A reader’s response:

An explanation is not needed for “women,” but for anyone who has given a dime to the RNC.
I can see a staffer putting in the request — and later being fired for it — but someone approved it for reimbursement. They should be fired too.
If the explanation is that a big donor was being schmoozed and this was the schmoozing, we should really re-evaluate who we are schmoozing.