Donald Trump and Steve
Wynn.
Reuters
Two Republican senators say their party should consider
returning donations from Republican National Committee finance
chair and casino mogul Steve Wynn in light of sexual misconduct
allegations against him.
Wynn resigned from the RNC on Saturday, but has denied
all of the allegations against him.
RNC chair Ronna McDaniel did not make mention of the
allegations against Wynn or what would happen with the money he
donated to the party in her statement accepting Wynn's
resignation.
Two Republican senators say their party should consider returning
donations from Republican National Committee finance chair and
casino mogul Steve Wynn in light of sexual misconduct allegations
against him.
In
a Wall Street Journal report published Friday, dozens of
people described decades of sexual misconduct by the billionaire,
alleging that he regularly intimidated employees into performing
sex acts.
Republicans, including the RNC, aggressively called on Democratic
lawmakers and the party to donate contributions made by disgraced
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein after his downfall.
But RNC chair Ronna McDaniel
did not make mention of the allegations against Wynn or what
would happen with the money he donated to the party in her
statement accepting
Wynn's resignation from the RNC on Saturday.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, told ABC's "This Week" on
Sunday that the money should be returned if the allegations "have
merit."
"We should do of ourselves what we ask of the Democratic party if
these allegations have merit," Graham said. "I don't think we
should have a double standard for ourselves."
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine
told CNN's "State of the Union" that Republicans should
return the money if they've accepted contributions recently that
haven't been spent.
"I'm very pleased that he immediately stepped down from the RNC
position — I was going to call upon him to step down," Collins
said, adding, "I'm pleased to say I've never received any money
from Mr. Wynn, so I have no money to return."
Wynn has been a prolific Republican donor. He led the RNC's
fundraising efforts during President Donald Trump's first year,
helping the committee rake in more than $130 million, and
personally
donated $729,217 to Trump's inauguration. Wynn has denied all
of the misconduct allegations.
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