In the few days since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Republicans have capitalized on conservative outrage, pulling in millions of dollars in donations.
As of Friday, Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign received $15 million in small donations, including 50,000 from new donors, according to a tweet from Eric Trump.
“Unbelievable numbers!!” he tweeted. “Keep it going — you and the dems are handing @realDonaldTrump the win in 2020!”
Pelosi
announced on Tuesday the House would launch a formal impeachment
inquiry against the president, accusing him of betraying the oath of
office by pressuring Ukraine to open an investigation into former Vice
President Joe Biden, a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential
nomination, and his son.
Trump has maintained that he acted appropriately.
Twenty-four
hours later, Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican National
Committee raked in a combined $5 million, according to Trump’s campaign
manager, Brad Parscale.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, meanwhile, said its online fundraising was up 608 percent Friday.
State-level
Republican groups are also fundraising off of Democrats’ efforts to
impeach Trump, with the Nevada Republican Party selling a shirt that
says “Impeach This,” over an image of the 2016 election map.
Of
course, Democrats are also turning impeachment into a chance to raise
money: ActBlue, the company that processes a majority of Democratic
online donations, said it brought in $4.6 million in donations on
Tuesday -- one of its largest fundraising days not tied to a Democratic debate or monthly deadline.
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