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Donald Trump spent over $52 million in PAC donor money on legal fees last year. Here's where it all went.
(www.businessinsider.com)
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Use it all you fat fuck. Use it all and leave Republicans with nothing to spend on ads. They already have nothing to campaign on policy wise. Might as well use all their money, too.
They are going broke across the country. Trump has been sucking up all of the donations and then spending on legal bills. He is going to be the end of the party and I'll be watching with glee.
Would be nice if that would play out. Too bad his stupid base will just open their wallets to every cry for financial help because they are all brainwashed.
There is only so much they can give. Eventually his core base (the ones more likely to be on gov assistance) will run out of money. Eventually the puppeteers pulling his strings will stop funding him.
I'm not really a betting man but I would wager a decent sum that assuming the states and the feds keep up their investigations into the maggats, trump will be what takes that entire party down.
Have you met religious people? They will find a way to keep giving.
Do you know anything about finances/economics? Eventually they will run out of money. I'd bet in aggregate trump gets more money from the real players than individuals. Politicians (on both sides) have used fake supporters to funnel money into their campaigns for a very long time.
Aren’t his PAC donors like corporations and Russian money launderers, not some yokels on government assistance?
Ya, for 50+ million. That's not a bunch of grandparents donating $50. That amount is like other countries, corporations and the rich friends with their interests in mind. And if he's cozy with Saudi or other rich countries, the pot might not necessarily have a bottom for all intents and purposes of this voting year.
I mean, ya it's also grandparents and stuff... but I cannot see that the vast majority of that money coming from them.
A one time $50 donation from 1,000,000 magats = $50 million. Given there are so many stories of magats donating their property, retirement funds, and every dime they have, and also that there are 38.8 million registered magats in the US (https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/registered-voters-by-party).
I'd not be surprised if they are almost entirely driving this, and also themselves into homelessness.
Ya, that math checks out, but man, I really hope not. I tried looking super quick (at work rn) and I didn't immediately see any reporting stating people gave their houses, etc. Although I did quickly read PAC and Super PAC rules and the PAC rules are pretty tight on capping donations, and the Super PAC rules state that all donors need to be reported. So I am sure someone can find out where it's really coming from.
If hes allowed to be on the ballot in November and not a cent spent on adverts I guarantee he still gets 60 million votes. Probably more.
I said nothing about trumps campaign. Trump better not win but his fund raising being used for lawyers is going to help us take back seats from them when they don't have the money to advertise properly leading up to November. We already flipped Desantos seat. How many more are coming? Even if trump wins, if we can get enough control elsewhere we can minimize (but not prevent) more damage from him. Even better if we take back control and keep the Whitehouse, maybe we can actually get shit done.