HARTFORD — When some Connecticut Republicans were trying to distance themselves from Donald Trump, two-time U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon took the opposite approach — contributing $6 million to a pro-Trump super PAC, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission.

McMahon, who was a Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, made her first contribution to Rebuilding America Now in August. Her most recent contribution was on Sept. 22 — a week before the first presidential debate and before Trump became embroiled in controversy for lewd comments he made about women that were captured on a hot mic.

The $6 million contribution makes McMahon one of Trump’s top donors. Others include casino executive Sheldon Adelson and Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus.

In an interview in the spring, the wrestling magnate took offense to some of the comments Trump had made about women, calling them “over the top,” “deplorable” and “objectionable.”

“He’s not helping, certainly, to put women in the best light,” McMahon told Katie Couric on Yahoo News in March. “Maybe he regrets them, maybe he doesn’t. I realize he punches hard when he punches back, but that’s just over the top. I wish no candidate would make those comments.”

But despite those misgivings, McMahon, 67, said she believed Trump had the experience needed to run the country. In addition to serving as a delegate, McMahon met with Trump backstage when he held a rally at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, where she serves on the board of trustees.

McMahon and her husband, Vince McMahon, have known Trump for years. The couple gave $5 million in 2007 to Trump’s charitable foundation.

“Once you’re his friend, he is loyal to the end,” she told The Associated Press last month. “He’s an incredibly loyal, loyal friend.”

In the same interview, McMahon said Trump was not her first choice for president, but that he had become “a vessel that has housed this anger and this dissatisfaction” in the country.

The McMahons, who live in Greenwich, have also given money to federal candidates in Connecticut and other states and to Republicans running for the state legislature. McMahon spent $50 million each in two failed Senate campaigns against Richard Blumenthal in 2010 and Chris Murphy in 2012.

Since stepping away from the WWE, McMahon has gone on to found Women’s Leadership Live, which supports women in the business world.