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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'It's a rip-off': GOP spending under fire as Senate hopefuls seek rescue
Washington PostRepublican Senate hopefuls are getting crushed on airwaves across the country while their national campaign fund is pulling ads and running low on cash leading some campaign advisers to ask where all the money went and to demand an audit of the committees finances, according to Republican strategists involved in the discussions.
In a highly unusual move, the National Republican Senatorial Committee this week canceled bookings worth about $10 million, including in the critical states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona. A spokesman said the NRSC is not abandoning those races but prioritizing ad spots that are shared with campaigns and benefit from discounted rates. Still, the cancellations forfeit cheaper prices that came from booking early, and better budgeting could have covered both.
The fact that they canceled these reservations was a huge problem you cant get them back, said one Senate Republican strategist, who like others spokes on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. You cant win elections if you dont have money to run ads.
The NRSCs retreat came after months of touting record fundraising, topping $173 million so far this election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures. But the committee has burned through nearly all of it, with the NRSCs cash on hand dwindling to $28.4 million by the end of June.
As of that month, the committee disclosed spending just $23 million on ads, with more than $21 million going into text messages and more than $12 million to American Express credit card payments, whose ultimate purpose isnt clear from the filings. The committee also spent at least $13 million on consultants, $9 million on debt payments and more than $7.9 million renting mailing lists, campaign finance data show.
In a highly unusual move, the National Republican Senatorial Committee this week canceled bookings worth about $10 million, including in the critical states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona. A spokesman said the NRSC is not abandoning those races but prioritizing ad spots that are shared with campaigns and benefit from discounted rates. Still, the cancellations forfeit cheaper prices that came from booking early, and better budgeting could have covered both.
The fact that they canceled these reservations was a huge problem you cant get them back, said one Senate Republican strategist, who like others spokes on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. You cant win elections if you dont have money to run ads.
The NRSCs retreat came after months of touting record fundraising, topping $173 million so far this election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures. But the committee has burned through nearly all of it, with the NRSCs cash on hand dwindling to $28.4 million by the end of June.
As of that month, the committee disclosed spending just $23 million on ads, with more than $21 million going into text messages and more than $12 million to American Express credit card payments, whose ultimate purpose isnt clear from the filings. The committee also spent at least $13 million on consultants, $9 million on debt payments and more than $7.9 million renting mailing lists, campaign finance data show.
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'It's a rip-off': GOP spending under fire as Senate hopefuls seek rescue (Original Post)
brooklynite
Aug 2022
OP
When you put a grifter in charge of your organization, don't be surprised when he grifts off you.
CrispyQ
Aug 2022
#1
Putting a guy known for fraud in charge of your finances...what could go wrong?
Clash City Rocker
Aug 2022
#4
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)1. When you put a grifter in charge of your organization, don't be surprised when he grifts off you.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-demand-to-know-what-happened-to-vanishing-gop-millions/ar-AA10Sqvx
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who chairs the NRSC, has been attacked by Republicans for featuring himself in ads and releasing a policy agenda that caused trouble for the GOP, leading to quips that NRSC stands for National Rick Scott Committee.
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)4. Putting a guy known for fraud in charge of your finances...what could go wrong?
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)2. They're saying the quiet part out loud
They can't be trusted with the people's money.
Not exactly a revelation to us, but maybe an eye-opener to someone sitting on the fence.
QED
(2,747 posts)3. Well, the GOP is paying tfg's legal bills.
Not sure it's the same pot of money though.