Tim Scott Fund-Raiser Includes Trump-Resistant Donors as V.P. Race Heats Up

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, one of the top contenders to become Donald J. Trump’s running mate, will host a gathering in Washington next month featuring Republican donors who so far remain publicly uncommitted to the party’s presidential ticket.

Pitched as a meeting of Great Opportunity Policy, a tax-exempt group that supports Mr. Scott’s political agenda, the private event on June 19 will double as a fund-raiser just as Mr. Trump’s vice-presidential search is expected to start heating up.

A financial show of force for Mr. Scott’s group could lift his chances of being selected by Mr. Trump, who has spoken to advisers at Mar-a-Lago about which potential running mates could help the campaign raise money. For Mr. Scott, the event may help signal that he is a more palatable political figure for centrist donors and that adding him to the ticket could expand the network of financial resources Mr. Trump could tap into this year.

According to a copy of the invitation obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Scott’s event will feature remarks from a range of major donors and other well-known figures:

Mr. Trump has become increasingly worried about a range of money problems. On the campaign trail, his advisers expect to be outgunned by President Biden’s fund-raising operation. In the courtroom, his four criminal cases have led to sky-high legal bills, sapping roughly $50 million from his Save America political action committee last year.

The former president has responded by leaning into his own fund-raising efforts — a major shift from his first campaign, in 2016, when he appealed to voters by portraying political donors as a malignant force undermining the interests of working-class Americans.

At a private fund-raiser on Saturday