Republican Donors Ordering Presidential Candidates to ‘Stay Away’ From Trump Indictment?

According to GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican donors have told candidates to stay away from Donald Trump’s indictment.

“The donor class has been calling every Republican candidate and telling us to stay away from this. Not to touch it from a ten foot pole,” Ramaswamy claimed.

Vivek Ramaswamy says GOP donors have been telling all candidates to stay away from Trump indictment | Just The News https://t.co/Doh406V2Np

— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) June 13, 2023

As WLTReport noted, Ramaswamy was the only candidate who showed support for Donald Trump Tuesday.

Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Delivers Urgent Message Outside Of Miami Courthouse

Ramaswamy in front of a crowd of Trump supporters held a press conference and revealed he reached out to other GOP presidential candidates and asked them if they would pardon Trump if they were elected.

"I challenge every US Presidential candidate to join me in standing for TRUTH. Commit to pardon Donald Trump for these federal charges on Day 1, or explain why you won’t. No one should hide. Not Biden. Not DeSantis. Not Haley. Not Pence. Not RFK. Not Scott. Not anyone. Principles over politics," Ramaswamy said.

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I challenge every US Presidential candidate to join me in standing for TRUTH. Commit to pardon Donald Trump for these federal charges on Day 1, or explain why you won’t. No one should hide. Not Biden. Not DeSantis. Not Haley. Not Pence. Not RFK. Not Scott. Not anyone. Principles… pic.twitter.com/qYP3fUrE5R

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) June 13, 2023

Just the News reports:

Ramaswamy said that he refuses to listen to the donor class and called for his fellow candidates to do the same.

"I refuse to abide by being a disciple of the donor class," he said. "I think we need to declare independence from our donor class in the Republican Party. That is why I challenge every one of the other candidates to actually act on their convictions."

The former president is facing 37 counts as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago property.

Trump has continued to argue that he was protected under the Presidential Records Act to continue to negotiate with the National Archives about which documents he could keep.

Meanwhile, Trump's indictment shows no indication of hurting him in the GOP primary.

Richard Baris tells Jack Posobiec that Trump's indictment has actually strengthened his position in the polls:

"This is gonna help the former president in a primary, and there has been no deterioration of support in a general." pic.twitter.com/B8SF3xDcWi

— Human Events (@HumanEvents) June 13, 2023

CBS POLL: (Republicans)

— 61% say that Trump's indictment won’t change their views about Trump

— 76% say that Donald Trump's indictment is politically motivated

— 80% say that Trump should be able to be president even if convicted over classified docshttps://t.co/6fAu9DVzds pic.twitter.com/HddH7hKMgo

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) June 11, 2023

ABC:

"Indictments are not hurting Trump in the polls. The New York case may actually have helped his standing." pic.twitter.com/i6DxaHHyer

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 11, 2023