Rona of the RNC cleared this up on AmericasVoice.news. She says it was mostly at the bidding of Donald J. Trump, when he wanted to do things at the White House, and did not feel it ethically correct to bill taxpayers. She seemed to think it was an exaggerated report, and that it isn’t at ALL what it appeared. Trump preferred to hire private jets and have the RNC pay, rather than bill the U.S. Treasury. Sounded believable to me.
The 2021-22 expenditures would be unrelated to Trump. However,they are very much the equivalent to the $600 screwdrivers and $10,000 toilet seats for which the Pentagon was criticized years ago. Spending other people’s money means there are no restraints for people who lack conscience.
Ol’ Ronna was very smooth and slithery in that interview with Bannon.
E.g., She claimed their luxury spa retreat had been set up for donors, but with Covid they had to cancel that and would have lost their deposit on it if the RNC hadn’t gone there and partied it up themselves. So, you see, they really were being quite frugal!
Likewise, she kept referring to the top tier of RNC reps as “door knockers”.
She tried to slip in a less than 1% number in the stead of their 40% fundraising overhead figure. Nothing on the likes of the Lulomon expenses.
No addressing how much money they raised on stopping the steal vs. actually funding the effort to stop the steal.
She also went on and on about how they were attacking the RNC, which she was defending, when really the attacks are on her corrupt and ineffective leadership.
The sleazy and deceptive Romneys are all far too alike.