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brooklynite

(94,483 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 01:17 PM Jul 2020

House GOP's pleas to Republican National Committee for financial help go unanswered

Washington Post

Senior House Republicans are pleading with the deep-pocketed Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign to provide financial help as Democrats vastly outraise the GOP, but top campaign officials are so far declining to commit.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has been prodding the RNC to write a check to the National Republican Congressional Committee — a request he has made multiple times. McCarthy specifically has asked Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, to make a financial commitment to the House GOP, according to several officials familiar with the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely describe private conversations.

But Kushner, who oversees such decisions and has a greater say than RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, has refused thus far, the officials say. While the Trump campaign and the RNC have brought in record amounts of money, some Trump officials see donating to the House as a wasteful investment as the GOP’s chances of reclaiming the majority sharply deteriorate. Their decline in fortunes can largely be attributed to Trump’s sagging support over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the sliding economy.
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House GOP's pleas to Republican National Committee for financial help go unanswered (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2020 OP
HAHAHA! 'Kushner, who oversees such decisions and has a greater say than RNC Chairwoman. . . elleng Jul 2020 #1
Trump has shallow pockets and no coat tails C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #2
Good n/t malaise Jul 2020 #3
Team Trump runs the RNC just like they run a charity. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #4
More for thee, less for thee MagickMuffin Jul 2020 #5
The tRUMP Klan just don't have the funds available, since they have been siphoning money from... WyattKansas Jul 2020 #6
Probably so, right in front of everyone. nt crickets Jul 2020 #7

C_U_L8R

(44,996 posts)
2. Trump has shallow pockets and no coat tails
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 01:26 PM
Jul 2020

Did they really think the Trumps would be team players and help them get reelected? What suckers.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
6. The tRUMP Klan just don't have the funds available, since they have been siphoning money from...
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 02:56 PM
Jul 2020

Anything and everything in the United States to stuff in their personal offshore accounts.

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