CLEVELAND — Donald Trump spent the primary bashing major donors and insisting he didn’t want super PAC help, but his campaign on Wednesday signaled that it has dropped its opposition to both and is now openly encouraging donors to give to a super PAC that has raised $5 million in recent days.
At a meeting of about 30 major donors organized by a pro-Trump super PAC called Rebuilding America Now PAC, operatives displayed a slide that offered an overt endorsement from Trump’s vice-presidential nominee Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
“Supporting Rebuild America Now is one of the best ways to stop Hillary Clinton and help elect Donald Trump our next president!” read the quote attributed to Pence on the slide, which was obtained by POLITICO. Pence’s director of operations Marty Obst also attended the meeting and, according to two attendees, he said the campaign was considering attending future fundraising events for the super PAC.
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