Four New Mexico donors kicked in $145,500 to the committee that paid President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
That’s a fraction of the $107 million the inaugural committee reported raising in a report filed last week.
Select Milk Producers, an Artesia-based dairy company, kicked in $100,000.
That company is likely to benefit from an executive order to promote agriculture Trump signed this week. The administration is also involved in a dispute with Canada over pricing of dairy products.
Select Milk also gave $10,000 to the New Mexico Republican Campaign Committee in January 2016.
Kevin Daniels, who hosted a fundraiser for the candidate when he held an Albuquerque rally last May, donated $25,000.
Daniels is a retired funeral home owner. He donated $20,000 to Trump Victory, a joint fundraising committee that sponsored the 2016 fundraiser and distributed proceeds to the Trump campaign and other Republican committees.
Of that, $5,400 went to the Trump campaign. Some of the Trump Victory money likely went to the Republican National Committee, which reported receiving $54,600 from Daniels in 2015 and 2016. He also donated $5,400 to GOP U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce.
Steven Jackson, an Albuquerque real estate developer is listed as donating $17,500 to the inaugural committee. He also donated $5,400 to the Trump campaign and $2,300 to the RNC last year.
And W. Peyton George, a Santa Fe attorney and former FBI agent, gave $3,000 to the inaugural. George donated $1,250 to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign and $600 to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s effort. After they dropped out, he gave $1,000 to the Trump campaign via the May fundraiser and Trump Victory.
George also gave $20,750 to the RNC and $5,600 to the New Mexico Republican Campaign Committee during the 2015-16 election cycle.
Can we talk about how the new State’s Attorney in Albuquerque is bought and paid for by George Soros to the tune of 107K? Certainly some New Mexicans are familiar with this person and how he is operating around the country, selecting campaigns where the Dem candidate is “of like mind” to him and lavishing them with cash. To me, this is more frightening than the fact that Republicans donated to their party’s presidential candidate.
Actually, NMID has reported on this – we were the first to do so, in fact. Here’s the link: https://nmindepth.com/2016/06/03/soros-funded-super-pac-supports-torrez-in-bernco-da-race-with-107k/