Sorry, but WinRed does suck. (As does ActBlue.) You can’t convince me that having one, sometimes two, boxes pre-checked that you have to unselect if you want to avoid making it a recurring* donation
is anything but scummy behavior. (*And sometimes WEEKLY at that.) And they did a lot of misleading tricks with text too.
That doesn’t mean Trump was personally aware of of any of this. But it’s bad behavior designed to fool people and it deserves condemnation even if the money went to a decent cause.
Agreed. But I’d like to see some sort of quantification the the actual harm done, not just generalities about the money raised, i.e., “millions,” and the presumption that all of the money raised was illegitimate. Some of it was, for sure, and ought to be refunded if it hasn’t been already. And WinRed is not likely to be used in the future because they did suck. But this is a kiddy sandbox squabble, not some big scandal, and certainly not the motivation behind the election contest.