Many of the groups working to disrupt President-elect Donald Trump’s first term in office have attacked donors over funding, and Vice President Kamala Harris has threatened to defeat Trump with a $1 billion war chest. It was reported that the government was met with a lukewarm response following the failure to do so. New York Times.
Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), National Immigration Law Center (NILC), and Center for Biological Diversity began filing legal challenges to the second Trump administration on day one, and many Of the lawsuits filed during the president-elect’s first term, the NYT is poised to reflect on a hundred organizations. reported. But leaders of these nonprofit organizations find themselves lacking the funds needed to fund their ambitious “resistance” game plans.
“The response from donors has been shock, anger and depression, with some checks sprinkled in there,” CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren told the NYT. “It wasn’t a flood.” (Stream The Daily Caller’s documentary “Cleaning Up Kamila” here)
CCR fought President Trump has banned entry from some Muslim-majority countries. accused The Trump administration was the first to support white nationalism.
Meanwhile, Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, wants to hire 12 new lawyers to help the organization fight legal challenges to President Trump’s proposed policies, according to the NYT. That’s what it means.
“I can’t wait for the money to come in,” Suckling told the NYT. “We have to be ready right away.”
Her organization has filed 266 lawsuits against the first administration, including one to block President Trump’s border wall under environmentalist pretexts. . According to Go to that website.
Donald Trump reacts with former first lady Melania Trump on stage during an election night event. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
So far, funding has proven insufficient to stop President Trump from expanding his powers. Political committees supporting Ms. Harris and opposing Mr. Trump spent nearly $500 million in the final month of the election, on top of the $1 billion raised by Ms. Harris herself, but on election night, Republicans They just won a battleground state.
Center-left nonprofits are pleading with supporters for contributions, competing with the Harris campaign, which is still asking supporters for contributions more than a week after the election ended. are. Harris’ campaign is reportedly at least $20 million in debt as of Nov. 6. Two familiar sources he told Politico.
“How come you spent $1 billion and still didn’t win?” one former Biden aide said. said. “What the hell?”
Once the money arrives, some groups have strong plans that could begin as soon as Trump takes office.
“To date, we have not seen the same level of giving that we experienced compared to this time in 2016,” NILC Executive Director Kika Matos said in an email to the NYT. Ta. But she noted that donations to the organization increased in 2017 after Trump actually took office.
The ACLU is challenging Trump’s deportation efforts on constitutional grounds and working with allies in Congress to defund the administration and limit where Customs and Border Protection agents can operate. The plan is to work hard. Meanwhile, NILC plans to deploy a network of volunteers across the country to document immigration searches and intervene when they believe violations of the law are occurring.
of ACLU, NILC and CCR In the past, everyone could rely on funding from George Soros’ grant network, according to the Open Society Foundations’ grants database. Mr. Soros will hand over the reins of his philanthropic empire to his son in 2023, who describes himself as more “political” than his father.
The Democracy Alliance, an influential left-wing donor group that funnels hundreds of millions of dollars to liberal causes, will meet next week to prepare funding for a second anti-Trump resistance movement run by a nonprofit organization. The New York Times reported. In 2017, the group released a “Resistance Map” directing efforts against Trump.
The ACLU, NILC, CCR, and Center for Biological Diversity did not immediately respond to Daily Caller News Foundation requests for comment.
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