The National Republican Congressional Committee debuted a bright-yellow pre-checked recurring donation box on its donation page with a startling ultimatum.
The message from House Republicans’ campaign arm, which on Wednesday caught the eye of many reporters, warns people that if they opt-out of recurring donations and “UNCHECK this box, we’ll have to tell Trump you’re a DEFECTOR & sided with the Dems.”
This is the NRCC's homepage prechecked donation box right now.
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 7, 2021
Unchecking makes supporters a "DEFECTOR" https://t.co/xADoxrsbCj pic.twitter.com/tOcm4F75Pj
In early March, Politico reported that Trump’s team sent cease-and-desist notices to the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee telling them not to use his name or likeness in fundraising appeals.
Currently, on the RNC’s WinRed donation page, the yellow pre-checked donation box says that “the Dems want you to uncheck the box and abandon President Trump, but we know you won’t!”
This is also a follow-up to a previous News Views article:
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