“I fully support the Republican Party and important GOP Committees, but I do not support RINOs and fools, and it is not their right to use my likeness or image to raise funds,” he said. But even as he tried to clarify that he supported his party, he gave another plug for his own group. Mr. Trump, along with the national party, raised roughly $250 million between Election Day and President Biden’s inauguration. Mr. Trump’s aides said this week that they had not yet started to send fund-raising solicitations since he left office, but planned to do so in the coming days. The strategists played down the threat Mr. Trump poses to Republican fund-raising.

Source: New York Times March 09, 2021 23:01 UTC