Republicans Raise Millions on Racist Lies
Since losing the election, Donald Trump and Republicans have used deceptive fundraising strategies to target small dollar donors in order to raise millions in PAC donations on the basis of election fraud and conspiracy theories. Following the violent insurrection of the capitol, Trump still left office with tens of millions of dollars raised for his new Save America PAC.
Republicans Are Making Millions Pushing Trump’s Election Lies, Vice | 04/14/2021
By Cameron Joseph
The politicians who bet big on backing President Trump’s election lies are raking in the benefits.
Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz announced Tuesday that he’d raised $5.3 million in the first three months of this year, a massive sum for a senator who isn’t up for reelection until 2024.
Missouri GOP Sen. Josh Hawley raised $3 million during that same stretch, his team leaked on Monday. That figure likely would have been even higher if he hadn’t paused active fundraising for three weeks in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol; that stretch brought in $600,000.
SEN. TED CRUZ, R-TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 (TOM WILLIAMS/CQ ROLL CALL VIA AP IMAGES) / SEN. JOSH HAWLEY, R-MO., FEB. 22, 2021 (DEMETRIUS FREEMAN/THE WASHINGTON POST VIA AP, POOL) / REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, R-GA., JAN. 3, 2021. (ERIN SCOTT/POOL VIA AP)
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