Top Republican Party donors, including some of former President Donald Trump’s highest-dollar fundraisers in 2020, are reportedly losing interest in a 2024 White House comeback bid in the aftermath of the House's Jan. 6 committee hearings.
Multiple prominent GOP financiers have set their sights elsewhere, weighing other Republicans and hoping that Trump decides to sit out 2024, according to CNBC.One Trump-skeptical fundraiser who is backing down-ballot Republicans said, “Donors are very concerned that Trump is the one Republican who can lose in 2024.” And another noted that in the wake of explosive Jan.
Top donors have also been holding regular meetings to discuss 2024 contenders that they are considering supporting, with Trump rarely mentioned, according to CNBC. Beneficiaries of a realignment among GOP donors include former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Both men, considered leading Republican presidential contenders if Trump decides against running, have dramatically stepped up their fundraising apparatuses. DeSantis has raised over $124 million ostensibly for his reelection campaign, an exorbitant sum for a governor’s race he is expected to win easily.
Others, such as Sen. Tom Cotton , have reportedly also begun reaching out to Trump’s former donors to gauge support for a presidential run.Of course, Trump is no stranger to running and winning presidential campaigns with limited support from traditional Republican donors. Many of the fundraisers who bankrolled the former president’s 2020 campaign froze him out in 2016.
The former president also continues to wield strength among grassroots donors despite wealthy donors’ attention being largely focused on the GOP's attempt to take back Congress in the midterm elections.
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