.MaddowBlog: The RNC's 'census' forms are not actual census forms
To drive home the point, the Republicans' document includes this specific appeal at the bottom, separate from the request for a campaign contribution, alongside an unchecked box:"I cannot send a donation at that level right now. But I am enclosing $15 to help pay for the cost of processing my Census Document.
What's problematic in this case is that the Republican National Committee didn't just send a questionnaire; it sent a questionnaire that seems designed to resemble Census Bureau materials.the RNC for comment, if referred questions to Donald Trump's re-election campaign. When the newspaper sought comment from Team Trump, it didn't want to talk about why the materials included multiple"census" references.
There are practical considerations to keep in mind. If, for example, Americans see actual materials from the Census Bureau, and discard them because they think the documents are part of an RNC scheme, the response rate could be lower, which is problematic for all sorts of reasons. But making matters just a little worse, this isn't even the first time the Republican National Committee has pulled this stunt.sent out deceptive fundraising mailings, with envelopes that included text such as"Census Document" and, in all caps,"DO NOT DESTROY/OFFICIAL DOCUMENT."at the time. Then-Rep. Jason Chaffetz said of officials from his own party,"They're trying to be deceptive, and it outrages me." Then-Rep.
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