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Vital cashflow into GOP crippled as donors react to House chaos: report

One problem for Republicans is a group of wealthy donors that's looking for revenge over Kevin McCarthy's ouster, the report said.

“They are total pieces of s---,” said Andy Sabin, a longtime Republican donor, about the group, adding that he is encouraging his wealthy friends to instead donate to Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who led the anti-McCarthy drive.

Others want revenge against those who opposed McCarthy's top potential replacement, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), who later withdrew his name from contention.

In 2022, a joint fundraising committee led by McCarthy, now called Protect the House, donated to four out of the eight House Republicans who later voted to oust him as speaker, according to OpenSecrets.

Reps. Mace, Eli Crane of Arizona, Virginia’s Bob Good and Matt Rosendale of Montana all received funds from the committee ahead of the last election.

So far this cycle, Mace has received over $180,000 from Protect the House, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Just days before Mace voted to remove McCarthy as speaker, the PAC gave just over $20,000 to her reelection effort, according to a person familiar with the donation.

It’s highly unlikely that lawmakers who voted to remove McCarthy will see any more money from the former speaker’s allied committee this cycle, they added. “He’s nice. He’s not that nice.”

“Who is going to want to give to these people based on what’s going on? Team McCarthy was a fundraising juggernaut. Losing Kevin McCarthy will be damaging for fundraising,” a longtime Wall Street Republican fundraiser told CNBC.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/13/hous...withdraws.html