In Doug’s thread downstairs, valued commenter Scott linked an OpenSecrets analysis that suggests Donald Trump is bleeding the RNC dry. An excerpt:
Even as talk in political circles has focused on the Trump campaign’s apparent reliance on the Republican National Committee for much of its basic voter mobilization effort in November, reports filed with the FEC over the weekend show the RNC having arguably the worst fundraising July in at least four presidential cycles…
Removing these accounting adjustments and restricted funds leaves the RNC with less than $15 million in fully usable contributions received in July. The table below shows the breakdown of RNC receipts by category for each July from 2004 to 2016. In addition to across the board declines in sources of contributions compared to past presidential years, the RNC cash balance at the end of July was less than half of its comparable balance in the last three presidential campaigns.
How much RNC money has flowed into Trump’s pockets via facility rentals, etc.? It kinda looks like Trump is screwing the RNC, just as he’s scammed virtually every other human being or organization foolish enough to fall for his bullshit or put faith in his alleged business acumen.
To paraphrase a wag in the OpenSecrets comment thread, if Trump manages to roger the RNC like so many hapless Trump U hopefuls — if he sucks every nickel out of that odious collection of craven cowards and drives up Republican seat turnover margins — he might accidentally live out the motto on his ill-fitting, stupid-looking hat.