APNewsBreak: Minnesota GOP leader seeks cut of big donations

[Zorro]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The new chairwoman of Minnesota's Republican Party is seeking a 10 percent commission from large donations to the party, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.

Campaign finance experts said they've never heard of such an arrangement. And it risks upsetting major GOP donors and activists by diverting critical resources from a party that has struggled with debt for much of the last decade — even as it prepares for two U.S. Senate elections, a wide-open race for governor and four or more competitive congressional elections.

In the Dec. 14 memo, Jennifer Carnahan seeks party approval to take the commission on large contributions from October 2017 through at least April. The memo doesn't define "large," but an accompanying chart said it would result in an immediate payout of $24,500 in addition to her current base salary of $67,000 annually.

The commission structure would need to be approved by the party's 14-member executive committee, which is scheduled to meet Thursday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbreak-minnesota-gop-leader-seeks-cut-big-donations-180658258--politics.html

[dalton99a]

1. Just like a crime boss

[dlk]

2. A Mercenary in the Party of Mercenaries? Imagine that!

[Takket]

3. they only thing GOPers love more than fleecing liberals.........

is robbing their own idiot followers.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Another GOP grifter...

[Honeycombe8]

5. Well, she DID get rid of Franken for the GOP. So I guess she earned it.

She got all those Democrats to force Franken out.

[DRoseDARs]

6. Wooow, that's grotesque even by conservatives' standards. I applaud her boldness.

I squinted in confusion when I saw the title of this thread. That first sentence literally made my jaw drop. Methinks her trailblazing will end in the committee telling the new chairwoman to take a hike. Sure, they could probably envision THEMSELVES living high on the hog with that grift, but they can probably also envision donors saying, "Yeah, no, fuck that." and donating elsewhere.