A Friday campaign appearance by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in conjunction with the Washington, D.C., Republican Party created confusion over a $5 entrance fee some voters were charged.
The unorthodox move is in contrast to most Haley campaign rallies, which are normally free for supporters to attend.
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But the D.C. GOP chapter claims the entrance fee will help cover the $200,000 cost of hosting the district’s three-day primary starting Friday and help build donor cultivation in Washington.
“We are on the hook to pay for this entire primary,” D.C. GOP Chairman Patrick Mara said in an interview with the Washington Examiner at the Madison Hotel. “The city’s not paying for it. We’re receiving no help. So we have to raise all the funds.”
Mara said he invited
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