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Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money
The Hill ^ | 02/24/25 6:00 AM | by Amie Parnes and Hanna Trudo

Posted on 02/24/2025 4:02:04 AM PST by RandFan

Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Trump’s victory in November. But they have a major problem as they try to refashion their brand: The money isn’t there.

Democratic donors — from bundlers to small dollar donors — say they are still angry about the election results and uninspired by anything their side has put forward since then.

“I’ll be blunt here: The Democratic Party is f‑‑‑ing terrible. Plain and simple,” said one major Democratic donor. “In fact, it doesn’t get much worse.”

A second donor was equally as pointed. “They want us to spend money and for what? For no message, no organization, no forward thinking,” the donor said. “The thing that’s clear to a lot of us is that the party never really learned its lesson in 2016. They worked off the same playbook and the same ineffective strategies and to what end?”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: democrats; donors; funding
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What happened to the $$$? Act Blue?
1 posted on 02/24/2025 4:02:04 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

They sure waited long enough


2 posted on 02/24/2025 4:02:35 AM PST by albie (U)
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To: RandFan

Quit the party and go independent or libertarian. That will shut it down in no time.


3 posted on 02/24/2025 4:03:40 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: RandFan
as they try to refashion their brand

Translation.

They need to come up with another way to fool the electorate into voting for them again.
And then they can go back to doing what ever they want.

4 posted on 02/24/2025 4:07:56 AM PST by Falcon4.0
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To: RandFan

USAID money is all gone.

It never was real donor money, it was all laundered.


5 posted on 02/24/2025 4:19:09 AM PST by Farcesensitive (K is coming)
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To: RandFan

USAID

Also surprised the democrats aren’t suing their donors for cutting off payments. Apparently they have a right to the money.


6 posted on 02/24/2025 4:20:15 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: RandFan
“They want us to spend money and for what? For no message...


7 posted on 02/24/2025 4:21:22 AM PST by Angelino97
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Maybe they should consider the alternative party? What is it that they are really looking for?


8 posted on 02/24/2025 4:22:44 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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“The thing that’s clear to a lot of us is that the party never really learned its lesson in 2016. They worked off the same playbook and the same ineffective strategies and to what end?”

That playbook was ineffective in 2016.
That playbook was ineffective in 2024.

But, oddly enough, that very same playbook was wildly successful in 2020. 81 million votes for Joe "the potato" Biden! Most votes in history! Kinda weird, huh?

9 posted on 02/24/2025 4:24:22 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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I thought the same thing. The guy was blaming 2016 and 2024 and conveniently ignored 2020. Typical of democrats, dumb and dishonnest, never recognizing or admitting the real problem.


10 posted on 02/24/2025 4:39:44 AM PST by miniTAX
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>> “I’ll be blunt here: The Democratic Party is f‑‑‑ing terrible. Plain and simple,” said one major Democratic donor. “In fact, it doesn’t get much worse.”

...and yet James Carville says the Trump administration is “collapsing”...??? ROFL


11 posted on 02/24/2025 4:40:06 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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Donors feel they can’t beat Trump or a Trump-style candidate, so why waste their money.

They have a looooonnnng wait before we nominate a non-Trumpian, populist, common-sense candidate, imho.


12 posted on 02/24/2025 4:41:46 AM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I believe the Democrat party is toast. At this point it would be easier to start a new party.


13 posted on 02/24/2025 4:43:50 AM PST by Tammy8 ( )
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To: RandFan

Just read Kamala wants Toruń again,what person in their right mind would vote for that Moron


14 posted on 02/24/2025 4:46:17 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: RandFan

NGO kickbacks are way down.


15 posted on 02/24/2025 4:50:14 AM PST by The Free Engineer
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To: Farcesensitive
USAID money is all gone. It never was real donor money, it was all laundered.

Bingo. and these two filthy shills, Amie Parnes and Hanna Trudo at 'The Hill' are writing propaganda pieces to pretend the money was from donors.

16 posted on 02/24/2025 5:01:53 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Just read Kamala wants Toruń again,what person in their right mind would vote for that Moron

While I agree with that sentiment, I caution, I thought that exact same thing in 1961 about Richard Nixon.


17 posted on 02/24/2025 5:14:21 AM PST by DrHFrog
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“What happened to the $$$?”

Kommie-la-la spent it all!!!!


18 posted on 02/24/2025 5:16:37 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice. Psalm 130)
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To: Farcesensitive

Thats what I’m betting.

Why donate your own when you can steal from taxpayers.


19 posted on 02/24/2025 5:21:57 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: miniTAX

Between wringing cheat out of the system with election integrity efforts, and taking USAID and other taxpayer funding away from them, Dems are in a WORLD of hurt!


20 posted on 02/24/2025 5:22:15 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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