Republican fund-raiser Caroline Wren has a fascinating conversation with โWar Roomโ host Steve Bannon about the problems facing Republicans int he coming election. As she notes, we spent millions of dollars int he last year and what did we get for it? A Democrat House, a Democrat Senate and a Democrat president. Something has to change.
โThe donors are angry โฆ as they should beโฆ.ย Itโs hard to do a plan forward unless we reflect on what just happened. Why did we lose in 2020? I spent the past four years flying around the country telling people to give $100,000 โฆ as much as you can to re-elect Donald Trump. And in every meeting, weโd say we have a legal fund and weโre going to be ready for any of the legal battles they throw our way. And the morning after the election I woke up, and what was the plan? โฆ The RNC wouldnโt pay for hotel rooms, there were no lawyers on the groundโฆ it was a total disaster. I was the one who โฆ told these donors, give this money and we will be ready, and we werenโt. Iโm shocked that that donors havenโt come together and filed a class-action lawsuit for fraud.โ