Americans for Prosperity, a sign that the criminal justice system has impacted people across the political spectrum, according to Joshua Hoe, policy analyst for the non-profit Safe & Just Michigan, which supported the legislation.
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Donald Trump has lost his social media megaphone, the power of government and the unequivocal support of his party's elected leaders. But a week after leaving the White.
By Ken MeyerJan 27th, 2021, 8:03 am
American Conservative Union chairman
Matt Schlapp insists CPAC will be fine this year, though he didn’t appear to want to put his name on his very own vote of confidence for the convention he ostensibly oversees.
Politico spoke to Schlapp about the Conservative Political Action Conference, which largely focused on whether CPAC will really get off the ground this year between the complications of the coronavirus pandemic, the convention’s relocation to Florida, and the uncertain future of the Republican Party’s relationship with former President
Donald Trump.
Schlapp recently made news over the revelation that a Trump donor paid him $750,000 to lobby the former president for a pardon before leaving office, but nothing came of it. When Politico reached out to Schlapp about CPAC, it resulted in an odd episode where it seems he hyped the convention, but then tried to go off-the-record after the fact.