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.
Those numbers don't help Trump critics:
261,000 to Republican party and pacs. If 116000 equals more than a fourth, what does 261,000 represent?
Gov. Walker took office January 2011, by June 2011 instate tuition for illegals had been revoked (only gov who has done this).
Since before he took office, he came under attack by the Left, and he stayed the course.
Since before he took office, secret investigation were beginning; that “John Doe” assault expanded to Wis conservatives (this witch hunt has just run it’s legal course and was thrown out).
Walker was recalled. He survived that (only governor who has overcome a recall election) and then went on to win the next election.
His record shows success in clipping the wings of union bosses, lowering taxes, fighting environmental regulations, supporting gun ownership, promoting life, pushing for local school control - he wants government taken out of DC and returned to the state and local level (in a nutshell).
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.
“He gave to get favors from candidates. It’s just the way it’s done in business.”
Pay to play, in other words. The CEOs of Solyndra and every other crony capitalist working quid pro quos with government officials would applaud your defense of them.
I may have been one of the first people on FR wanting to draft Walker for President in 2012. That was his time when he could’ve audaciously marched onto the floor of the GOP Convention and ripped the nomination out and away from the execrable Socialist weasel Willard, who had no intention of running a real campaign against Zero. He should’ve done it, he was a superstar that Summer.
Saying that, he’s no longer the “it” candidate. Few are questioning the fact he’s done a great job as Governor against the odds, but against Trump, he’s not the leader candidate. It’s hard when you see your candidate flame out, a lot of us have watched it happen to ours. At this point, throwing anything at Trump to see what sticks is now the M.O. of the party establishment left and the hysterical media. It’s not going to help Governor Walker’s candidacy one bit.
Stick to touting Walker’s record and posting positive articles, don’t join the weasel chorus ripping down Trump. We already have enough that everywhere else.
If I was a businessman, and I needed political help, I would be bribing...ooopps! I mean contributing to...any political that would help. The system allows for that.
How can you blame Trump for playing the system? Is he the only businessman who donates to both sides?
I think this issue is that Democrats are more willing to sell their vote than the Republicans.
“As most Trump supporters and they will answer very simply: So What.”
Not unlike the Obamalove phenomenon of 2008. Their candidate could do no wrong.
Nothing like that! Simple point is trust. We’ll see if Trump sustains it. By comparison, Obama was presented as an affirmative action candidate, an opportunity for mindless people to prove they weren’t racist. He had nothing else to offer. Trump is entirely different.
Good grief lady. Give it a rest. You are obsessed with Trump.
The numbers in comparison are still the same.
Romney was a lousy politician. A candidate has to ask the party to support him. He lost because he was an arrogant POS and failed to invite Palin and the evangelicals to support him, which he should have done after securing the candidacy. The social conservatives are the Republican foot soldiers — they get out the voters and in 2012 they stayed home.
That’s not due to infighting. It was purposefully planned.
Do you know what the Republican establishment call conservatives? They are derogatory towards their own party’s members, and call us ‘vulgarians’.
We conservatives know the facts. Trump has had meetings with Sen.Sessions, and he is going ahead with plans to throw all the illegal aliens out of the country when he is President, an act that should have been done by the Bush family and Obama. Instead, they broke the immigration laws of this nation. This is the key, and scares the Hell out of the cartel. They’ve been trying for quite some time to eliminate our rights, and haven’t been completely successful.
Ever wonder why there are photos of Bill J. Clinton with the George H.W. Bush, and then with Barack H. Obama? He’s a go-between; all of them have been working for the cartel.
watch the business class scene in the movie Back To School then maybe you’ll get it
Trump did what a RE businessman in NYC has to do. Don’t you understand? Politics is a racket, and pols hit up rich guys all the time: donate now or, it is understood, I’ll screw you when you need me and I get a chance.
Some businesses only need to pay off a few pols. Most corporations and larger partnerships (law and accounting firms, for example) handle it by having their leadership donate to whomever they back, but making sure someone in the firm is giving prominently to the other side as well.
Trump’s kind of RE business needed cooperation at all levels of various governments all over the place—everywhere he was building up a large property.
No, Trump’s not perfect. And his faults are probably more evident than those of a lot of pols who spend a lifetime lying to voters and answering to their funders and handlers. All most pols do is spend their energy and hone their skills covering up their true motivation and intentions.
That’s not Trump.
And you were the biggest infighter of all during the primaries with your spamming of pro-Perry threads and anti posting of anybody else! To use your own words about Trump, why should we believe you?
...but he has not changed all his stripes.....
Obama was ballyhooed as “different” as well. Even though he also had a rather spotty background, his followers trusted him as well. His flock excuses his support of “universal health care,” the Kelo decision, comments about identifying with democrats, effusive praise for Hillary, waffling on illegals and muddled messages about Planned Parenthood as “evolution” of ideology.
The parallels between Obamalove in 2008 and the dynamic taking shape around Trump are actually quite similar. Do what you will, but let’s not mistake Trump for a “conservative.” He’s nowhere near it.
“No, Trump’s not perfect. And his faults are probably more evident than those of a lot of pols who spend a lifetime lying to voters and answering to their funders and handlers. All most pols do is spend their energy and hone their skills covering up their true motivation and intentions.
That’s not Trump.”
So.. Trump was giving us his true motivations when he expressed support of controversial issues such as “universal health care” and the Kelo decision. Thanks for clearing that up.
Yeah, it’s not surprising that he sees Kelo in a way that favors him. Most people in business lose objectivity and perspective politically for that which hits closest to home.
And no, I don’t support universal health care. Clearly at some point Trump did. As the Heritage Foundation and lots of GOP pols advocated for Obamacare before it was Obamacare—or Romneycare.
Trump says he’ll repeal it and actually he has more credibility on the issue than the last GOP presidential nominee did, though Trump (honestly) acknowledges that the government will at least continue to pay for healthcare for the poor.
Data from the Federal Election Commission and state elections offices provided by the two websites show that Trump has given $584,850 to Democrats and $961,140 to the GOP over the last 26 years. Since 2012 it is like 350K to 3500.
Well said.
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