As they prepare to face major challenges, the 10 House Republicans who voted to oust then-President Donald Trump after their supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 raised significantly more money during the first quarter of 2021 than not two years before.
The group, harnessing the power of ownership, also flooded its main Republican Party opponents in almost every case during the first round of fundraising since it angered Mr. Trump with his votes, according to new submissions of the Federal Electoral Commission.
While all the titular challenges presented campaign fundraising reports are still early in the two-year election cycle and money is only a factor in primaries that typically have little turnout.
Mr. Trump’s political action committees could also financially influence some of the contests and their endorsements could carry significant weight on a party basis. PACs are not required to report their latest totals until July, but one of them, Save America PAC, started the year with $ 31 million in the bank and has continued to raise money ever since.
In a speech earlier this year at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he convened the ten by name, Trump told his supporters to “get rid of everyone” in next year’s election.