Relief at RNC: Small-dollar donors keep giving despite economic slump

Grassroots contributors are flooding the Republican National Committee with small donations for President Trump even as job losses mount because of the lockdown, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in an interview.

At least 22 million people have filed for unemployment insurance since the pandemic hit in March. But money from committed Republican voters and other Trump supporters who give $200 or less per contribution is rolling into RNC coffers to support the president’s reelection bid. These donors are ostensibly some of the middle-class and blue-collar people most affected by the sudden economic downturn.