The VP just made a PB in his new role as financial chair for the Republican National Committee. On Tuesday, JD Vance was the drawcard at a fundraising dinner in Nantucket that raised $3 million in donations for the Republican Party as it prepares for the 2026 midterms. The New York Post reports the dinner, at a private residence, raised a record amount for any RNC dinner on the Massachusetts island. The price tag for the Nantucket dinner was a minimum $100,000 donation per couple. Membership in the “host committee” was set at a pricy $250,000. However, not everyone in Nantucket was excited about Vance’s arrival. Popular Instagram page Cats on a Couch, which boats 1 million followers, protested Vance’s visit, staging a peaceful protest event called “Meowtucket.” Amanda McGonigle, who runs the social media account, said the $250,000 ticket price after recent cuts rubbed her the wrong way. “There are organizations on the island who have been deeply affected by funding cuts,” McGonigle told The Cape Cod Times. “There were ICE raids that ravaged Nantucket and the greater Cape region not that long ago, and so we will be focusing on passing the hat for a few organizations on the island.”
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