Last modified on Wed 4 Aug 2021 05.02 EDT
Taking a stand against Donald Trump is guaranteed to bring Republicans online abuse, primary election challengers and barbs from the former US president himself. But it is also proving lucrative as donors scramble to breathe life into the anti-Trump resistance.
Liz Cheney, a Republican congresswoman from Wyoming and leading Trump critic, enjoyed her second consecutive record fundraising quarter with $1.88m from April to June, according to financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. She had raised $1.54m in the first three months of the year.
Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois congressman who defied party leaders by joining Cheney on the House of Representatives select committee investigating the 6 January insurrection, raised almost $2m in the second quarter, while his political action committee (Pac) took in $1.5m-plus.
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