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Even Herschel Walker's team doesn't like the GOP fundraising tactics
The GOP fundraisers are ripping off Walker. I am amazed that Walker was able to figure out that his campaign is being used to raise money for other candidates
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Given how important and high-profile the race is, GOP officials have also used the Georgia contest as an opportunity for fundraising — and as NBC News reported, that’s proved to be far more controversial than necessary.
Republican politicians and associated committees are sending out desperate fundraising emails begging the GOP faithful to help save America by getting behind Herschel Walker in his Dec. 6 runoff against the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Raphael Warnock. But what wasn’t immediately clear to recipients was how little of that money from small donors was going to Walker’s campaign: just a dime for every dollar.
Donald Trump’s Save America operation, for example, sent out a fundraising appeal last week that referenced the Georgia race, and many recipients likely saw it as an opportunity to support Walker’s candidacy. Under the default settings for donations, however, the former president’s political operation would keep 90% of the money. (The ratio was later changed to 50:50.)
The North Carolina GOP, North Carolina Sen.-elect Ted Budd and Ohio Sen.-elect J.D. Vance have each made related pitches to their supporters, embracing the same 90:10 ratio before some of them also switched to 50:50.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee’s fundraising appeal was even more dramatic: It sent a pitch to prospective donors with fine print that showed the NRSC would keep 99% of what’s raised. In other words, for every $10 a Republican donor sent, Walker would get just 10 cents.
Republican politicians and associated committees are sending out desperate fundraising emails begging the GOP faithful to help save America by getting behind Herschel Walker in his Dec. 6 runoff against the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Raphael Warnock. But what wasn’t immediately clear to recipients was how little of that money from small donors was going to Walker’s campaign: just a dime for every dollar.
Donald Trump’s Save America operation, for example, sent out a fundraising appeal last week that referenced the Georgia race, and many recipients likely saw it as an opportunity to support Walker’s candidacy. Under the default settings for donations, however, the former president’s political operation would keep 90% of the money. (The ratio was later changed to 50:50.)
The North Carolina GOP, North Carolina Sen.-elect Ted Budd and Ohio Sen.-elect J.D. Vance have each made related pitches to their supporters, embracing the same 90:10 ratio before some of them also switched to 50:50.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee’s fundraising appeal was even more dramatic: It sent a pitch to prospective donors with fine print that showed the NRSC would keep 99% of what’s raised. In other words, for every $10 a Republican donor sent, Walker would get just 10 cents.
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