{"id":2245152,"date":"2024-05-15T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-announces-largest-single-transfer-to-nrcc-since-taking-gavel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:50:16","slug":"speaker-johnson-announces-largest-single-transfer-to-nrcc-since-taking-gavel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-announces-largest-single-transfer-to-nrcc-since-taking-gavel\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson reveals biggest donation to NRCC since becoming chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fspeaker-johnson-announces-largest-single-transfer-to-nrcc-since-taking-gavel%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=2245152&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--><p>Speaker Mike\u2062 Johnson of Louisiana \u200bannounced a $4.5 million transfer\u2062 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-offers-biden-good-luck-in-meeting-with-putin-flaunts-russia-investigation\/\" title=\"Trump Offers Biden \u2018Good Luck\u2019 In Meeting With Putin, Flaunts Russia Investigation\">largest donation<\/a> since assuming \u2064the\u200c chairmanship. The\u2063 transfer\u200b was disclosed\u200b during \u2063a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meeting<\/a> with House\u2064 Republicans. Majority Leader\u2064 Steve \u2064Scalise also introduced a million-dollar matching\u200c program, inspiring over 20 lawmakers to contribute $50,000 each \u2063to the \u200dcommittee. Funds \u200dwill support vulnerable GOP members.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) announced he would transfer $4.5 million to the National Republican Congressional Committee, marking his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2800286\/speaker-johnson-raises-10-6-million-first-quarter-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>largest single transfer<\/a> to the House GOP\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-becomes-gop-cash-cow-despite-dem-targeting\/\" title=\"Josh Hawley Becomes \u2018GOP Cash Cow\u2019 Despite Dem Targeting\">fundraising arm<\/a> since taking the gavel last October. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson announced the transfer during a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on Wednesday morning, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gun-control-negotiators-could-have-bill-text-as-soon-as-today\/\" title=\"Senate Gun Control Negotiators Could Have Bill Text as Soon as Today\">source familiar confirmed<\/a> to the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>The transfer comes as GOP leaders turn their focus to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2952568\/republicans-lean-candidate-war-chests-fundraising-shortfall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>beefing up the campaign arm<\/a> ahead of the November elections. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Inside GOP conference meeting: Speaker Johnson just announced he will transfer $4.5 million to the NRCC today, per source. This is his largest transfer announced at one time so far since taking the gavel<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cami Mondeaux (@cami_mondeaux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cami_mondeaux\/status\/1790738070578381027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During that same meeting, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced a million-dollar match program, telling members that for every member who gives $50,000 to the NRCC, he would match the funds. <\/p>\n<p>Scalise exceeded that goal, according to a source, with more than 20 GOP lawmakers transferring $50,000 from their campaigns to the committee. <\/p>\n<p>The transferred funds are likely to go toward the party\u2019s most vulnerable members, known as the \u201cNRCC Patriots.\u201d Johnson has made it a priority as speaker to fundraise for GOP candidates, traveling to more than 20 states such as Florida, Arkansas, Arizona, and California to stump on lawmakers\u2019 behalf. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson has also utilized his Grow the Majority fundraising PAC to help support more than 70 incumbents, challengers, and state parties.<\/p>\n<p>The record-high transfer is a sign of fundraising strength for the new speaker, possibly squelching initial fears among Republicans that the party would endure a financial drought after ousting former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a prolific fundraiser for the House GOP. But since then, Johnson has repeatedly managed to secure massive hauls despite lacking the years of experience his predecessor benefited from.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorPopielarz\/status\/1778419482412691835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>raised more than $20 million<\/a> during the first four months of 2024, his first full quarter holding the speakership. However, it still falls below what McCarthy raised during the first quarter of 2022 when he announced a haul of <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3259242-mccarthy-hauls-in-31-5m-in-first-quarter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$31.5 million<\/a> for Republicans, later outraising that with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/first-on-fox-mccarthy-hauls-in-record-34-million-fundraising-since-becoming-house-speaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$35 million<\/a> in the first quarter of 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the record-high transfers to the NRCC, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2952568\/republicans-lean-candidate-war-chests-fundraising-shortfall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>committee has consistently been outraised<\/a> by its Democratic counterpart. The NRCC raised $108.5 million from the beginning of 2023 through March 2024. For comparison, its Democratic counterpart raised $145.3 million over the same time period.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will transfer $4.5 million to the National Republican Congressional Committee, his largest single donation to the House GOP\u2019s fundraising arm since assuming the gavel in October. The announcement was made during a private meeting with House Republicans on Wednesday morning, as confirmed by a reliable source to the Washington Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2245153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24136027138044-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24136027138044-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}