Billionaire real estate tycoon Donald Trump’s recent speech at
the Conservative Political Action Conference excited a number of
Republicans, many of whom applauded his statement that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has “zero chance” of winning.
It also fueled speculation that the mogul would run for president. Cries of “you’re hired!” to a Draft Trump 2012 website added to a growing sense of support among Republicans.
But that GOP support has not always been reciprocated by Trump.
According to a Center for Responsive Politics
analysis of Trump’s federal campaign contribution history, The Donald
has been a prolific donor to both Democrats and Republicans during the
past two decades.
In all, Trump has contributed to 96 candidates running for federal
political office since the 1990 election cycle, the Center finds. Only
48 of the recipients — exactly half — were Republicans at the time they
received their contribution, including ex-Gov. Charlie Crist (I-Fla.) and ex-Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), who both of whom received their Trump contributions as Republicans.
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