Quote from: suchmoon on Today at 01:55:25 AM

Quote from: squatz1 on February 25, 2021, 03:57:43 PM

As we get closer and closer to CPAC it seems that Trump will just exert his influence on the GOP instead of making his own party. Though just the threat of him making his own party scares the hell out of Republicans b/c he still commands the support approx 60% of the party.

While Republicans in Washington may be scared of McConnell and his senate influence, individual GOP voters really will go with whatever Trump says on the matter so I highly doubt Trump will lose his grip now.

The ultimate test of if he was going to maintain his control was the Capitol siege, and he was still able to control the Republicans through that so there’s no reason to say he cant continue onwards from here.

Can’t wait to see what this guy says at CPAC. Probably just going to be what he’s wanted to say on Twitter for weeks now.

So the CPAC went as you would expect, Trump in full authoritarian mode calling out his enemies (Repulicans who voted for impeachment) by name and telling his supporters to go after them in the primaries.

But this is something new:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-sent-cease-desist-letters-gop-campaign-committees-n1259824

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Attorneys for former President Donald Trump sent cease-and-desist letters Friday to three Republican organizations asking them to stop using the former president's name and likeness in fundraising appeals and merchandise, a Trump adviser said Saturday.

The letters were sent to the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senate Committee — arms of the party tasked with raising money and shaping messaging, among other things, for the midterm elections and beyond.

RNC finally decided to grow a spine and stand up to the reality TV superstar:

https://news.yahoo.com/rnc-maintains-trumps-name-fundraising-235125299.html

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The Republican National Committee is defending its right to use former President Donald Trump's name in fundraising appeals after he demanded they put an end to the practice.

In a Monday letter to Trump attorney Alex Cannon, RNC chief counsel J. Justin Riemer said the committee “has every right to refer to public figures as it engages in core, First Amendment-protected political speech" and said "it will continue to do so in pursuit of these common goals.”

Nah I'm just kidding. They'll just funnel more money to his properties to appease him:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/542206-rnc-to-hold-part-of-donor-retreat-at-mar-a-lago

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The Republican National Committee (RNC) will hold part of its spring donors retreat next month at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

Trump seems to be determined to take over as much of the GOP fundraising as he can, which I think is his main goal over the next 4 years, and I don't think he cares much about the actual election results. If anything, having Democrats in power probably works better for that purpose.

Trump actually put out another statement today telling supporters of the GOP to donate money directly to him, instead of donating to the party / committees within the party. Here is that:

https://twitter.com/maggienyt/status/1369110810690285576?s=10

Donald Trump is going to try as hard as possible to maintain his grip on the party, and up to now he has succeeded in doing that. People in the party still love him, and any issues that Mitch and co were showing they’ve had to relax on b/c the voters were giving them hell for it.

Crazy shit man. Curious to see what midterms look like with all of the GOP retirements (5 GOP in the Senate)