Powerful Group Excludes Trump From Donor Retreat

The New York Times reports:

The Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax group that spent nearly $150 million in the past two election cycles, has invited a half-dozen potential Republican presidential candidates to its annual donor retreat next month — but not Donald J. Trump.

In a meeting with reporters on Monday, David McIntosh, president of the group, said that Republican chances of winning back the White House next year would be diminished if Mr. Trump were once again at the top of the ticket and that he hoped to introduce Republican donors to other possibilities.

A spokesman for Mr. Trump declined to comment and instead pointed to three social media posts two weeks ago in which the former president repeatedly attacked the club, including one that referred to both the group and to Mr. DeSantis as “globalists.”

Read the full article. The primary backer of the Club For Growth is packaging magnate Richard Uihlein.

The Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax group that spent nearly $150 million in the past two election cycles, has invited six potential presidential candidates to its donor retreat next month — but not Donald Trump. https://t.co/UrVdgb9cus

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