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Donald Trumps presidential campaign warned his supporters on Tuesday of scammers trying to pass their organizations off as authentically affiliated with the president. While the campaign didnt call out any particular groups by name, the announcement came shortly publication of a report from the Campaign Legal Center and Axios that found a group run by David Bossie, the former Trump deputy campaign manager, raised $13 million this year from small-dollar and elderly donors.
Bossies organization, the Presidential Coalition, uses an official-looking White House seal and a Pennsylvania Avenue address, which might confuse donors. According to the report, a majority of the money the organization has raised came from individuals who listed their occupation as retired and uses a telemarketing firm that has been accused of targeting the elderly.
President Trumps campaign condemns any organization that deceptively uses the Presidents name, likeness, trademarks, or branding and confuses voters. There is no excuse for any group, including ones run by people who claim to be part of our coalition, to suggest they directly support President Trumps re-election or any other candidates, when in fact their actions show they are interested in filling their own pockets with money from innocent Americans paychecks, and sadly, retirements. We encourage the appropriate authorities to investigate all alleged scam groups for potential illegal activities.
The Pennsylvania Avenue address on the Presidential Coalitions mailers belongs to the conservative advocacy group Citizens United, also run by Boosie famous for the Supreme Court case that gave corporations unlimited political spending power. (Readers might also recognize Bossies name from his appearances Fox News, where he is still an occasional guest, despite being suspended for two weeks in 2018 after telling a black guest: Youre out of your cotton-pickin mind.)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-bossie-scam-voters-830445/
So I assume Trump's Justice Department will go after these fraudsters. Haven't seen anything yet however.
Ohiogal
(31,950 posts)Thats rich!
TheBlackAdder
(28,179 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Thank you ymbl, and thank you Rolling Stone magazine.
tanyev
(42,541 posts)madashelltoo
(1,696 posts)Scam the Scammer-in-Chief?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,996 posts)Hands off. Those Republican marks, rubes and suckers belong to Trump.
Volaris
(10,269 posts)Does not condone using the Trump name...to fill their own pockets...
Rolls eyes, and smdh lol...
Unless the Trump campaign is now going to sue the Trump organization , I ALMOST want to tip my hat to these people...conning a conman is some pretty Oceans Eleven-Level real rogue shit, right there, folks ...
Johonny
(20,827 posts)with counterfeit Trump merchandise.
Wounded Bear
(58,620 posts)Isn't that what wealthy gangsters always say about skimmers?
malaise
(268,846 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)I'm shocked!