'A big problem': Ex-GOP official warns big donors will recoil at Trump running the RNC
Appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend" Sunday morning, the former chair of the Michigan Republican Party claimed stocking the Republican National Committee with Donald Trump loyalists will have a devastating impact on the party both short and long term.
Speaking with the hosts, Saul Anuzis stated it will be hard for anyone who is not in the Trump camp to get any help not just this election cycle but long after the former president has disappeared from the scene.
Adding to that, he said big-money donors may shut their wallets.
Admitting, "This is going to be a big problem for Republicans," he explained, "As we look forward, if you go back to 2016 when Trump first ran we had eight or nine Republicans in the race, only three RNC members endorsed Trump in the primary election. Today 140 plus of the 168 have been elected under his two tutelage. We have a very Trumpian party in that regard."
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"I do think one of the problems with us not being able to raise money is there's a lot of Republican donors who are saying 'I'm not in this just to pay for Trump's legal bills,'" he continued. "We do have to worry about down-ticket, we have a chance of picking up the United States Senate. Republicans want to hold on to House of Representatives. The map should be great for us if we can afford it."
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