Scoop: Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel escorted out of RNC retreat
Source: Axios
During this weekends highly anticipated donor retreat hosted by the Republican National Committee in Palm Beach, Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel was escorted off the premises while his primary opponent, Jane Timken, was allowed to stay, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell Axios.
What were hearing: The invitation-only event is taking place at the Four Seasons Resort, and the RNC reserved the entire hotel. While Timken, former Ohio GOP chair, was invited to the event because she is a major donor Mandel was not, so he was asked to leave, according to one of the sources
Despite not having his name on the list, Mandel seized on the opportunity to get some face time with top Republican donors while they all were in one place, one source familiar with his plans told Axios.
But when the first event formally kicked off at the hotel Friday night, Mandel and others who did not have credentials were asked to leave.
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NQAS
(10,749 posts)Trumpist.
Not a trumpist? You dont belong.
brooklynite
(94,745 posts)What he failed at is coughing up cash for admittance...
Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)EYESORE 9001
(25,989 posts)It has more to do with not paying the price of admission.
Diamond_Dog
(32,091 posts)No pay, no play, Joshie!
prodem65
(14 posts)Neither one is qualified to hold office. I would not be surprised if Timken didn't provide aid and comfort to the seditionists on their way to D.C. on the 6th of January.
jmbar2
(4,908 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Unless you count the Burmese Army.
WHITT
(2,868 posts)FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)There's no in-between.