Consultants close to President Trump are offering to rent a list with the email addresses and cellphone numbers of millions of his supporters to GOP candidates and conservative groups, according to a report by The New York Times.
The highly prized database is even being made available to businesses, according to the Times.
Trump’s campaign recently signed a contract with Excelsior Strategies, which is based in Virginia, to rent its list at the rate of $35 per 1,000 addresses, according to the Times.
Eighty-five percent of the money earned from the rental will go to the Trump campaign, according to the report.
“Republicans have suffered from being behind in small-dollar fund-raising, and the president, over the course of the campaign and his presidency, has built the largest Republican first-party data list,” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale told the Times. Parscale is responsible for the agreement, according to the paper.
“So giving other candidates and groups access to that data through a legal means to rent it was one of the best things I could do for the Republican ecosystem. And the campaign makes a little money, too. It’s a win-win,” he added.
The renting of political lists is common practice in politics.
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Contact information for millions of Trump supporters now up for rent: report https://t.co/HwkmU0v74Y pic.twitter.com/BSsDC5NIKc
— The Hill (@thehill) October 14, 2018
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