Trump’s legal troubles are putting state parties in a financial crisis; Some state operations are broke, and the RNC is tightfisted

[essentialsaltes]

Trump’s legal troubles are drowning state Republicans in a financial flood of their own making​

When infighting in the Colorado Republican Party recently spilled out into the press, the conflict wasn’t over ideologies or values. It was an argument about money; or rather, the lack of it. Like other state Republican parties nationwide, Colorado’s GOP is feeling the pinch of the national party’s Trump-centric fundraising plan. Now those internal party cracks are becoming embarrassing public fractures.

A growing number of state Republican operations are either broke or perilously close to it. Last year, the Minnesota Republican Party reported having only $53 in the bank and over $330,000 in debt. In January, Michigan’s Republicans faced bankruptcy amid a brutal MAGA leadership fight. So much for being the party of fiscal responsibility.

Republican Party chairs know from Democrats’ past examples that starved state operations lead to electoral blowouts at the ballot box. But the Republican National Committee isn’t coming to the rescue

Republicans can thank Donald Trump for their current financial problems. Trump’s deal with the RNC requires the party to run its donations first through his Save America PAC

 

[HTacianas]

Trump’s legal troubles are drowning state Republicans in a financial flood of their own making​

When infighting in the Colorado Republican Party recently spilled out into the press, the conflict wasn’t over ideologies or values. It was an argument about money; or rather, the lack of it. Like other state Republican parties nationwide, Colorado’s GOP is feeling the pinch of the national party’s Trump-centric fundraising plan. Now those internal party cracks are becoming embarrassing public fractures.

A growing number of state Republican operations are either broke or perilously close to it. Last year, the Minnesota Republican Party reported having only $53 in the bank and over $330,000 in debt. In January, Michigan’s Republicans faced bankruptcy amid a brutal MAGA leadership fight. So much for being the party of fiscal responsibility.

Republican Party chairs know from Democrats’ past examples that starved state operations lead to electoral blowouts at the ballot box. But the Republican National Committee isn’t coming to the rescue

Republicans can thank Donald Trump for their current financial problems. Trump’s deal with the RNC requires the party to run its donations first through his Save America PAC

Hey, Trump doesn't need money. He's going to be elected based on free publicity.

 

[Pommer]

Hey, Trump doesn't need money. He's going to be elected based on free publicity.

Down-ticket races won’t matter?
Why would that be?

 

[wing2000]

Down-ticket races won’t matter?
Why would that be?

...didn't you know the Congress is just for enterntainment and performative cliq bait videos?

 

[Pommer]

...didn't you know the Congress is just for enterntainment and performative cliq bait videos?

Could be the FBI round-up the usual (D) suspects and they get “replaced” by right-thinking (MAGA) supporters and the “elections” are “moot”?

No, that’s just “crazy-talk” that’d (almost) never “happen”.
Probably.

 

[hislegacy]

How much is daily national exposure worth?

It’s like running a 60sec spot four days a week. Multiple times a day

 

[essentialsaltes]

How much is daily national exposure worth?

It’s like running a 60sec spot four days a week. Multiple times a day

Whether it helps him or harms him has no bearing on the impartial application of the law.

 

[iluvatar5150]

How much is daily national exposure worth?

It’s like running a 60sec spot four days a week. Multiple times a day

Only Trump is getting that much exposure. It’s the down ballot candidates who need the ad money that’s going to Trump’s lawyers.

 

[Hank77]

Hey, Trump doesn't need money. He's going to be elected based on free publicity.

Maybe so but he still needs to pay his lawyers or to be more accurate Republicans and large donations (1 billion $) from oil and gas companies do.

 

[Fantine]

Considering the damage they've done all i can say is yippee.

 

[essentialsaltes]

• The Republican Party of Texas’ convention has long featured lucrative corporate sponsorships by Fortune 500 companies.
• But this year, the names of its biggest past sponsors were missing from the banners and agendas.
• The Texas state party is among portions of the larger Republican Party led by former President Donald Trump that’s embracing an anti-corporate, anti-elite populist agenda.

Veteran Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak was among the group of candidates vying to be the next state GOP chair. In a memo declaring his candidacy, Mackowiak lamented that the “party’s corporate fundraising is virtually nonexistent.”

Griffin Perry, a Texas businessman and son of Republican former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, said earlier this week that it’s time for the party to shift back to working with corporations.

As for the lack of corporate sponsorship this year, Perry blamed the leadership team that was replaced on Friday. This team “wears that as a badge of honor,” he said, before the new chair of the state party was elected.

This year, the sponsor list is almost entirely made up of political action committees and campaigns, and nearly devoid of corporate sponsors.

As of Thursday, the only two publicly traded companies on the sponsorship list were tobacco giant Altria and Houston-based electrical and natural gas utility CenterPoint Energy.

As the party continues to move further to the right, some companies who used to be regular supporters of the Texas Republican Party are now holding back their money, according to state campaign finance records.

Corporate donations to the state party’s general fundraising account have sunk to their lowest levels in at least a decade, according to The Texas Tribune.

 

[Fantine]

Money talks. Since Texas Republicans have gone off the rails in abortion and immigration and probably other areas, hopefully money pressures might bring them in line when the public good obviously can't.