...However, when you open the envelope, you see that it is a campaign for donations to the Republican National Committee. My grandma has never been a registered republican, nor has she ever made political donations of any kind. She pays all of her bills on time and carefully reads all of her mail. Yet she gets this "urgent" letter in the mail, causing her to immediately panic and wonder whether her house is secure, or whether she is in serious financial trouble.

She was furious. She thought of her friends who would panic and pay the amount requested. I thought of elderly family members who have been duped by these schemes in the past.

This is unacceptable, and a clearly predatory tactic used to prey on the elderly. As if it even needs to be said at this point: Shame on You, RNC.