Republicans complain Charlie Kirk is 'causing problems' for Trump campaign: report
One of Donald Trump's most influential supporters is facing backlash from fellow right-wing activists following his recently successful campaign to push for Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel's ouster, according to an exclusive NBC report.
Speaking with over two dozen Republicans, the news outlet notes, "In recent weeks, at least three people, including McDaniel herself, have privately warned Trump about Kirk’s conduct, seven sources familiar with the discussions told NBC News."
The former RNC leader, NBC reports, insists Kirk is behind the committee's financial problems, alleging his organization, Turning Point USA, "is collecting from donors who would otherwise fund a more robust party effort."
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NBC notes, additionally, "many of Kirk’s critics say his passionate effort to unseat McDaniel had less to do with the party’s lackluster electoral results in recent cycles and more to do with further bolstering Turning Point’s bottom line. The group has steered at least $15 million of its massive haul to companies affiliated with the organization or its associates, the AP reported."
However, in addition to that, the ex- RNC chair and other Republican Trump allies are also criticizing the far-right activist's repeated racist rhetoric.
"I’ve got to say, racism is like the word 'ugly,' Ohio pastor and Trump supporter Darrell Scott told the news outlet. "I can't always describe it, but I know it when I see it. That boy’s a racist right there."
NBC notes "McDaniel also asked Trump if he was aware of comments Kirk made on his popular podcast questioning whether Martin Luther King Jr. deserved a federal holiday and remarking that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the airline industry made him skeptical that Black pilots were qualified. He was not, so she relayed them to him."
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One GOPer told the news outlet, "Trump is f**ing pissed that Charlie is out causing problems for him in the Black community."
Scott emphasized, "There are a number of others that are not in agreement with Charlie’s bullcrap and that are saying we don’t need this. Every single call I’ve got from some people high up in the Republican Party and people high up in the Trump orbit — they’re all on my side. They’re all saying, 'I’m glad you’re telling him to shut up.'"
NBC reports Donald Trump Jr. — a close friend of Kirk's — "said the idea that Kirk is in anything less than 'great standing with both my father and the entire Trump campaign' is 'nothing more than fiction coming from people jealous of the close relationship Charlie has built with our family.' Frankly, it’s sad that there are some people attempting to increase their own relevancy by manufacturing lies that Charlie is on the outs. Nothing could be further from the truth."
NBC's full report is available at this link.
