'That’s robbery': Concerns mount over Jared Kushner's role in GOP money machine by tomlobianco
WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner got the GOP’s small-dollar money machine finally moving, but in a twist befitting of the insular world of Republican campaign consultants, Trump’s influential son-in-law is also now being cited as a stumbling block for the critical effort.
“Nobody else had the authority to put it together,” said a Republican familiar with the effort. “Adelson was not happy with the way the money was being spent and raised. The president did look to Jared — basically them knowing that Jared was doing it, everyone coalesced around WINRED.” But 2018’s bloodbath helped kick them into gear. One GOP consultant recalled watching a Democrat running in conservative Kentucky, Amy McGrath, raise more than $3 million in just three months against incumbent Republican Rep. Andy Barr.
The weight of the White House and president’s reelection campaign finally gave the parties enough juice to convince important players that this was the year it was going to happen and they could either get on board or be left in the dust. WINRED, like ActBlue, works like a credit card company — making its money by collecting a marginal fee on every transaction. It might not seem like much on a single donation, but multiply it by tens of thousands of donations every cycle, and all of a sudden it translates into serious business.
“That’s robbery,” former Trump campaign adviser Barry Bennett said of the 4 percent charge. “That’s outrageous.”
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