Rebuilding America Now

Rebuilding America Now
Legal status Active
Purpose Elect Donald Trump as President

Rebuilding America Now is a political action committee (PAC) created to support Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. A so-called Super PAC, Restore America Now is permitted to raise and spend unlimited amounts of corporate, union, and individual campaign contributions under the terms of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

Rebuilding America Now was founded in June 2016 by Tom Barrack, a real-estate investor and long-time friend of Trump. Lori Gay and Ken McKay took senior roles with the Super PAC upon its founding.[1][2] Though Rebuilding America Now is one of several Super PACs founded to support Trump's bid for the presidency,[2] it has been described as the "primary" Super PAC supporting Trump by the New York Times.[3] Vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort have both endorsed the Super PAC.[4] Trump himself had previously denigrated the use of Super PACs, but later agreed to headline fundraising events for Rebuilding America Now.[5]

Los Angeles real estate developer Geoffrey Palmer emerged as the first publicly-disclosed big donor to the group, having donated $2 million to the organization.[6]

References

  1. Schleifer, Theodore (2 June 2016). "First on CNN: Trump ally forms super PAC with $32M in commitments". CNN. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Ballhaus, Rebecca (7 June 2016). "Who's Who: Meet the Super PACs Backing Donald Trump". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. Burns, Alexander; Haberman, Maggie (30 July 2016). "Electoral Map Gives Donald Trump Few Places to Go". New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. Isenstadt, Alex; Vogel, Kenneth (20 July 2016). "Trump blesses major super PAC effort". Politico. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. Gold, Matea (21 July 2016). "Trump reverses his opposition to super PACs and is now willing to headline events for a big-money group". Washington Post. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. Mider, Zachary (16 July 2016). "Trump Lures New Big-Money Donors as Old Guard Retreats". Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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