The Republican National Committee and GOP candidates are being urged to return or donate campaign donations from Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas casino mogul accused Friday of a "decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct." Wynn serves as RNC finance chair and has contributed to Republican contenders including Sens. Dean Heller (Nev.), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Marco Rubio (Fla.), and Tim Scott (S.C.), as well as Reps. Greg Gianforte (Mont.) and Karen Handel (Ga.).
Wynn also supported Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, but that has not stopped Democrats from seizing the opportunity to brand the GOP as the party of misogyny.
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