House GOP Chairwoman Elise Stefanik posted her best fundraising quarter after Congressional hearings involving university presidents over their refusal to condemn antisemitism on campus, The Post has learned.
On Tuesday, Stefanik announced he raised $5.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 — breaking the previous fundraising record, according to documents reviewed by The Post.
The unabashed Trump supporter from New York – and the third most powerful GOPer in the House – has now raised over $13 million for the 2024 election cycle so far.
He has transferred millions of dollars to the National Republican Congressional Committee.
“I’m grateful for the historic support from longtime and first-time donors in upstate New York and across the country,” Stefanik said of his fundraising last quarter.
“It is clear that the American people are looking for leadership and results, and I am committed to delivering both. This is a great start to 2024 as we work to elect President Trump, grow the House Republican Majority, and save America.”
During the exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik, former Harvard President Claudine Gay was asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews on campus violated the university’s code of conduct. AP
In addition to securing 35,000 first-time donors, Stefanik also captured contributions from prominent GOP fundraisers including Blackstone Group co-founder and CEO Steve Schwarzman and the company’s head of government relations Wayne Berman.
Other donors include former ambassador to Israel under Trump, David Friedman; Laura Perlmutter who is married to Palm Beach billionaire Ike Perlmutter; Metro Bank founder Vernon Hill, and Bruce Toll, co-founder of the Toll Brothers homebuilding company.
December’s Congressional hearings on antisemitism on campuses — which ultimately led to the removal of the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania — put Stefanik in the greater national spotlight.
Harvard removed Claudine Gay from her role last week. Getty Images
Since the trial, Stefanik has remained vocal in his condemnation of the university’s failure to stand up to antisemitism.
“We must eliminate the rot in American higher education,” Stefanik previously told The Post about the importance of ending donations to Ivy League schools.
Stefanik raised $13.4 million in the 2020 cycle and $9.2 million in 2022, according to election filings.
Some of his previous donors include Paul Singer, co-founder and CEO of Elliott Management; John Catsimatidis, founder and CEO of Red Apple Group, and Long Island billionaire Andy Sabin.
Blackstone Group Chairman Stephen Schwarzman donated to Stefanik last quarter. Getty Images
Last year, Stefanik launched a “battlefield fund” to boost Republicans in the always-blue Empire State as the party looks to hang on to gains made in the last election, The Post previously reported.
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