Posted on 12/11/2015 8:45:31 AM PST by AuntB
Before he entered the race for the White House, Ben Carson signed on to a campaign to raise money to fight Obamacare. When Juanita McMillon saw his name, she was eager to get out her checkbook... She gave $350.
Her money went to the American Legacy PAC, an organization with ties to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. With Carson as the face of its Save Our Healthcare campaign, American Legacy raised close to $6 million in 2014 â and spent nearly all of it paying the consultants and firms that raised the money. Just 2% was donated to Republican candidates and committees, financial reports show.
âIâm really careful who I give money to... âI prefer to give money to individuals, and I assumed, I guess, that Dr. Carson was getting my money.â
But American Legacyâs approach was different. Using old-school tactics like direct mail and telemarketing â mainstays of conservative fundraising campaigns for decades â consultants sent out blanket appeals, âprospectingâ for passionate Carson supporters.
Many turned out to be older, conservative voters captivated by his religious faith and up-from-poverty life story.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Thanks for reporting this AuntB.
I have received emails from some group saying they were a pac for Trump and trying to sell Trump gear.
I unsubscribed and deleted the email so I don’t know who it was actually from but knowing Trump doesn’t have a pac I knew it wasn’t from him.
The only emails I receive from the Trump campaign are thank you notes and news updates which I subscribed to.
As a follow up on the reports of the scams being run against Trump supporters, we now find this:
Ted Cruz is profiting from stolen Trump campaign contributions by NRSC. MORE Dirty Tricks!
Thats not an opinion, that is fact.
FUND raisers for Cruz
https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/partytime.php?cid=N00033085
The NRSC (which Cruz helped operate) is who is stealing campaign contributions from Trump supporters...and Ted is profiting from it.
Debt Retirement Reception@ National Republican Senatorial Committee (Gotta help pay off Goldman Sachs loans!)
Beneficiaries: Ted Cruz
Contribution: $2,000; $1,000 (suggested contributions at event)
More on the scams against Trump by NRSC, NRCC & the RNC..NONE of which Rush, Levin will touch! YOU need to ask them why!???
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2016/02/ted-cruz-is-profitting-from-stolen.html
Trackback: http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-rnc-is-corrupt-and-out-to-destroy.html
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