Taking Photos with Trump Costs 120 Million Won: Why the GOP Is Launching a Massive Fundraising Campaign

The U.S. Republican Party has launched a massive fundraising campaign ahead of the midterm elections.

The Wall Street Journal reported that taking a photo with President Donald Trump at a Republican National Convention fundraiser comes with a price tag of $88,600, or approximately 120 million won.

To take a photo with Vice President Vance, a separate fee of about 48 million won is required.

The participation fee for a roundtable hosted by President Trump, scheduled to be held in Dallas, Texas on the 9th, has been set at approximately 350 million won per person.

The participation fee for a roundtable hosted by Vice President Vance the following day is about 100 million won per person.

The Republican National Committee recently sent out invitations to donors for the convention fundraising event containing these details.

The reason the Republican Party is going all-out to secure funds by holding an unprecedented convention for the midterm elections is due to a sense of crisis that it could lose its majority status in Congress in the midterms.

Anxiety among the party leadership has grown particularly as a recent analysis showed that even the Senate race in Texas, considered a core Republican stronghold, has turned into a competitive battleground.

In addition, while the Democratic candidate in the region has raised over 93 billion won in campaign funds, the Republican candidate has lagged at around 12 billion won.

Consequently, the Republican Party has no choice but to rely on President Trump's fundraising power and voter base.

In a recent interview, President Trump claimed that the ruling party is structurally disadvantaged in midterm elections, stating, "Whether the president is a Republican or a Democrat, you lose the midterms."

He then expressed confidence in rallying his support base, saying, "Some people like me more than they like the Republican Party."

Reported by Park Se-won | Video by Lee Yu-jin | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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