Posted on 08/15/2015 11:30:28 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
However, of the nearly $420,000 Trump has donated to committees, the largest recipient has been the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee with $116,000 — or more than one fourth of his total contributions to all party and political action committees.
February 2011:
REPUBLICAN DONALD TRUMP’S PAST AND CURRENT GENEROSITY TO DEMOCRATS: Billionaire real estate tycoon Donald Trump’s recent speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference excited a number of Republicans, many of whom applauded his statement that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has “zero chance” of winning.
It also fueled speculation that the mogul would run for president. Cries of “you’re hired!” to a Draft Trump 2012 website added to a growing sense of support among Republicans.
But that GOP support has not always been reciprocated by Trump.
According to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of Trump’s federal campaign contribution history, The Donald has been a prolific donor to both Democrats and Republicans during the past two decades.
In all, Trump has contributed to 96 candidates running for federal political office since the 1990 election cycle, the Center finds. Only 48 of the recipients — exactly half — were Republicans at the time they received their contribution, including ex-Gov. Charlie Crist (I-Fla.) and ex-Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), who both of whom received their Trump contributions as Republicans.
Since the 1990 election cycle, the top 10 recipients of Trump’s political contributions number six Democrats and four Republicans. Embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), who was censured last year by his U.S. House colleagues, has received the most Trump money, totaling $24,750. The most recent contribution from Trump to Rangel was a $10,000 gift during the 2006 election cycle. In the most recent election cycle, Trump doled out $22,500 to political candidates, of which $16,200 benefited Democrats.
The top Republican recipient of Trump’s money is Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who has collected $13,600 from the billionaire magnate, the second most of any politician. Trump did not contribute to McCain during the 2010 election cycle, during which the former presidential candidate was facing re-election.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) is the recipient of $12,000 in Trump contributions, including $10,000 for his 2006 re-election campaign.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has received the fourth-largest amount of Trump’s contributions, including $4,800 in the successful 2010 campaign against Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle. In total Trump has contributed $10,400 to Reid.
In 2010, Trump also contributed $4,000 to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who easily won re-election. Schumer has received $8,900 from Trump since the 1996 election cycle. Trump has also been generous to New York’s other Democratic U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who’s received $5,850 in Trump money.
After McCain, the Republican with the largest amount of Trump’s contributions is former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who left office in disgrace in 2006 when his online solicitation of male House pages became known. Trump contributed $9,500 to Foley between the 1996 and 2006 election cycles.
Trump has also supported other notable politicians, including:
• $7,000 to former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), the “liberal lion of the Senate”
• $7,500 to former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R)
• $5,500 to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) including $2,000 during his 2004 presidential run
• $5,000 to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)
• $4,000 to former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.)
• $2,000 to former President George W. Bush (R)
• $1,000 to then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.)
Trump’s donations to various political action committees and 527 groups also demonstrate his bipartisan checkbook.
During the most recent election cycle, Trump contributed $170,000 to the Republican Governor’s Association, $50,000 to the ultra-conservative American Crossroads PAC, $30,400 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and $10,000 to the Democratic Party of New York.
However, of the nearly $420,000 Trump has donated to committees, the largest recipient has been the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee with $116,000 — or more than one fourth of his total contributions to all party and political action committees.
I agree. I’ll take a local “R” over a local “D” almost every time, unless there’s a helluva reason not to.
On the national level, it’s different. I think it’s different enough that a guy who shines at the state level isn’t allowed to rise in Washington DC unless he “plays ball”.
Unless that changes, eventually the RNC is going to infect the state Republican parties, not the other way around. It’s got to be stopped by an outsider, not someone going up the GOP ladder, unless they renounce the RNC and the money that the Citizens United decision has made available from big bucks donors.
Pretty sad, but that’s how I see it. That’s why I support Trump, even though I don’t think he’s a “real conservative”.
Help me out here.
Why do you believe what Trump says?
You haven’t understood a thing I wrote. I’m not attacking Citizens United. Its intentions were to benefit the electorate, to give them freedom of choice in elections by providing them with information. Well, I’m going to do that right here and now.
We ended up with the cartel financing Super-PAC’s that, via the McConnell/Donohue GOPe plan, shoved the cartel’s choice, Romney, down our throats in 2012.
And McConnell/Donohue are at it again. If it wasn’t for the cartel financing Super-PAC’s the campaign’s of Jim Gilmore, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum and Chris Christie wouldn’t exist. They are not supported by the electorate. These candidates are only running to split votes and hand the nomination to Jeb Bush.
You, CW, are trying to throw everyone off. I know exactly who you are working for and you should be ashamed.
You know NOTHING about me so don’t say that you do.
What got Romney elected was all the infighting on our side and people too busy to know the facts and get out and vote.
Not too much heat at this hour, but your post might have been more fun without the disclaimer... but I understand ;)
He gives to Democrats and to McCain and Charlie Crist and to Arlen Specter....but yeah, he’s the great conservative hope.
so in other words, crony capitalism is just fine and dandy if you’re boy Donald is the crony?
Thanks for clarifying.
I believe him as much as I believe anyone. What makes the difference to me is that the Establishment really is out to get him.
It is obvious from the response from the establishment that Donald Trump has changed sides.
The perfect campaign slogan.
The only thing that can save us now is a flame-thrower with no agenda except to save the US. Someone who isn't bought, scripted and programmed. It's beyond issues or casting suspicion. It's about where Trump's heart and mind are now. No other candidate is a force of nature except Trump.
I personally like Trump's ego and old-time USA blustery ego, confidence, and humor. I suspect it will make him the best US President ever. That's because he would want to go down in history books as the best US President ever, our savior. The rest of the pols, quite bluntly, only want to go down for whomever bought them off.
Walker and the others aren't even on the same playing field of being able to single-handedly turn the US around.
You remember when the CLINTON DOJ sued Microsoft over Internet Explorer?
Bill Gates didn’t pay them off
He does now though.
I am sincerely asking, how do you honestly know where he "is" and where he will be in the future, without including his past?
What does he believe "best president ever" means?
He isn't our savior.
If that is how he sees himself, that is scary.
CW, here’s a video of Trump at a South Carolina Tea Party rally, I’m not sure the date of this, but, it had to be after the 2012 election, since he mentioned Romney’s defeat. He was saying the same things he is saying now and hasn’t deterred from that message.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_UrICejIs
For years I’ve posted about business owners having to go “hat in hand” to bow in front of legislators - pay to keep government off their backs.
By the same token, how do you know where Scott Walker has been in the past, and where he will be in the future, once he knowtows to the COC, donors and lobbyists? By the way - the video I posted from the SC Tea Party was from January, 2015.
This is way too rational position
That video (which I watched) was Trump and his wife on Larry King.
Laws need to be followed that are on the books.
Taxes, regulations and lawsuit abuse needs to be driven back.
These things have been brought up repeatedly.
Still waiting for a 100% constitutional conservative to win. Sure I like a lot of things about Cruz, Walker, & Carlson, probably up in the 80% + range.
So Trump’s in the 60% range average if you look back over the years.
I like a lot of his populism - gives him a big electability boost over the bland country club republicans in the field.
And don’t forget many of our founding fathers were businessmen, not professional politicians.
I appreciate your making a lot of this info available. But as for now, I still like what Trump’s doing & saying now.
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