RedState Expose on RNC Spending

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Right-wing blog site RedState has published a report critical of RNC's lavish spending under the leadership of Rhona McDaniel. RedState supports her rival, Harmeet Dhillon.

EXCLUSIVE: Analysis of RNC Spending Since 2017 Shows Millions Were Spent on Private Jets, Limousines, Luxury Retreats, Broadway Shows

Country music star and RNC donor John Rich tells RedState the RNC has betrayed its supporters.

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It is difficult to accurately categorize all of the expenditures because a significant number of transactions seem to be misclassified. For example, nearly $5,000 spent in 2022 at Lululemon, a luxury athletic apparel brand, was classified as “office expense,” as were two expenditures totaling $9,300 at Madison Square Garden in 2017.

 

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An RNC vendor tells RedState that the Vineyard Vines expense ($12,000) was likely for embroidered jackets RNC staffers recently received.

lol, of course the RNC uniform would be embroidered Vineyard Vines jackets. That's probably the only thing more Republican than MAGA hats.

 

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RedState supports her rival, Harmeet Dhillon.

Harmeet is fending off a whispering campaign targeting her for her Sikh faith.

Two supporters of Dhillon, who is challenging incumbent RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, told POLITICO that McDaniel allies have brought up Dhillon’s religious affiliation with them in recent weeks.

McDaniel on Wednesday said she “wholeheartedly condemn(s) religious bigotry in any form.”

“We are the party of faith, family and freedom, and these attacks have no place in our party or our politics,” McDaniel said in a statement to POLITICO. “As a member of a minority faith myself, I would never condone such attacks. I have vowed to run a positive campaign and will continue to do so.”

McDaniel is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. As RNC chair, McDaniel has touted coalition-building with a number of minority groups, both ethnic and religious.

The focus on Dhillon’s faith hasn’t just come from people supporting McDaniel. In an email sent to an RNC member on Sunday, a purported supporter of “MyPillow” CEO Mike Lindell, who is also running for committee chair, brought up Dhillon’s religion as an issue.

Reached for comment, Lindell told POLITICO to “shove it.”

 

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RedState supports her rival, Harmeet Dhillon.

I think this lady does too. But Ronna McDaniel won reelection as chair. She received 111 votes, Dhillon 51, Mike Lindell 4.

The MAGA crowd at GETTR are upset.

 

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But Ronna McDaniel won reelection as chair. ... The MAGA crowd at GETTR are upset.

So is Charlie Kirk and others, bitter about the outcome of the RNC meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria: “So, the grassroots of people that can’t afford to buy a steak and are struggling to make ends meet, they just got told by their representatives at an opulent $900-a-night hotel that, ‘We hate you.’”

 

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But Ronna McDaniel won reelection as chair. She received 111 votes, Dhillon 51, Mike Lindell 4.

The MAGA crowd at GETTR are upset.

Sounds like Ronna is trying to placate MAGA.

Chris Wallace Dumbfounded By RNC Chair’s Refusal to Say Biden Was Elected Legitimately​

WALLACE: Do you think [Biden] won the election?

MCDANIEL: I think there were lots of problems with question 2020. Ultimately, he won the election.

WALLACE: Pardon?

MCDANIEL: Ultimately he won the election but there were lots of problems with the 2020 election, 100%.

WALLACE: And that’s fair.

MCDANIEL: But I don’t think he won it fair. I don’t. I’m not gonna say that.

WALLACE: You’re saying you’re not sure – as the Republican Party chair – that he was the legitimately elected president?

MCDANIEL: I’m saying there were lots of problems with the 2020 election and we need to fix it going forward.

Hopefully, members of the Republican Party who still have mailing addresses in reality-land will take note of their party leadership.

 

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Sounds like Ronna is trying to placate MAGA.

Chris Wallace Dumbfounded By RNC Chair’s Refusal to Say Biden Was Elected Legitimately​

Hopefully, members of the Republican Party who still have mailing addresses in reality-land will take note of their party leadership.

Counterpoint: Tim Scott.

Tim Scott: 'I do not believe the election was stolen'​

Per NBC, the 2024 Republican hopeful "has previously cast doubt on Trump's claims but without going as far as he did Friday."

 

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Counterpoint: Tim Scott.

Tim Scott: 'I do not believe the election was stolen'​

Per NBC, the 2024 Republican hopeful "has previously cast doubt on Trump's claims but without going as far as he did Friday."

Would Tim Scott make a good president?

 

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Would Tim Scott make a good president?

I can't say I know him well, but unlike many other GOP candidates, I know of nothing disqualifying about him.