Posted on 03/05/2019 7:30:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Donations from Trump and his family add another wrinkle to a Democratic primary where candidates are trumpeting their distance from the president.
Kamala Harris received money from Donald Trump as recently as six years ago. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner hosted a Park Avenue fundraiser for Cory Booker. Kirsten Gillibrand took in Trump family donations three times across a seven-year period — and then gave a similar amount of money to a nonprofit years later after the president mocked her in a tweet.
As the president gears up for his re-election fight, donor records show that six of the declared or potential Democrats itching to take him on have themselves been the beneficiaries of his — or his daughter’s — largesse.
Harris, Booker and Gillibrand — along with Joe Biden, John Kerry and Terry McAuliffe — all share a common bond of receiving Trump family donations, adding another wrinkle to a crowded primary where candidates are expected to trumpet their distance from the president.
An ideological shapeshifter whose decades in the public eye have spanned stints as a Republican, Democrat, Reform Party candidate and independent, Trump has donated across the spectrum from the establishment left to the far right. The recipients include both Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and politically exiled Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).
Many of Donald Trump’s donations fall into two categories: contributions to local pols and officials with whom he wanted to curry favor, or one-offs to prominent players on the national stage.
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He bought them fair and square.
He bought them fair and square.
Value of bought politicians not what it used to be laughing
So let’s let this sink in, Harris, Booker and Gllibrand are “Trump’s B!t@hes?”
How could he possibly justify that?!
The man is obviously entirely lacking in moral fiber.
Regards,
LOL, it’s almost like he knew who be lined up against him in a few years.
I know it is amusing, and I am laughing, but it is a symptom of the power of “big government”—any business person must “pay to play” in their community.
The politicians are just the whores who grease the moving parts of the system.
All their rhetoric is for suckers who actually think policy debates matter. :-(
“How could he possibly justify that?!”
Corporations often give money to both parties; to the actual parties and to candidates running against one another. They do it to assure access so their concerns will be heard. They do it because it’s a bit harder to pass legislation that harms a supporter. My uncle, who was well known as the head of the local Republican party, went to see his Democratic opposite number in that man’s office. He explained that the new ordinance requiring all businesses to have a concrete parking lot “for snow removal” would cost more than his business was worth. He then said he wanted to make a donation to the party and wondered aloud what would be an appropriate amount. He was told $5000 so he wrote a check on the spot. The next morning an exemption was delivered to his office by messenger. (Yep, this is the way politics works.)
Yes, I knew that. But how could he justify doing something so unethical and hypocritical?
Regards,
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