New Jersey Republicans going broke after throwing doomed fundraiser at Trump's golf club

[DonViejo]

Morris GOP nearly broke

High costs of Trump club, Fox News speaker created money-losing fundraiser

By David Wildstein

22 Apr 2018
12:14 pm

Morris County Republicans lost money on their winter fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club and have a paltry $13,956 in their warchest, according to a report filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.

The money-losing event and the low cash-on-hand heading into a potentially competitive general election is expected to be an issue in the June election for Morris County Republican Chairman. One of the candidates, Ronald DeFilippis, is the Finance Chairman for the county GOP. He faces Rob Zwigard in a race that has already turned nasty.

The county GOP organization raised $58,335 at an event that cost them more than $64,000. The spent $24,487 at Trump National and paid Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld $30,000 to speak. Republicans repaid a $10,000 loan from State Sen. from State Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R-Montville), but still owe $10,000 to DeFilippis, who loaned the money to help make a down payment on Gutfeld’s appearance.

High cost fundraisers, like a party at Yankee Stadium last year where they spend nearly $5,700 on two ex-Yankee players to make brief appearances, have left Morris without the cash to defend what looks to be a serious challenge from Democrats at the county level this fall. Last year, Morris Republicans reported raising just $76,218 – a relatively small amount for a county organization that hasn’t lost a freeholder race in 45 years. According to ELEC reports, much of that was spent on fundraising costs and overhead and not on Republican campaigns.

State Sen. Anthony Bucco (R-Boonton) nearly lost his seat last year, winning just 52% against Democrat Lisa Bhimani. In 2018, two Morris County congressional seats are in danger of flipping Democratic: the 11th, where Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is retiring, and the 7th, where Rep. Leonard Lance faces a tough re-election campaign.

Three freeholder seats are up this fall, as well as what is becoming an interesting race for county clerk. Democrats haven’t elected a county clerk since before the Civil War, but a judge’s ruling last week that Republican incumbent Ann Grossi distributed an illegal memorandum showing her failure to understand state election law has made Democrat Shala Gagliardi a real candidate for the seat.

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https://newjerseyglobe.com/fr/morris-gop-nearly-broke/

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Get everyone of these creeps out of office...anyone taking the moniker 'republican' deserves ...

an election lashing like never before seen. No prisoners are to be taken.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Kick for exposure

[dalton99a]

3. They should do this more often

[dreamland]

4. Since when were the GOP ever fiscally conservative

When it comes to spending money for themselves?

[forgotmylogin]

7. If Republicans lose money at a fundraiser...

they probably shouldn't be allowed near a budget of any kind.

[Freethinker65]

5. Good.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Bob Hugin put $7.5 million of his own money

into his campaign (senator). Good money after bad.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Financial wiz kids

[mercuryblues]

9. I say

That the GOP needs to keep their chairman and financial officer in place. They are only losing $$$ because they aren't paying for trump to speak at their fundraiser at his own club. That would draw a yuuuuge crowd. Well worth taking a loan out for it.

[robbob]

10. Trump got paid

I’m sure that’s all HE cares about...

[BoneyardDem]

12. and...he will take a write off for non profit in kind donation of his property

he will state they paid $xx, but the actual cost of the least was $xxxxxxxxx

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. I was going to say that too

Someone made money on it.

Just sickening how the conflict of interest requirements are just thrown out the window for this President. He is blatantly making money off of his position. Can you even imagine if a Democratic President did that even once, let alone almost every weekend.

[keithbvadu2]

18. Donald proudly made money off his sycophants.

[ailsagirl]

11. Excellent

[gratuitous]

13. They paid Greg Gutfeld $30,000 to speak?

How much were they going to pay him not to speak at their little shindig? Maybe they should count their blessings, since they don't have any money to count. Heh, heh, heh.

Run a candidate in every race. Let's put the pressure on these bastards to spend money they don't have for losing races.

[hueymahl]

14. I like this

On a more snarky note, does that publication not have an editor? The article is not well written and has grammar mistakes.

[GoCubsGo]

15. Good.

May every other state GOP and the national GOP follow suit.

[Grins]

17. "...paid Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld $30,000..."

"...and paid Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld $30,000 to speak".

Are you shitting me????????? That snarling, arrogant, obnoxious, nose-excavating, misogynist weasel?

Fools and their money....

[rpannier]

19. I love this bit

At the February fundraiser, Republicans teased potential donors with the idea that President Trump would attend as a surprise guest – even asking for social security numbers in advance, something that would suggest a presidential appearance. Trump was at Mar-a-Lago and there was little possibility that he would be in New Jersey for President’s Day weekend.

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il douche didn't show?

BwaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

21. Now, we only need to hear that....

their database got hacked...SSNs included!

....... ..... ........

[SWBTATTReg]

20. On a serious note...

this points to a glaring problem w/ the GOPhers which was highlited when they (gophers) passed the last tax law (and didn't pay for it either, and instead, got us into far more debt). They have accused democrats of not living within their means repeatedly during the past, and now you have examples both local and national where their true colors in spending (but not paying bills) is revealed to all.

So, the fiscal shoe has dropped on the repugs. What's next? A dismal failure on the foreign front where RUMP gets us into another war? God I hope not.

Added later: Even more satisfying about this story is that the GOP is eating the lunch of fellow GOPhers! Great! I hope they starve to death eating each other up.

[Fritz Walter]

22. Thoughts and prayers

If those are good enough for mass murder victims, survivors, they’re good enough for these “good people.”

[JustAnotherGen]

23. That's just the way it is

In the meantime - Tom Malinowski is doing small meet and greets at the local level with folks like - the Young Democratics in my town this week. . .

And he's gonna vanquish Leonard Lance. Just went to toss up yesterday in the 7th.