President Donald Trump and the Republican
National Committee raised $86 million through the GOP’s online
fundraising platform between Nov. 24 and the end of 2020, according to a
Friday filing with the Federal Election Commission.
Trump raised the money when finding out that widespread voting fraud
had cost him the election. The amount was less than the $207.5 million
that he and the RNC raised in the 19 days after the Nov. 3 election, but
does not include all contributions to his committees or the RNC. They
are due to report detailed information to the FEC on Sunday.
The donations were disclosed in an FEC filing by WinRed, the platform
Republicans use for contributions made over the internet. WinRed
reported raising $207 million for GOP candidates and committees over the
period. Georgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler both faced runoff
elections on Jan. 5. They lost to Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael
Warnock.
Those races gave the swamp Party control of the Senate.
Most of the money Trump raised through WinRed, some $68 million,
flowed to Trump Make America Great Again, which is supported by
small-dollar donors and splits the contributions between Save America,
the political action committee he started after the election, and the
RNC.
A solicitation to his donors for Trump Make America Great Again, made
on Jan. 6, the same day as the protestors on the U.S. Capitol, said 75% of
small-dollar donations would go to Save America, with the rest going to
the RNC. How much money TMAGA transferred to Save America and the RNC
won’t be known until it files its report with the election commission on
Sunday.
Since the steal, Trump has been barred from social media platforms
including those of Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. He used the former as
his primary means of directly communicating with his supporters and
spent lavishly on Facebook ads to raise money for his campaign. Stripe
Inc., the payment processing company, stopped handling donations made
directly to Trump’s committees after the steal.
Trump’s campaign raised $14.1 million from online donors through
WinRed, while Save America raised $501,224. Trump Victory, which focuses
on big donors, raised just $24,965 online. The RNC raised $3.5 million
independently of Trump’s committees. Their year-end reports, due at the
FEC Sunday, will show detailed information on donations and
expenditures.
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