Trump Victory Committee
{{Short description|Political fundraising committee}}
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The Trump Victory Committee was a joint fundraising committee for Donald J. Trump for President (the Donald Trump presidential campaign organization), the Republican National Committee (RNC), and 11 state Republican committees.{{Cite web|url=https://gop.com/rnc-announces-2016-trump-victory-leadership-team|title=RNC & Donald J. Trump for President Announce 2016 Trump Victory Leadership Team|last=Republican National Committee|date=2016-05-24|work=GOP|accessdate=2016-06-08|archive-date=2020-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108133505/https://gop.com/rnc-announces-2016-trump-victory-leadership-team/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-rnc-sign-joint-fundraising-deal/|title=Donald Trump, RNC sign joint fundraising deal|last=Flores|first=Reena|date=2016-05-18|work=CBS News|accessdate=2016-06-08}}
Overview
The Committee's first fundraising dinners were held on May 24, 2016 in Albuquerque and May 25, 2016 in Los Angeles.
Trump's 2020 reelection campaign merged with the RNC into a single "Trump Victory" entity, sharing office space. By tying Trump's reelection campaign to the RNC, it unified 2020 Republican Party presidential campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/18/trump-machine-swallows-rnc-1067875 |title=Trump launches unprecedented reelection machine; Unique structure of the president's reelection campaign is an expression of his iron grip on the party. |author=Alex Isenstadt |date=18 December 2018 |website=Politico.com |access-date=19 December 2018}}
Leadership
The fund is nominally headed by Reince Priebus and led by RNC finance chair Lew Eisenberg and Trump campaign finance chair Steve Mnuchin. Its vice chairs were:
- Elliott Broidy
- Woody Johnson, New York Jets owner
- Diane Hendricks, chairwoman of ABC Supply Co.
- Mel Sembler, a shopping mall developer
- Ray Washburne, Dallas-based investor
- Ronald Weiser, former chairman of Michigan Republican Party
- Kimberly Guilfoyle (finance committee), an American political analyst, journalist, attorney, and television news personality who co-hosted The Five on Fox News.{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/03/melania-trump-raising-campaign-cash-110601 |quote=Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, was recently named chair of the Trump Victory finance committee. |title=Melania Trump to start raising campaign cash for her husband |first=Alex |last=Isenstadt |date=February 3, 2020 |newspaper=Politico}}
References
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{{United States presidential election, 2016}}
{{First presidency of Donald Trump}}
Category:United States political action committees