Posted on 10/10/2021 4:35:50 PM PDT by cotton1706
Some high-dollar donors to former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory put their money behind Rep. Ted Budd, his U.S. Senate primary opponent, after Donald Trump endorsed Budd this year, records show.
Why it matters: The former president's endorsement can be literal currency in Republican primary fights. The shifting allegiances between McCrory and Budd illustrate how Trump can single-handedly alter not just support but the money race in high-profile political fights.
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What's happening: David Congdon, the executive chairman of trucking giant Old Dominion Freight Line, gave the legal maximum to McCrory's primary campaign in April, according to Federal Election Commission records.
In early June, Trump endorsed Budd for the GOP nomination.
Later that month, Congdon maxed out to Budd's primary effort. Then in July, he co-hosted a Budd campaign fundraiser.
It was one of at least four Budd campaign fundraising events co-hosted by a former donor to McCrory's Senate or gubernatorial campaigns.
Efforts to reach Congdon about his donations were not successful.
The big picture: In general, a Trump endorsement has the ability to affect voters' and donors' thinking in several ways.
He remains immensely popular among Republicans, who may be inclined to vote for his preferred candidates out of loyalty or a belief he has the party's best interests at heart.
For that reason, a Trump endorsement also makes a GOP primary candidate more viable — and donors in particular tend to gravitate toward candidates with better odds of winning.
The ex-president's notorious aversion to perceived disloyalty also may sway would-be candidates, donors and campaign workers concerned about drawing his or his political team's ire.
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Trump has the ability to wipe aside their preferred pantywaists.
They wanted him ostracized, marginalized, exiled. But his influence continues.
Every financial transaction in politics is a “quid pro quo” of sorts. At what point has this phenomenon become “illegal,” since in fact it is ubiquitous?
The proverbial elephant in the room is the integrity of the the American voting process. It’s clear that a goodly portion of freepers still bask in the naive, yet obsolete notion, that we can vote the thugs out of office.
Wishful, and in light of our current maladies, lethal thinking.
McCrory is a deep state good old boy.
From Wikipedia…..
In 2016, McCrory lost his reelection campaign to Democrat Roy Cooper, the North Carolina Attorney General. On election night, the race was too close to call. On December 5, 2016, McCrory conceded the race to Cooper. McCrory made unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in connection with the 2016 election,[13] despite Republicans winning many other statewide races by over 200,000 votes.
Always amazes me that liberals can so easily counter their own points.
Republicans win EVERYWHERE else in the state but the Governors race. Hmm…..anyone familiar with this race? Did late night tabulation, ballot boxes found in the vans in the back of the parking lots in Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill?
He screwed up in AZ. I like Kari Lake but she has ZERO experience in running anything.... SHe should have run for Congress. She has been a Republican for 2 years after being a lifelong. Maybe she is true red, I don’t know, but now is not the time to gamble.
“McCrory is a deep state good old boy.”
Just like Tillis and Burr.
We have had enough of the Bush League Republicans.
For thirty years they have had us voting for open borders/amnesty candidates to advance the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA).
Primary Micro Rubio and John Hoeven for their amnesty votes.
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You are right. If the people do not have the means closely to monitor those who count the votes, which votes MUST be rendered in physical form (as opposed to digital), then the idea of representative government is only that.
The cries for transparency and democracy from the left ring more hollow than the space between Brandon’s ears.
A little like Jesus. They got rid of him, but in doing so made him even MORE powerful.
...or a belief he has the country’s best interests at heart.
There, fixed it.
I donate to the candidates because I don’t trust the RNC or MCColloum to get it to the candidate of my choice.
And to Trump.
Trump is not going away, sorry cheaters.
I’m thinking that our “actual” president can hardly wait for the day that he gets to endorse anybody but Mitch McConnell! If no one is running, he will probably endorse a fire hydrant.
Durham?
They only make him more popular.
Well, it went 80% for Biden in 2020. So would it be safe to say that it trended the same way for Cooper?
Thanks for the reminder! I made a note to donate to the Budd Campaign earlier and haven’t done so yet. I will be sure to do so now.
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