Trump demands three Republican groups stop raising money off his name
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[March 08, 2021]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former
President Donald Trump has clashed again with his Republican Party,
demanding that three Republican groups stop using his name and likeness
for fundraising, a Trump adviser said on Saturday.
The adviser, confirming a report in Politico, said lawyers for Trump on
Friday had sent cease-and-desist letters to the Republican National
Committee, National Republican Congressional Campaign and National
Republican Senate Campaign, asking them to stop using his name and
likeness on fundraising emails and merchandise.
The adviser said Trump is sensitive to the use of his name and likeness
for branding purposes and was irked that the three groups have supported
Republican lawmakers who joined Democrats in voting to impeach him over
the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump protesters.
Trump is using his Save America SuperPAC to raise money in part to help
hand-picked Republican candidates in the 2022 congressional elections.
Some of them are expected to challenge Republican incumbents.
A civil war has erupted within the Republican Party, with establishment
figures such as Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell eager to put
Trump in the rearview mirror, and others, like Trump ally Senator
Lindsey Graham, believing the party’s future depends on the energy of
the pro-Trump base.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative
Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S.
February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Trump has waged a war of words with establishment Republicans, some
of whom he feels betrayed him by joining Democrats in impeaching
him.
Trump, now living at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida,
dangled the possibility of running for president again in 2024 when
he addressed a conference of conservatives last Sunday.
In that speech, he singled out Republicans Senators Mitt Romney and
Pat Toomey and House lawmakers Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger,
suggesting he would support candidates who opposed them in
Republican primaries.
Still, Trump has committed to helping Republicans try to win control
of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in 2022
congressional elections that will be a first referendum on the
leadership of Democratic President Joe Biden.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing by Leslie Adler and David
Gregorio)
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