Cash-strapped House Republicans are furious with the White House for blocking money from the Republican National Committee to help bolster their struggling campaigns, according to a report from the Washington Post.
After the “Blue wave” 2018 midterm election that resulted in the Republican Party losing control of the House, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has been attempting to stop the bleeding in 2020 in what is expected to be a high-turnout election with an increasingly unpopular Donald Trump at the top of the ticket.
The Post reports that McCarthy has been pleading for money from the RNC only to be ignored by President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as the committee is only focusing on keeping Trump in office.
From the report: “McCarthy specifically has asked Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, to make a financial commitment to the House GOP, according to several officials familiar with the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely describe private conversations,” the report states. “But Kushner, who oversees such decisions and has a greater say than RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, has refused thus far, the officials say. While the Trump campaign and the RNC have brought in record amounts of money, some Trump officials see donating to the House as a wasteful investment as the GOP’s chances of reclaiming the majority sharply deteriorate.”
Citing a White House insider, The Post reports that Trump and his advisors regard the House “as a lost cause unable to overcome their minority status and are hoarding the money to salvage the president’s re-election.”
“The campaign just wants the money. . . . They don’t care about the House — it’s not their concern,” the official stated. “When you’ve been working in politics for years, and you understand it’s a team sport, you kind of look at these things a little differently. I don’t think they see it that way.”
