House GOP Campaign Organization Hit With Text Message Class Suit

The National Republican Campaign Committee was hit with a class action alleging it sent spam fundraising solicitations via text messages in violation of the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act.

Raleigh Sutherland alleged in the lawsuit that he received five unsolicited text messages from the NRCC despite the fact that he didn’t provide consent to receive the messages and “desperately wants them to stop.”

The five messages from the NRCC were among 765 unsolicited text messages he received through the WinRed.com messaging platform used by the RNCC and other political committees to solicit donations and sell campaign merchandise and other products, according ...