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Post by librarylady on Mar 22, 2024 12:38:47 GMT
Trump’s fundraising prioritizes paying his legal bills over the RNC The new joint fundraising agreement directs donations to Donald Trump’s campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s legal bills before the Republican National Committee gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press. Read more.
This is from the Associated Press newsletter.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 22, 2024 12:54:49 GMT
Grifters gonna grift.
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Post by Merge on Mar 22, 2024 13:45:43 GMT
It would be nice to think this would cost him and Republicans in general some support, but I think we've seen that the current Republican base is happy to fund those who hate the same people they hate and don't care where the money goes.
In other words, nothing will change.
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Post by librarylady on Mar 22, 2024 14:12:34 GMT
Yet another reason his DIL is the RNC committee chair.
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Post by epeanymous on Mar 22, 2024 14:21:22 GMT
I just cannot understand sending $$ to a supposed billionaire, but then I think of televangelists and people like Joel Osteen.
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Post by withapea on Mar 22, 2024 14:40:57 GMT
It’s a cult. I’m sure the downballot folks are seething internally. I know the front will be “it’s all good” but it has to rankle some. I never could have conjured the possibility of such a choice prior to 2016. Zero integrity, it’s just so vile.
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3boysnme
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Post by 3boysnme on Mar 22, 2024 16:37:36 GMT
I didn't know they can use campaign funds for anything other than political or governmental purposes? Or is this a case of everyone looking the other way?
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Post by huskergal on Mar 22, 2024 16:54:36 GMT
I didn't know they can use campaign funds for anything other than political or governmental purposes? Or is this a case of everyone looking the other way? Me either. I think this should be illegal. |
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Post by librarylady on Mar 22, 2024 16:56:23 GMT
I didn't know they can use campaign funds for anything other than political or governmental purposes? Or is this a case of everyone looking the other way? Me either. I think this should be illegal. No R will complain or file a complaint. |
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Just T
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Post by Just T on Mar 22, 2024 18:10:44 GMT
Something else to add to my "why the f@ck does he get away with this crap" list. WHY WHY WHY do people actually like this man, worship him really and think he should be president again?? WHYYYYYYYYY?  ? And isn't it illegal to use funds in this way? Waiting for one of our resident Trump lovers to come here and say we are just misunderstanding. |
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Post by oh yvonne on Mar 22, 2024 19:38:10 GMT
Me either. I think this should be illegal. No R will complain or file a complaint. I think instead of complaining (which falls on deaf ears) they are just resigning. Like that one senator from Colorado. There's a record number of the not seeking election anymore. Which is kind of scary, actually. Who will replace them? More MAGAs? <shudder> this shit won't die when DT is imprisoned. They have plenty waiting to continue the dirty work he started. |
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Post by Merge on Mar 22, 2024 20:14:51 GMT
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Post by Gem Girl on Mar 22, 2024 20:45:09 GMT
He’s struggling to raise funds even here in Texas I think he's tapped his MAGAts out. These aren't wealthy people, for the most part, and he's been bleeding them for a few years now. As for the corporate heads, they may think he should be smart enough to figure something out; they also did okay before he was showering them with tax breaks, so why should they send him THEIR money? There IS such a thing as going to the well too often.  |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 22, 2024 21:16:44 GMT
PACs can cover things that the individual campaign funds cannot. That is why they channel larger sums of money to the PACs. The RNC has been paying some of his legal bills already.
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 22, 2024 21:25:40 GMT
Regrettably, I think some of the loose campaign finance laws are fall out from the citizens united case. I think money that gets funneled to super PACs has fewer laws governing where & how it can be spent. Also, since some of his legal bills are election related - the Georgia case and the DC one as well as the Stormy Daniels case, campaign funds can be used to pay for them. The Stormy Daniels case is election related because he was trying to avoid stories about him becoming public. I don't think he can use campaign funds for the fraud case or the E Jean Carroll one. At the moment, the RNC doesn't even have nearly enough money to cover those judgements.
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3boysnme
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Post by 3boysnme on Mar 22, 2024 21:39:48 GMT
PACs can cover things that the individual campaign funds cannot. That is why they channel larger sums of money to the PACs. The RNC has been paying some of his legal bills already. So that means less money for his campaigning? No more rallies? No more having to see his stupid face or hear his stupid voice? I'm ALL for that! |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 22, 2024 21:57:48 GMT
PACs can cover things that the individual campaign funds cannot. That is why they channel larger sums of money to the PACs. The RNC has been paying some of his legal bills already. So that means less money for his campaigning? No more rallies? No more having to see his stupid face or hear his stupid voice? I'm ALL for that! Who knows, but I doubt he will stop sticking rally sites with unpaid bills!! He needs to be with his people . |
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Post by ntsf on Mar 22, 2024 22:02:39 GMT
I heard a news report that he did cancel a rally or two cause he didn't want to spend the money.. and held dinners at margolago for donors.
and his small donations overall have slowed down a lot.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 22, 2024 23:04:02 GMT
PACs can cover things that the individual campaign funds cannot. That is why they channel larger sums of money to the PACs. The RNC has been paying some of his legal bills already. So that means less money for his campaigning? No more rallies? No more having to see his stupid face or hear his stupid voice? I'm ALL for that! Well pretty soon his calendar is going to fill up with days in court and that will surely cut into the time he can devote to the campaign rally schedule too. At least one can hope! |
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