CLEVELAND, Ohio – Republican President Donald Trump will be in Northeast Ohio on Aug. 6 for a re-election campaign fundraiser.
A posting on the website for the Trump re-election campaign’s joint fundraising committee with the Republican National Committee invites attendees to Cleveland for the Aug. 6 fundraiser, though sources with knowledge of the planning said the event itself would be at the Shoreby Club in Bratenahl. Minimum price for entry is $5,600, with some packages going for as much as $100,000.
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel and RNC Co-Chairman Tommy Hicks will also be in attendance. Chicago Cubs owner Todd Ricketts and television personality Kimberly Guilfoyle -- both finance chairs for the Trump campaign -- are slated to appear as well. Lake County businessman Ed Crawford, Trump’s 2016 Ohio finance chair, is hosting the event, according to a report from WKYC.
Entry for the fundraiser starts at $5,600 per person. A photo and entry to the reception goes for $35,000 and all that plus entry to a roundtable event costs $100,000, according to the campaign posting.
The visit would mark Trump’s first to the state since January when he held a rally in Toledo. Since then, the coronavirus pandemic, resulting recession and civil unrest have diminished his re-election chances nationwide.
Polls in Ohio, a state Trump won by 450,000 votes in 2016, have consistently showed Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden running competitively despite little investment thus far. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has dedicated significant resources to television ads in the fall, indicating they see a need to spend vigorously to keep Ohio in Trump’s column come Nov. 3.