Women for Trump


Women for Trump is a political movement in the United States made up of women who support the presidency of Donald Trump.

Founders

The movement was co-founded by Amy Kremer and Kathryn Serkes in June 2016. Kremer was one of the founders of the modern-day Tea Party movement, and a co-founder of the social networking site Tea Party Patriots. She is the former director and current chairman of the grassroots coalition, Tea Party Express, a national bus tour supporting Tea Party advocates. She was a co-founder of Great America PAC in support of Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
Kathryn Serkes is the president and founder of Square One Media Network and has spent more than 20 years working in healthcare policy. She founded the Doctor–Patient Medical Association and served at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where she earned the Director's Award for Meritorious Service.

Women's support of Trump

2016

Nationally, Hillary Clinton gained 54% of women voters compared with Trump's 42%; however, Trump outperformed Clinton among white women, winning 53% of their vote. More white women without college degrees voted for Trump. 28% of 350,000 donations made to Trump's campaign came from women, according to Politico.

2017

The Women for Trump organization donates to the Trump campaign through the Women Vote Smart political action committee. Women Vote Smart raised more than $26,000 in 2017, according to the Federal Election Commission, but was more than $20,000 in debt as of March 2017.

2019

Although a June Hill–Harris survey reported that 62% of women registered to vote were unlikely to vote for a Trump re-election, the Women for Trump campaign was rallying support and donations to support the upcoming 2020 elections. Politico reported in November 2019, that Women for Trump coalition was accepting donations and seeking volunteers to push their initiative and spread their political message. The organization held a 2020 kickoff party at the Westgate resort in Orlando, Florida, on June 17, 2019.
As of December, 36.3% of Trump's donations had come from women. In the first quarter of 2019, donations were evenly split between men and women, according to available FEC data. First-quarter donations from women totaled approximately $15 million.

Social media

As of December 2019, the verified Women for Trump Twitter page had more than 51,000 followers and more than 52,000 likes on their official Facebook page. Trump congratulated the organization and acknowledged Kremer's work as its founder on January 17, 2019, Tweet, writing:
“Thank you to Amy Kremer, Women for Trump Co-Founder, for doing such a great interview with Martha MacCallum... and by the way, women have the lowest unemployment numbers in many decades - at the highest pay ever. Proud of that!”
The organization follows several Republican political figures, and during the 2019 impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, the organization's social-media page provided an account of the inquiry in real time and spoke publicly against the process.