Washington, United States:
Former President Donald Trump has clashed once again with his Republican Party, demanding that 3 Republican groups cease working with his name and likeness for fundraising, a Trump adviser stated on Saturday.
The adviser, confirming a report in Politico, stated lawyers for Trump on Friday had sent cease-and-desist letters to the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Campaign and National Republican Senate Campaign, asking them to cease working with his name and likeness on fundraising emails and merchandise.
The adviser stated Trump is sensitive to the use of his name and likeness for branding purposes and was irked that the 3 groups have supported Republican lawmakers who joined Democrats in voting to impeach him more than the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump protesters.
Trump is working with his Save America SuperPAC to raise revenue in element to aid hand-picked Republican candidates in the 2022 congressional elections. Some of them are anticipated to challenge Republican incumbents.
A civil war has erupted inside the Republican Party, with establishment figures such as Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell eager to place Trump in the rearview mirror, and other folks, like Trump ally Senator Lindsey Graham, believing the party’s future depends on the power of the pro-Trump base.
Trump has waged a war of words with establishment Republicans, some of whom he feels betrayed him by joining Democrats in impeaching him.
Trump, now living at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, dangled the possibility of operating for president once again in 2024 when he addressed a conference of conservatives final Sunday.
In that speech, he singled out Republicans Senators Mitt Romney and Pat Toomey and House lawmakers Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, suggesting he would help candidates who opposed them in Republican primaries.
Still, Trump has committed to assisting Republicans attempt to win manage of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in 2022 congressional elections that will be a initially referendum on the leadership of Democratic President Joe Biden.
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