If Ambassador Kelly Craft ends up before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the ritual grilling of presidential nominees, she’ll be looking back at some of her favorite Republican senators
., gave $5,400 to Marco Rubio’s primary and general election campaigns for his 2016 Senate race. She also donated the maximum allowed — $2,700 — to Sen. Todd Young’s and Sen. Ron Johnson’s respective general election campaigns that year.And that was all after she and her husband, coal magnate Joe Craft, had thrown their influential support behind Rubio’s presidential effort, only to become prolific fundraisers for now-President Donald Trump when the Florida Republican dropped out of the race.
At least half of the GOP members of the panel, which would have to vet the current U.S. ambassador to Canada again should Trump officially nominate her, have received donations from Kelly or Joe Craft since the 2012 cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by POLITICO. The review was limited to candidates' campaign committees and leadership PACs.The 2020 Election. The New Congress. The Mueller Investigation. Be in the Know.
— the direct link between the committee members voting on Craft’s nomination to one of the most important national security posts in government and her political donations is striking. Craft is one of the wealthiest and most well-connected political patrons in Kentucky; Joe Craft has given millions to Republican causes over the years.and her husband are well-known for their fundraising talents and their financial generosity to GOP candidates in past election cycles.
If "there's a big campaign, a) you want Kelly running your stuff in Kentucky and b) in terms of national players, they are some of the biggest," Jennings said.
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