Washington – Donald Trump told a radio host Thursday that he would work to prevent House Republicans from raising money for Rep. John Katko and other GOP members of Congress who voted to indict him.
The Joint Fundraising Committee of House Faction Leader Kevin McCarthy has deposited more than $ 100,000 in Katko’s campaign account this year, Federal Electoral Commission records show.
Katko, R-Camillus, is one of several dozen House Republicans supported by McCarthy’s leadership committee.Take the house back 2022. “
Trump, in an interview The John Fredericks radio show, pledged to ensure that Katko and four other House Republicans who voted for impeachment are cut off from future financial support from McCarthy’s committee.
“I’ll see who he funds,” Trump said of McCarthy, “and if so, I’ll stop the whole deal. I will stop doing that. “
Katko, R-Camillus, is under 10 House Republicans who voted for impeachment against Trump for inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Katko, who was asked about Trump last week, said he should no longer be considered a Republican Party leader. The four-year-old congressman also said he would not be intimidated by the former president.
“I do not withdraw from anyone when it comes to political threats” Katko told the editors of syracuse.com | The Post standard. “I’m not worried about that.”
McCarthy’s joint fundraising committee supported five of the ten Republicans who voted for impeachment. In addition to Katko, the other GOP representatives are Peter Meijer from Michigan, David Valadao from California, Fred Upton from Michigan and Jaime Herrera Beutler from Washington.
“All but one – Katko in New York, he’s not popular, and I think he’s going to get out of the district – but there is an area code for each of them,” Trump told Fredericks.
Trump was referring to the fact that no major Republican opponent of Katko has emerged in Onondaga County, where Katko resides.
The New York Independent Redistricting Commission last week revealed two partisan plans to set new boundaries for Katko’s district.
The democratic plan would Merge parts of Katko’s 24th congressional district with that of GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney in the neighboring 22nd district. Trump has promised to support Tenney when she competes in a primary against Katko.
Trump has also encouraged Onondaga County’s Conservative Party leaders to Put up a candidate to join Katko. to oppose next year in a possible elementary school.
Katko is vice chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the fundraising arm for Republicans in the House of Representatives. He has received financial support from the NRCC in each of his previous campaigns.
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