Rarely seen, Melania Trump is hosting Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-Lago.
Former President Donald Trump, right, stands with Melania Trump, left, as they arrive for a GOP fundraiser, on April 6, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.Donald and Melania Trump are set to hold dueling fundraisers in different states on Saturday, the former president raising money for his campaign and the Republican Party in North Carolina in the afternoon ahead of a rally and the former first lady raising money for a conservative LGBT group at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach later that evening.
The fundraiser is co-hosted by a slew of longtime Donald Trump allies and prominent Republican donors, including former U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who also served as acting director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. He was the first openly gay person to hold a Cabinet-level position in the United States.
MORE: In rare appearance, Melania Trump to headline Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for conservative LGBT group "For the first lady to choose this as her first campaign event is an honor to the conservative Republican gay community," the organizer told ABC News. "Definitely negates the false narrative that Biden and the Democrats have peddled about the Trump administration."
After the fundraiser, Trump will head over to Wilmington, North Carolina, to hold his first campaign rally since the New York criminal trial started earlier this week. Trump has denied all wrongdoing in the case.Ticketed from $5,000 per couple for general admission to $250,000 per couple to be on the host-committee, the fundraiser is expected to raise at least $5 million, according to the event's invitation and the organizer.
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