https://cablefreetv.org/ted-cruz-complains-that-trump-is-not-spending-100-million-to-help-republican-candidates-in-midterm-elections/Senator Ted Cruz openly admonished fellow Republican Donald Trump for not spending more of his money on GOP candidates in the upcoming election.
The Texas senator called the president a term during Tuesday’s episode of his podcast the verdict, claiming he’s sitting on “a hundred million dollars” instead of using it to support pro-Trump candidates at polls across the country.
“I wish Trump was spending some of his money,” he said.
“Trump has a hundred million dollars and spends next to nothing to support these candidates.
Cruz stressed that this was not an “ideal” situation, as one of the other main resources for funding GOP midterm races — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — has been supporting moderate and anti-Democratic Republican candidates. Trump.
“It would be nice if [Mr] Trump would spend some of that $100 million to help some of those candidates that Mitch [McConnell] is dropping out because they are pro-Trump,” joked Cruz.
“Those are the two pockets that are there, and right now, neither of them is spending in several of those states.”
The “one hundred million dollars” appears to be a reference to Trump’s war chest, which he boasted reached $122 million earlier this year.
In February, the former president announced that his political action committees (PACs) had raised more than $51 million in the second half of 2021 — though the former real estate mogul did not disclose that part of his stash came from transferred money. collected at the end. weeks of 2020.
Fundraising for the former president, who has yet to formally announce a candidacy for the White House in 2024, puts him in an exceptionally favorable position when and if he decides to run for re-election.
