Nearly all of Trump’s biggest 2020 donors refrain from giving to rival GOP candidates

Very fewer of Donald Trump's apical donors from his 2020 run person fixed to his rivals this cycle, a caller investigation of Federal Election Commission filings by CNBC and NBC News shows.

At slightest 3 of the erstwhile president's 2020 donors person donated to different GOP statesmanlike candidates, a debased fig that could suggest that these concern leaders are sticking with Trump, sitting retired the 2024 contention oregon inactive deciding if they're going to nonstop their wealth to Trump's rivals.

Trump run fundraiser Caroline Wren told CNBC successful a connection that having truthful fewer big-money defections means these donors each spot the polls showing the erstwhile president good up of his rivals and judge he's going to triumph the Republican superior fight.

"The donors are coming to the aforesaid decision arsenic Republican voters — the superior is implicit and Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee," Wren said.

"It's clip for donors to coalesce astir Donald Trump and put successful the crushed crippled and infrastructure needed to triumph successful the wide election," she added.

A New York Times poll released Monday shows Trump with 54% of the enactment of apt GOP superior voters, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a distant 2nd with 17%. No different campaigner eclipsed 3%. 

Shipping magnate Richard Uihlien and his woman Elizabeth each donated $1 cardinal to the Never Back Down ace PAC, which is backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' bid to beryllium the GOP nominee for the White House, caller filings show. Uihlein and his woman gave implicit $3 cardinal combined successful 2020 toward the pro-Trump ace PAC America First Action.

Warren Stephens, the CEO of Stephens Inc., contributed implicit $3 cardinal combined to some America First Action and Preserve America, different ace PAC that backed Trump successful 2020. This year, Stephens contributed $1 cardinal to America Strong and Free Action Inc., a ace PAC backing erstwhile Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Stephens besides gave $50,000 this twelvemonth to the Tell It Like It Is ace PAC, which supports erstwhile New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's statesmanlike bid, and $100,000 to Committed To America, a ace PAC backing erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence's tally for president.

Ronald Cameron, a longtime Arkansas-based businessman who gave implicit $1 cardinal successful 2020 to ace PACs supporting Trump, gave $500,000 to the aforesaid pro-Pence group.

Both Christie and Pence are among the candidates successful the azygous digits wrong the caller New York Times poll. Hutchinson regularly polls down some men.

Meanwhile, the Trump-allied ace PAC Make America Great Again Inc. shows millions were raised from aged allies of the erstwhile president including:

Blackstone CEO and large Trump donor Steve Schwarzman did not springiness thing to ace PACs backing different candidates for president, nor to Trump's orbit. He said a twelvemonth aft the riot connected Capitol Hill connected Jan. 6, 2021 that helium was ready to backmost a superior challenger to the erstwhile president.