Anti-Trump Republican candidates say they see donor bumps when they attack him
A few 2024 Republican presidential candidates or their campaigns say they see an increase in donations when they criticize front-runner Donald Trump A few Republican presidential candidates polling near the middle and back of the primary field say they have found a fundraising sweet spot: Cash flows in when they jab at front-runner Donald Trump, even if their voter support doesn't jump the same way. Former Vice President Mike Pence, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd are among the 2024 GOP hopefuls still trying to meet the donor thresholds in order to make it on the first Republican primary debate stage, on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. But all three are inching nearer to the Republican National Committee-set benchmark of meeting 40,000 unique donors from 20 different states, according to the candidates or their campaigns -- progress that coincides with what aides and sources describe as donation surges after the candidates rebuke the former president. At ...