Trump Builds Leverage for 'Overhaul' of GOP With Fundraising Gambit
Trump Builds Leverage for ‘Overhaul’ of GOP With Fundraising Gambit Former President Donald Trump over the past two weeks laid the foundation for exerting financial leverage over the Republican Party apparatus by instructing supporters to donate solely to his campaign website and political action committee, while demanding that the Republican National Committee (RNC) and its congressional chamber affiliates stop using his name and likeness to raise funds. The stratagem is all but sure to split a substantial chunk of donations from the GOP and allow Trump to divert money from the RNC that ...