Blackburn Hosts Trump Counselor at Nashville Fundraiser
A chief House Republican on telecom matters joined with a Trump administration official Monday, keeping up her ties with administration officials that began last year. House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., held her annual Women of Distinction luncheon in…
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Nashville, where former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was a guest. Conway is counselor to President Donald Trump. Blackburn maintained especially close ties to the Trump team and was a member of its transition effort. The event’s invitation said it was paid for by Blackburn for Congress and lists ticket prices ranging from $150 to $2,500, depending on the seating. The Tennessee Democratic Party posted video of protests happening outside. Blackburn’s latest Federal Election Commission records show close to $3 million on hand in her campaign coffers, with many donations this year from telecom and media political action committees since she became subcommittee chairman. Comcast, Charter Communications, CTIA, NCTA and the American Cable Association’s PACs donated $5,000 in March, and AT&T’s did the same in February. Several other entities’ PACs, including those of Centurylink, CTA, ITTA, NAB, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and USTelecom, donated lesser amounts this year.