Posted on 11/30/2020 8:06:41 PM PST by semimojo
President Trump’s political operation has raised more than $150 million since Election Day, using a blizzard of misleading appeals about the election to shatter fundraising records set during the campaign, according to people with knowledge of the contributions.
The surge of donations is largely from small-dollar donors, campaign officials say, tapping into the president’s base of loyal and fervent donors who tend to contribute the most when they feel the president is under siege or facing unfair political attacks. The campaign has sent about 500 post-election fundraising pitches to donors, often with hyperbolic language about voter fraud and the like.
The donations are purportedly being solicited for the Official Election Defense Fund, which is blazed in all red across the Trump campaign’s website, with an ominous picture of the president outside the White House.
There is no such account, however. The fundraising requests are being made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, a joint fundraising committee that raises money for the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee...
According to the fine print in the latest fundraising appeals, 75 percent of each contribution to the joint fundraising committee would first go toward the Save America leadership PAC and the rest would be shared with the party committee, to help with the party’s operating expenses. This effectively means that the vast majority of low-dollar donations under the current agreement would go toward financing the president’s new leadership PAC, instead of efforts to support the party or to finance voting lawsuits.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I doubt anyone contributing to Trump's legal defense would mind the money going instead to his future political endeavors but they could be a little more tranparent.
Ministry of Truth always has a narrative.
The idea the challenges to the election fraud is only for Trump to use for fund raising is being pushed by the Ministry on all fronts.
Bezos has made BILLIONS this year killing small businesses and promoting pandemic fear-porn.
WashPoo is fake news.
Just ask the FBI and CIA who knew to plant lies against the Trump administration in their paper.
Donald Trump gave up his salary every year but the Left’s spin has been that this is all a fleecing of his supporters.
Regardless of their destination, the tremendous number of small donations indicates the great depth and width of PDJT’s support.
We “rubes” are angry, and will resist any Derp $t@te and En#m#dia crap as long as it takes to defeat them.
If they steal this I will never vote again.
I shall un-register from any role.
Its a sham. Take your fake shit and shove it.
When a newspaper uses the phrase “and the like” you know immediately they are consumed with pure contempt for the people trying to save our Republic from the election fraud they collaborated on. We will never stop defending government for, of, and by the people. This is the core of American exceptionalism.
Same here, well said. I don’t blame conservatives in GA for not voting in the runoffs.
Initially not solely for fund raising but the divergence between statements to potential donors and statements to the courts can't be denied.
There's nothing wrong or unexpected in raising money off of this. It's Politics 101.
Feel the same way.
Never will I vote again.
We went from the greatest President to greatest traitor...
God help this country.
Wow, this election is really bringing out the DEFEATIST CORES of some our Sunshine Patriots.
Your name is one of the reasons I signed up for FR.
Long Time Ago.
I said IF!
Goes to show, not all cheese eating surrender monkeys are French...
Meh. WaahPooh math. Where does their funding come from? They can’t possibly be profitable.
I would not care if the President kept the money, as long as the purpose is above board. Even to help protect his family.
False election claims? Which of the thousand of sworn affidavits is false?
The evidence is staggering, overwhelming so.
Yup, forsake your right to vote for the last bastion of freedom...rise up...
This will not stand.
I do not give a crap where you are from.
if they claim dementia joe got 80mil, I’m out.
Hope he raises a billion
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