The Republican National Committee, now all but under the total leadership of the Trump campaign, has announced a substantial change in fortune with last month's fundraising haul.
The Daily Caller reports that the committee will report $65.6 million raised in March, a figure that includes donations collected by the campaign for former President Donald Trump. In a press release announcing the amount, RNC Chair Michael Whatley credited the Republican leader with successfully coordinating his campaign operations and messaging to make for a unified fundraising pitch to donors.
“President Donald J. Trump has again created a fundraising juggernaut among Republicans. While he has been the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party for less than a month, the RNC and Trump campaign are one unified operation and focused on victory,” said RNC Chairman Michael Whatley. “We’re raising funds and making strategic investments to get out the vote and protect the ballot. We are going to win BIG in just 31 weeks.”
“Our campaign, working together with the RNC, has been steadily ramping up our fundraising efforts, and our March numbers are a testament to the overwhelming support for President Trump by voters all across the spectrum,” added Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign Susie Wiles. “Republicans may not be beneficiaries of the self interested largess from Hollywood and Silicon Valley elites, but President Trump is proud to be supported by donations from voters who are the backbone of this nation, which will fuel Republicans up and down the ballot.”
President Joe Biden's campaign, which held $93.1 million on hand going into April, has not yet announced is monthly total though the sum is expected to include a glitzy fundraiser involving former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton that the campaign claims raised $25 million in a single night.
The RNC still has much to do if the GOP plans to match Democrats' fundraising prowess. The Democratic National Committee held $97.5 million at the end of February compared to the RNC's $44.8 million, according to POLITICO.
Under pressure from Trump, former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel resigned in February, paving the way for Whatley, a Trump ally, and daughter-in-law Lara Trump to shape the GOP's governing body in his mold. Lara Trump previously hinted that big news on the fundraising front was expected.
A significant hurdle facing President Trump is the purported $50 million in annual legal fees he faces as part of his ongoing criminal and civil trials, according to Axios. On Tuesday the 45th president posted a $175 million bond to meet his reduced obligation in his New York real estate trial, made possible thanks to his vast expansion in net worth as a result of taking the parent company of Truth Social public on Wall Street.
Trump has asserted, and a wide spectrum of analysts have agreed, that opponents from the Biden administration to the Justice Department and Democratic prosecutors are “weaponizing” the court systems in an all-out effort to hamper him ahead of the November election.
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