President of how political committees report donations to the FEC.
WinRed, the GOP counterpart to ActBlue, has not faced GOP investigations or Trump executive orders despite reports showing it faces similar issues with fraud detection.
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Democrats assailed Trump’s order for the DOJ to investigate ActBlue after the memorandum came down.
“Donald Trump’s memorandum targeting ActBlue is designed to undermine democratic participation – and it’s no wonder why,” a statement from DNC chair Ken Martin, DSCC chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), DCCC chair Rep. Suzan DelBene (Wash.), DGA chair Gov. Laura Kelly (Kan.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), said. “He knows Americans are already fed up with his chaotic agenda that is driving the economy off a cliff, so he’s trying to block lawful grassroots donations from supporters giving just $5 or $10 to candidates who oppose him while further empowering the corrupt billionaires who already control his administration.”
“Today’s presidential decree targeting the campaign infrastructure of the Democratic party with precisely zero evidence of wrongdoing is the kind of edict you’d expect from a power-mad dictator in a Banana Republic,” said House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.). “This president, with his approval ratings underwater and sinking like a stone, is desperately seeking to undermine his political opposition by cutting off their access to funding.”
