Eric Trump holds skeet shooting fundraiser
About 300, including GOP candidates, were at New Paltz event
As President Donald Trump’s fundraising has started to lag, Eric Trump led an event to raise cash for his father’s re-election at Mid-hudson Sporting Clays in New Paltz on Sunday.
About 300 people, including a few GOP congressional candidates, participated in the fundraiser which featured morning and afternoon skeet shooting and a lunch, a source at the event said. Attendees included Republicans Kyle Van De Water, running for New York’s 19th House seat, Chele Farley, candidate for the 18th House seat, George Santos, candidate for the 3rd House District, former Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox, who’s joined the Trump campaign as a fundraiser, and Dutchess County Sheriff Butch Anderson, an honorary state chair for Trump’s re-election campaign.
“Kyle joined Eric Trump, Sheriff Butch Anderson, Chele Farley, and others in the Hudson Valley at a clay shoot and luncheon hosted by the Trump Victory Finance Committee, the focus of which was the Second Amendment,” said Brittney O’toole, campaign manager for Van De Water. “Kyle did not have time to shoot and spent the afternoon discussing various issues affecting NY-19, including how to best support our small businesses during these trying times.”
Biden has been raking in more contributions than Trump heading into the final stretch of the election. Biden and the Democratic National Committee, along with their affiliated joint-fundraising groups, have $466 million in the bank, Politico reported, after raising a record-shattering $365 million last month. Trump and the Republican National Committee had $325 million cash on hand, Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said Friday.
At the lunch, an informal buffet under an outdoor tent, Eric Trump made a few remarks about re-electing his father. Anderson also spoke. It’s not clear how much money was raised.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the event or Eric Trump’s visit to New York.
Eric Trump said on Twitter he will also travel to Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona to campaign this week. Other Trump children are also acting as surrogates for their father in key states with the election six weeks away.