{"id":2259597,"date":"2024-06-04T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-fundraising-stint-in-california-puts-gop-candidates-in-the-spotlight\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T14:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:27:29","slug":"trumps-fundraising-stint-in-california-puts-gop-candidates-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-fundraising-stint-in-california-puts-gop-candidates-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s California fundraising boosts GOP candidates spotlight"},"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\">14<\/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%2Ftrumps-fundraising-stint-in-california-puts-gop-candidates-in-the-spotlight%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=2259597&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>Less than a week post-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-was-accused-of-rape-but-acquitted-then-he-committed-suicide-fearing-rapist-label-would-stick\/\" title=\"He Was Accused Of Rape But Acquitted. Then He Committed Suicide, Fearing \u2018Rapist\u2019 Label Would Stick\">guilty verdict<\/a> in the \u2062NY <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">hush money trial<\/a>, former President Donald Trump heads to California \u200dfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-experts-alarmed-by-nearly-100-decrease-in-clinton-foundation-donations-since-250-million-peak-in-2009\/\" title=\"Ethics Experts Alarmed By Nearly 100% Decrease In Clinton Foundation Donations Since 0 Million Peak In 2009\u00a0\">fundraising events<\/a>, challenging GOP candidates in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-at-disadvantage-in-toss-up-ohio-house-race-poll-shows\/\" title=\"Poll shows Democrats at a disadvantage in Ohio House race.\">competitive\u2063 races<\/a>. Trump plans fundraisers in Beverly Hills, San Francisco, \u200band Newport Beach. His campaign presents this as a strategic move to attract donors by emphasizing his &#8220;political prisoner&#8221; status. Silent reactions from candidates in key House races.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Less than a week after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">found guilty<\/a> in New York\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hush-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hush money trial<\/a>, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a> fundraising \u2014 putting some Republican candidates in competitive races\u00a0in an awkward position. <\/p>\n<p>With the hopes of raking in huge sums of cash, Trump\u2019s campaign will host events in Beverly Hills, San Francisco, and Newport Beach. Trump\u2019s tour in California will be the first campaigning event since his conviction, and he is expected to play up his position as\u00a0a \u201cpolitical prisoner\u201d in an effort to appeal to donors. <\/p>\n<p>While Trump prepares to chat with wealthy California donors this week, candidates in some of the state\u2019s most competitive House races have remained silent on Trump\u2019s guilty verdict. Reps. Mike Garcia\u2019s (R-CA) and David Valadao\u2019s (R-CA) seats are rated as toss-ups by the <em>CookPoliticalReport<\/em>, and Rep. Michelle Steel\u2019s (R-CA) seat is rated as a lean Republican. None of them have commented on Trump\u2019s conviction. <\/p>\n<p>Garcia represents Santa Clarita, which is just an hour\u2019s drive from Los Angeles. He is facing off against challenger George Whitesides, former CEO of Virgin Galactic, who, in an effort to win over centrists and independents, has been highlighting Garcia\u2019s relationship with Trump. Whitesides noted that Garcia voted against certifying the 2020 election result and said in a statement that \u201cGarcia is focused on defending Trump, rather than serving us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. John Duarte (R-CA), whose race is labeled as a \u201ctoss-up,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/sunday-morning-matters\/sunday-morning-matters-trump-verdict-gun-violence-budget-agreement-farm-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> a local TV station that he was \u201cdisappointed with the whole prosecution\u201d of Trump\u2019s trial. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given how some of these races may determine which party controls the House, Trump is unlikely to bash Congress members for keeping silent on his conviction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, despite the veneer that he puts out, [Trump] understands that to win each of these individual House seats, the candidates have to have their own strategy to win,\u201d former California GOP Executive Director Jon Fleischman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/04\/trump-awkwardly-timed-fundraising-swing-through-california-00161382?is_magic_link=true&#038;template_id=OTJIR2CRKUD6&#038;template_variant_id=OTVPXN5JGTYRX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cAnd he knows that there are districts where raising a Trump flag does not help you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week post-guilty verdict in NY hush money trial, ex-President Trump fundraises in California, causing unease for GOP candidates in tight races. Trump&#8217;s campaign plans fundraising events in Beverly Hills, San Francisco, and Newport to amass significant funds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2259598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24153579520290-2.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24153579520290-2.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259597","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}