Sponsors of the Pre-Attack Rally Have Taken Down Their Websites. Don’t Forget Who They Were.
Here are the organizers of the event that led to the assault on the Capitol.
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The organizers of the March for Trump (also known as the March to Save America) have taken down the website for the rally and subsequent march, but an archived page cites nine “coalition partners.” It is a list that should not be forgotten—especially given that some of the sponsors have apparently tried to wipe away their fingerprints.
Women for America First. This outfit, which was created in 2019 to oppose the Trump impeachment, was the main organizer of the rally. As a dark-money nonprofit, it does not have to disclose its donors. But as
CNBC reported, America First Policies, a pro-Trump policy advocacy group, contributed $25,000 to Women for America First in 2019. (America First Policies is headed by Linda McMahon, a longtime Trump supporter and former head of the Small Business Administration.) Women for America First is run by Amy Kremer, a former leader of Tea Party Express. Her daughter, Kylie Jane Kremer, the executive director of Women for Trump, was
listed as the applicant for the rally’s permit. (Amy Kremer has also been
co-chair of Women for Trump.) As
Mother Jones reported last year, Kremer’s Tea Party Express was “well known for being run by a political action committee that raised tons of money from small donors and s
pent most of it on the political consultants who started the PAC rather than on candidates.” Women for America First is essentially part of Trump’s political operation.