GOP Seethes Over Trump’s Incessant Money Begs

February 17, 2022 Republicans, Trump Lies

Donald Trump’s spamming of Republican donors could kneecap party efforts to build a steady funding stream for future elections and compete with Democratic fundraising, top GOP officials are privately warning. The former president’s decision to bombard donors with numerous daily emails and texts is sucking up record sums. Four top GOP digital strategists tell Axios it’s also imperiling efforts to build a sustainable, grassroots base of financial support for anyone not named Trump.

These complaints are frequently discussed privately in GOP fundraising circles. Nobody of stature wants to talk publicly, for fear of retribution — because Trump remains the most powerful man in Republican politics. The Defending Democracy Together Institute shows a spike since last July in daily Trump fundraising emails. It counted an average of at least 10 Trump fundraising emails a day since October and more than 14 per day since the start of this year.

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