Rep. Adam Kinzinger s anti-Trump group faces 1st test in May 1 House election
Rep. Adam Kinzinger on whether the GOP will embrace Trump-ism
Replay Video UP NEXT When House Republicans gather in Florida this week for their annual policy retreat, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., will be a thousand miles away in Texas, campaigning for Michael Wood in the upcoming special election in Texas 6th Congressional District. Wood, a Marine Reserve major, is one of 23 candidates running in the May 1 election to succeed Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, who died in February from COVID-19 and complications from cancer. The crowded field includes Wright s widow, a former wrestler, and several Republicans who served in the Trump administration.GOP Rep Kinzinger starts PAC to resist party s Trump embrace
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Strategists and insiders say the latest hauls extraordinary in any year but especially in a non-election year are indicative of where grassroots Republicans stand.
“Normally a quarter after an election, it’s always the slowest. There’s fatigue among donors, but this shows that people are engaged,” said Republican strategist Matt Gorman.
There were questions after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol about whether lawmakers instrumental in objecting to the certification of President Biden
But donations to those lawmakers appear to be far from drying up.
“There was a misconception out there that the GOP was entirely funded by corporations,” said one national GOP strategist.