Count money among the problems the Republican party is facing now that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee—like, who is going to be willing to sink their fortunes into this presidential run? Even the money guys who just kept piling funds behind Jeb! Bush and Marco Rubio are likely to sit this one out. It's got the whole GOP on edge, and if that wasn't enough, fighting with each other.
Behind the scenes, tensions have grown. The RNC recently abruptly canceled a meeting with Pennsylvania Republicans to discuss planned field efforts, leading some party officials to express private frustration, according to three sources familiar with the situation. (An RNC spokeswoman said there had been a scheduling conflict, but the meeting had been rescheduled.) Adding to the strain, last month the RNC told The New York Times that it would establish a Senate Fund to boost candidates in tough races. Yet before announcing the program, it didn’t give a heads up to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, leaving staffers there fuming.
“First anyone here heard of it was in The New York Times,” an NRSC official said.
The RNC declined to directly address the back-and-forth with the Senate committee but said in a statement that “beyond ensuring we win back the White House we are committed to maintaining majorities in the House and Senate.”
There's going to be a lot more freelancing like that on the money front, as all these guys awash in dollars are trying to figure out what do with them and how to mitigate Trump's downstream damage. That means a lot of people are going to be stepping on a lot of other people's toes and working at cross-purposes. All of this will happen with Trump—who "has shunned fundraising and lacks the donor network most party nominees typically have"—leading the charge.
In other words, that's quite the mess Republicans have created for themselves.
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