Gino Campana’s Trump Endorsements are Signs of Support from His Daughter, Not Trump
“Despite Campana’s connections to Trump, Campana has never donated to either of Trump’s presidential campaigns”
Denver, CO – Wealthy CEO and GOP Senate candidate Gino Campana is posing as a Trump loyalist to try and win over the far-right base he needs to get on the primary ballot. Four out of the six Trump endorsers actually work with Campana’s daughter at the America First Policy Institute – signaling the support he has from his daughter, not Donald Trump.
According to the Colorado Times Recorder, “Campana has never donated to either of Trump’s presidential campaigns” and in his latest interview on right-wing radio, he admitted that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Campana is taking a page from Cory Gardner’s playbook of having it both ways when it comes to Trump, but Coloradans rejected Gardner’s two-faced strategy. How can Coloradans expect Campana to be honest with them when he’s already lying about his connections to Trump?
Campana has multiple connections to Trump. Six of the seven people who have endorsed Campana, according to his website, have worked for Trump in some capacity. The one who hasn’t is former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-CO), whose last year in Congress was 2003.
In addition, two of Campana’s daughters worked in the Trump administration and co-wrote The 1776 Report, the administration’s response to The 1619 Project. Alexandra Campana, one of Gino Campana’s daughters, now works for the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a non-profit D.C. policy group staffed with ex-Trump officials.
Four of Gino Campana’s seven endorsements are also listed in the AFPI’s employee directory. They are:
- Keith Kellogg, former national security advisor to Trump, is now the co-chair of the AFPI’s Center for American Security;
- David Bernhardt, former U.S. secretary of the interior under Trump, is now the chair of the AFPI’s Center for American Freedom;
- Phil Bryant, former governor of Mississippi who worked for Trump’s 2020 campaign, is now a senior advisor to the AFPI;
- and Chad Wolf, nominated by Trump to be the U.S. secretary of homeland security, is now the chair of the AFPI’s Center for Homeland Security.
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Political experts in Colorado have said that connections to Trump might help Republican candidates get through the party primary, but could hurt them in the general election.
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Despite Campana’s connections to Trump, Campana has never donated to either of Trump’s presidential campaigns. According to FEC filings and Colorado Secretary of State data, Campana has donated nearly $10,000 to Republicans nationally and in Colorado since 2000. None of those donations have gone to Trump.
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