WAPO: Analysis: Senate Republicans want Trump to show them the money

[lindysalsagal]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/07/senate-republicans-want-trump-show-them-money/

Analysis by Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer
with research by Tobi Raji

September 7, 2022 at 6:45 a.m. EDT

Writing in The Early 202, The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer noted that as the battle for control of the Senate enters a critical stage, frustration is growing among Republicans that Trump has not shared — and probably won’t — some of the tens of millions of dollars that his political operation has amassed to help Republicans reclaim the chamber. Per our colleagues:

“He helped nominate many of the candidates who won primaries, and many of them are having a really hard time raising money,” said Scott Jennings, a Republican political strategist who has been an adviser to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over the years. “We need all the help we can get.” Some Republicans were tight-lipped Tuesday about Trump's lack of largesse.

Asked if he would like Trump to provide financial help to his campaign, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who is in a tight race against Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, said he won't answer questions about that. (A Trump-controlled PAC gave Johnson's campaign $5,000 in June.)

Others said its time for the former president to turn on the spigots.

[Walleye]

1. Five grand? Coffee money

[Ray Bruns]

2. Donald Trump give money to someone else? Surely you jest

[sop]

3. What did Rick Scott do with all the money?

[HuskyOffset]

4. Spent it on neck creams & Skeletor futures?

I’m just wildly guessing though.

[Ray Bruns]

5. Was he able to pay that yacht off recently?