Within minutes of a jury of Donald Trump’s peers finding the former president guilty on all 34 felony counts in Manhattan criminal court, Trump’s political operation was asking donors for money — and within half an hour, a GOP fundraising platform had crashed.
“I’M A POLITICAL PRISONER,” the Trump campaign said in an all-caps email blast moments after he became a convicted felon. “I DID NOTHING WRONG! YOUR SUPPORT IS THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN US AND TOTAL TYRANNY!”
Both of the campaign arms for House Republicans and the Senate GOP — the NRCC and the NRSC — joined the calls for money almost immediately after the verdict as well, linking to the same chaotic fundraising landing page on X that reads, “Before the day is over, I’m calling on TEN MILLION pro-Trump patriots to chip in and say: I STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP!”