{"id":1445329,"date":"2022-04-19T07:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445329"},"modified":"2022-04-19T07:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:59:53","slug":"trump-brings-in-19-million-in-q1-2022-has-124-million-on-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-brings-in-19-million-in-q1-2022-has-124-million-on-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Brings in $19 Million in Q1 2022, Has $124 Million on Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-brings-in-19-million-in-q1-2022-has-124-million-on-hand%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> Fifteen months removed from the White House, former President Donald Trump\u2019s reputation as the Republican Party\u2019s fundraising behemoth remains firmly intact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The former president\u2019s three political committees hauled in just over $19 million during the January-March first quarter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/fundraising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraising.<\/a> And the three entities \u2014 Trump\u2019s Save America PAC, Save America JFC (joint fundraising committee) and MAGA PAC \u2014 report ending March with a massive $124 million in cash on hand in their coffers.<\/p>\n<p>The latest fundraising figures, shared first with Fox News on Tuesday, are another indicator that Trump remains the most popular and influential politician in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the GOP <\/a>as he continues to play a kingmaker\u2019s role in the 2022 Republican primaries and repeatedly teases another presidential run in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-wins-cpac-2024-gop-presidential-nomination-straw-poll-with-desantis-second\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP ONCE AGAIN WINS CPAC STRAW POLL, WITH DESANTIS SECOND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/640\/320\/Donald-Trump-Arizona-Rally-6.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks at a rally Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Florence, Arizona.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Former President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks at a rally Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Florence, Arizona.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;President Donald J. Trump\u2019s political organizations are positioned to carry his America First message into battleground races across the nation,&#8221; Taylor Budowich, communications director for the former president and the Save America PAC, told Fox News in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trumps-grip-on-the-gop-remains-strong-but-is-the-former-president-stretching-himself-to-thin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP&#8217;S GRIP ON THE GOP REMAINS FIRM, BUT IS HE STRETCHING HIMSELF TOO THIN?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In another sign of Trump\u2019s grassroots fundraising prowess, his committees\u2019 average donation during the first quarter was $28.04. Trump\u2019s team also reports a total of 679,445 contributions the past three months, with 98.4% of those donations under $200. Trump\u2019s fundraising draw \u2014 and especially his grassroots appeal \u2014 has been fueled in part by his constant re-litigating of his 2020 election loss to now-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/640\/320\/AP21188562095839.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Wednesday, July 7, 2021.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Wednesday, July 7, 2021.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump hauled in $51 million during the second half of last year and had roughly $122 million cash on hand at the start of this year. The former president\u2019s cash on hand rising just $2.1 million while raking in $19 million the past three months is a sign that Trump\u2019s committees are starting to spend the money they\u2019ve raised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2024-watch-in-the-fundraising-fight-ron-desantis-is-the-100-million-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IN THE FUNDRAISING RACE, DESANTIS IS THE $100 MILLION MAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s expenditures include payroll for his staff, advisers and outside consultants and contractors, costs associated with holding large rallies in states across the country every other week, fees to Trump-owned hotels for lodging, meals and rental facilities, Facebook advertising by his committees, and transfers to candidates and committees he\u2019s backing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/Donald-Trump-rally-4-9-22-Selma-NC.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump holds a rally in Selma, North Carolina on April 9, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Former President Donald Trump holds a rally in Selma, North Carolina on April 9, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the expenditures was a $500,000 transfer on March 25 from Save America to the Get Georgia Right Super PAC, which is taking aim at Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia. Trump is backing former GOP Sen. David Perdue as he challenges Kemp in Georgia\u2019s May 24 primary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s impressive war chest could also give him a huge head start over the rest of the field of potential 2024 GOP presidential contenders should he follow through on his flirtations and make a third White House run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump is incredibly well-positioned to look beyond November as the need for his leadership has never been more important,&#8221; Budowich told Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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