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1/ We tracked how much money political committees have spent at properties owned by Donald Trump. For example, here’s what the Republican National Committee (👋 @GOP) has spent.

But they’re not the only ones paying Trump properties...

2/ Political committee spending at Trump properties is now at least $3.2 MILLION for this election cycle (2019-20).

The Trump Victory joint committee, Trump campaign and RNC are leading the way projects.propublica.org/itemizer/trump…

3/ The national party spent nearly half a million dollars at the Trump Doral resort for its January winter meeting.

@miamiherald covered that here
miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

4/ There’s more. Here are the states whose Republican Party orgs have also spent money at Trump properties in January. (Is one of them yours?)

Nevada
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Colorado
Montana
Idaho
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Connecticut

(Plus the Virgin Islands)

5/ How do we know all this?

We have a tool called the FEC Itemizer, where we track campaign filings from each candidate.

Use it to see how much the 2020 candidates have raised and spent
👇
projects.propublica.org/itemizer/presi…

6/ For this story, an RNC spokesperson told us that Trump properties can be “cheaper to rent than other venues,” and that the FEC “demands the RNC receive market rates.” propublica.org/article/republ…

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