Cotton travels to GOP donor retreat

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., traveled to Florida this weekend to attend the Republican National Committee’s spring donor retreat.

Rooms at the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach were no longer available as of Friday afternoon, though there were vacancies for this evening, starting at $1,500 per night, plus a $30 resort fee.

The event’s lineup sported “a roster of 2024 hopefuls,” including U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, as well as Gov. Ron DeSantis, all of Florida; South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem; and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Politico reported.

The lawmaker from Little Rock was scheduled to speak at a dinner Friday evening at the waterfront property, 70 miles north of Miami.

A Cotton campaign aide, Brian Colas, said the senator was scheduled to leave Saturday, so wouldn’t be attending a separate event later in the day at the nearby Mar-a-Lago resort with former President Donald Trump.

On Monday, Cotton spoke at an online fundraiser for a New Hampshire state legislative candidate, warning that the state’s first-in-thenation primary status could be threatened if Democratic election legislation becomes law.

According to WMUR, the ABC affiliate in Manchester, N.H., Cotton said he had enjoyed campaigning for Republicans in the Granite State.

“You can be confident that I’ll be back again in the future. Not just on Zoom, as we will be tonight, but in person very soon,” he said.