共和党副总统候选人JD Vance根据美国广播公司获得的邀请函副本,他将于下周末参加在汉普顿举行的一场高额筹款活动。
这场活动将由一些知名的川普捐款人主持,包括亿万富翁对冲基金经理约翰·保尔森和投资公司1789 Capital的总裁奥米德·马利克。
特朗普的前商务部长威尔伯·罗斯(Wilbur Ross)也被列为筹款活动的主持人,该活动被宣传为“与下一任美国副总统的下午活动”。
邀请函上说,募捐活动将于下周日在纽约南安普顿举行。圆桌会议的门票价格为25,000美元,一张“与会者”门票价格为5,000美元。邀请函上说,加入主办委员会的费用是每人5万美元。
一位知情人士表示,预计该活动将筹集数百万美元。
值得注意的是,该活动也将由两位前乔治·w·布什任命的官员共同主持。克里夫·索贝尔是布什政府驻荷兰大使,也是布什和奥巴马政府驻巴西大使。杰弗里在2007年被布什提名后担任负责经济、能源和农业事务的副部长。
这一事件发生之际,特朗普和万斯最近几周都在进行积极的筹款闪电战,距离大选还有不到三个月的时间。万斯一直在全国各地奔走,在加利福尼亚、得克萨斯、北卡罗来纳、密苏里、俄克拉荷马和明尼苏达筹集资金。
本月早些时候,特朗普在亿万富翁金融家霍华德·鲁特尼克位于纽约布里奇汉普顿的家中举行的筹款活动也得到了包括马利克、保尔森和理查德·库尔茨在内的富裕盟友的类似支持。鲁特尼克说,这次活动为竞选和共和党带来了1500万美元。
竞选团队表示,特朗普的竞选活动和共和党全国委员会的联合筹款活动在7月份共筹集了1.387亿美元,比6月份的筹款总额有所上升,进入8月份时手头有3.27亿美元现金。
它落后于哈里斯竞选团队7月份筹集的3.1亿美元,因为他们进入8月份时手头有3.77亿美元现金。该运动称,在乔·拜登总统的一周内筹集到了2亿美元,推动了这一增长辍学的比赛。
在哈里斯接手这项活动之前,还不清楚这项活动筹集了多少资金。这笔钱是由拜登和哈里斯竞选团队、民主党全国委员会以及他们的联合筹款委员会筹集的。
Vance to head to Hamptons for high-dollar fundraiser next weekend
Republican vice presidential candidateJD Vanceis set to attend a high-dollar fundraiser in the Hamptons next weekend, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by ABC News.
The event is set to be hosted by a number of big-name Trump donors, including billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson and Omeed Malik, the president of the investment firm 1789 Capital.
Trump's former secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, is also listed as a host for the fundraiser, which is billed as an "afternoon event with next Vice President of the United States."
The fundraiser is set to be held in Southampton, New York, next Sunday, the invite said. Tickets to the roundtable event cost $25,000, with an "attendee" ticket going for $5,000. Inclusion in the host committee costs $50,000 per person, the invite said.
A person familiar with the event said it is expected to raise somewhere in the millions.
Notably, the event is also set to be cohosted by two former George W. Bush appointees. Cliff Sobel was the ambassador to the Netherlands under Bush, as well as ambassador to Brazil under the Bush and Obama administrations. Jeffrey served as Under Secretary, Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs after being nominated by Bush in 2007.
The event comes as both Trump and Vance have been on an aggressive fundraising blitz in recent weeks, with under three months to go until the election. Vance has been crisscrossing the country, raising money in California, Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Minnesota.
Trump's fundraiser at the home of billionaire financier Howard Lutnick's home in Bridgehampton, New York, earlier this month was similarly backed by wealthy allies including Malik, Paulson and Richard Kurtz. Lutnick said that event brought in $15 million for the campaign and the Republican Party.
Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee's joint fundraising operation together raised a total of $138.7 million in the month of July -- an uptick from their June fundraising total -- and entered August with $327 million in cash on hand, the campaign said.
It trailed the $310 million the Harris campaign said it raised in July, as they entered August with $377 million cash on hand. That haul was buoyed by the $200 million the campaign said it raised within a week of President Joe Bidendropping outof the race.
It's unclear how much the operation had raised before Harris took over the campaign. The money was raised by the Biden and Harris campaigns, the Democratic National Committee, and their joint fundraising committees.