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WinRed uses prefilled checkboxes that donors needed to manually uncheck to prevent repeat donations. In addition, unlike ActBlue, WinRed keeps a percentage of refunded contributions. [16] After the release of that reporting, the National Republican Congressional Committee continued to use the same tactics in their fundraising on WinRed. [17]
“So many Americans were moved to donate to President Trump’s campaign that the WinRed pages went down. We are working on getting the website back online as quickly as possible.”
The harrowing stories are just a few of the many that CNN uncovered in its efforts to understand how aggressive campaign marketing tactics impact people.
The Republican party’s WinRed fundraising platform collapsed briefly on Thursday under the weight of grassroots donors rushing to support Donald Trump following his criminal conviction in New York.
In January 2021, a number of companies halted their political contributions in the United States, primarily in response to some Republican legislators' objections to certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count and the ensuing mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol.
While logged in, users can suppress the fundraising banner as follows. This method works as long as you are logged in to your account. Log in or create a Wikipedia account.
The website redirected prospective donors to a page on fundraising platform WinRed that shows a black and white image taken by an Associated Press photographer that Trump has described as "iconic."
The no corporate PAC pledge is a pledge taken by some politicians in the United States to not accept political donations from corporate political action committees (PACs). The rejection of corporate PAC money can increase grassroots support for a candidate.