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catbyte

(34,376 posts)
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 08:03 PM Feb 2020

CNN exposes depth of Trump associates buying rally attendance and votes for cash

February 16, 2020

By Tom Boggioni

On Sunday morning, CNN took a deep dive into reports that groups allied with President Donald Trump are funneling cash to potential voters in the hopes that they will turn out in November in what is expected to be a close presidential election.

The report centers on Darrell Scott, a pastor from Cleveland who is a prominent ally of the president and has been running a possibly illegal program designed to win over black voters for the president that literally involves handing them envelopes stuffed with cash at mini-rallies.

“At the center of the controversy is a new charity called the Urban Revitalization Coalition led by Ohio Pastor Darrell Scott,” the report states which has, “Raised red flags saying the cash events may violate tax laws that bar nonprofits from engaging in political campaign activities and could jeopardize the group’s tax-exempt status. In an interview, Scott said he’s careful to follow the law., but groups like the NAACP accuse him of trying to buy support for President Trump.”

CNN shared clips from the rallies where the envelopes were handed out and, in one, a rally organizer can be seen exhorting attendees to attend the next rally by saying, “Come back in February when we give you $50,000.”

You can watch the video below:



https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/cnn-exposes-depth-of-trump-associates-buying-rally-attendance-and-votes-for-cash/
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CNN exposes depth of Trump associates buying rally attendance and votes for cash (Original Post) catbyte Feb 2020 OP
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Feb 2020 #1
Lock these MoFo's Up!!! spanone Feb 2020 #2
holly FUCK!!!!!!! bluestarone Feb 2020 #3
A.G. Barr will get right on it! left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #4
This is disturbing and I believe condescending to all African Americans SAMi American Girl Feb 2020 #5
People who religiously watch Fox news n listen to hate radio are a lost cause dustyscamp Feb 2020 #11
Maybe in 2016 but leaving them alone is no longer mahina Feb 2020 #59
Trump is like a Mob boss. zentrum Feb 2020 #6
He is a mob boss. DemoTex Feb 2020 #7
Unfortunately, I think the only way to get rid of him maxrandb Feb 2020 #14
No he's not! Gotti had much higher ethics than DT EVER had! n/t napi21 Feb 2020 #30
If he walks like a duck... LittleGirl Feb 2020 #56
Yes, this was my suspicion when he went to all those obscure small towns in places bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #8
Unbelievable! pazzyanne Feb 2020 #9
$300 is a LOT of money to these folks! bluestarone Feb 2020 #16
I understand that, pazzyanne Feb 2020 #17
It's cheaper than running TV ads. paleotn Feb 2020 #25
Sad. nt pazzyanne Feb 2020 #36
As a black woman, I'll say this...I WOULDN'T take a pot of used $h!t from these creeps BUT for those The_REAL_Ecumenist Feb 2020 #38
Thank you, so glad to hear that! pazzyanne Feb 2020 #44
Democratic nominee... here is a ready made campaign ad for you. not_the_one Feb 2020 #10
Republicans and disenfranchised people have smeared Cnn's Rep so much that many people will not trst dustyscamp Feb 2020 #15
His base will not be happy at all with Trump giving money to the blacks. LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #23
Nah, they won't care. intheflow Feb 2020 #57
Now that it's been brought to light maybe it will be investigated. HAHA! blueinredohio Feb 2020 #12
"Forty Acres & a Mule!" slumcamper Feb 2020 #13
It is a cult and they are brainwashed. And historically, it works. They are sharks and never sleep. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #18
We need to get groups of Democrats to go and take their damn money and then donate Maraya1969 Feb 2020 #19
Bloomberg is apparently doling out cash too. burrowowl Feb 2020 #20
Evidence? paleotn Feb 2020 #26
Whoa! Normanart Feb 2020 #21
3 #s for Dolt45. MarianJack Feb 2020 #22
Amen. pazzyanne Feb 2020 #45
Just a few things to say to that. MarianJack Feb 2020 #46
what makes them think giving cash evertonfc Feb 2020 #24
You beat me to it. skypilot Feb 2020 #29
EXACTLY what I just said... Take the money, grin & parrot their nonsense, walk away while chuckling The_REAL_Ecumenist Feb 2020 #39
Really serve them right to say sure marlakay Feb 2020 #42
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2020 #49
Gosh, we knew this . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #27
King MobBoss the First blm Feb 2020 #28
Did anyone notice the flags on the stage? Generic Other Feb 2020 #31
Looks like an Ohio state flag. (nt) klook Feb 2020 #53
Thanks Generic Other Feb 2020 #58
Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Feb 2020 #32
I read about this a while back... stillcool Feb 2020 #33
Trump is buying votes. Everything is wrong with this. rockfordfile Feb 2020 #35
Yeah, but... ClusterFreak Feb 2020 #34
Does anyone doubt not fooled Feb 2020 #37
Impeach ! Every single work day. Short and sweet. Write Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #40
FWIW the same thing was done in Chicago's mayoral live love laugh Feb 2020 #41
Not when a tax-exempt church does it. I wish they'd lose their status but we know catbyte Feb 2020 #48
Follow the money where does it originate? TeamPooka Feb 2020 #43
Rethugs rule: do all the shit you accuse Democrats of doing Takket Feb 2020 #47
K&R ck4829 Feb 2020 #50
So how much would you want to sell your vote? Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #51
I'd take whatever they're offering then vote the way I want. Fuck them. (Pardon my French) catbyte Feb 2020 #52
Exactly, Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #62
DISGRACEFUL! Someone explain to me how this is legal?! nt Mike 03 Feb 2020 #54
So why don't they go after their tax exempt status? YOHABLO Feb 2020 #55
I keep seeing this one black guy looks bored out of his mind at different events.... Historic NY Feb 2020 #60
Ed Rollins did the same thing in NJ in 2000 Grins Feb 2020 #61
What a stupid idea. JohnnyRingo Feb 2020 #63
Like two-year-olds, you can't let these people out of your sight for 10 seconds. Nitram Feb 2020 #64
5. This is disturbing and I believe condescending to all African Americans
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 08:34 PM
Feb 2020

A church giving away cash to elect anyone is violating separation of church and state, to say the least! Our impeached president's apparent belief that he is above the law is on the heads of the Republican Senators, but that's not enough. No worries, ignorant people that are desperately poor falling for this bribery are not a prelude to winning the African American vote. They are wise to Mast's tactics! But Trump's political strategy to bribe, lie, bully, and spread propaganda needs to be shouted from the roof tops! Our recent social acceptability of keeping our political views to ourselves is wrong. You know the Trump base is not hearing this because it is not on Fox, so we must speak out! I will, will you?

dustyscamp

(2,224 posts)
11. People who religiously watch Fox news n listen to hate radio are a lost cause
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 08:48 PM
Feb 2020

We need to convince voters who have been apathetic about politics to vote blue. We can't win with only Dem voters voting, but with independents and never Trumpers blue we can

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
8. Yes, this was my suspicion when he went to all those obscure small towns in places
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 08:43 PM
Feb 2020

where the people are so dumb they can't spell and haven't known enough to move elsewhere for generations. It's big news when a billionaire comes to town.

bluestarone

(16,926 posts)
16. $300 is a LOT of money to these folks!
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 09:01 PM
Feb 2020

SAD that the RETHUGS know this and take FULL advantage of it!!!!

pazzyanne

(6,549 posts)
17. I understand that,
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 09:08 PM
Feb 2020

but I am at the point where I don't accept excuses from anyone. I live on SS so I understand money issues. Luckily I live in a blue state where medical needs are addressed. Many of these people live in red states. That does not have to be a static consequence.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(719 posts)
38. As a black woman, I'll say this...I WOULDN'T take a pot of used $h!t from these creeps BUT for those
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 11:06 PM
Feb 2020

who take their gilt, they'll take the money & vote BLUE. Black folks are NOT stupid...at all!!

pazzyanne

(6,549 posts)
44. Thank you, so glad to hear that!
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 04:37 AM
Feb 2020

I am so sick and tired of the republican ratf'cking in elections. Time we strike back!

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
10. Democratic nominee... here is a ready made campaign ad for you.
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 08:46 PM
Feb 2020

Most Americans will NOT be "ok" with this.

dustyscamp

(2,224 posts)
15. Republicans and disenfranchised people have smeared Cnn's Rep so much that many people will not trst
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 08:57 PM
Feb 2020

Them. The other Liberal leaning stations have also been smeared, but not as much as cnn

intheflow

(28,463 posts)
57. Nah, they won't care.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:57 PM
Feb 2020

They'll see it as another example of black people having no integrity. Racists will always twist the truth into something ugly to fit their own world views.

slumcamper

(1,606 posts)
13. "Forty Acres & a Mule!"
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 08:52 PM
Feb 2020

Fer chrissakes…

How ironic that we ARE the "banana republic" that we so self-righteously ridiculed a century ago, while waving the red, white and blue and proclaiming "American exceptionalism." That patronizing justification for our own brand of imperialism purported to champion democracy in Central America's so-called fledgling "banana republics"...while at the same time we installed fruit corporations to exploit labor and profit at their expense.

Now WE are the banana republic we once ridiculed. WTF.

Evolve Dammit

(16,725 posts)
18. It is a cult and they are brainwashed. And historically, it works. They are sharks and never sleep.
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 09:10 PM
Feb 2020

We need to rise to the occasion.

Maraya1969

(22,479 posts)
19. We need to get groups of Democrats to go and take their damn money and then donate
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 09:16 PM
Feb 2020

it to however wins the primary.

Fuckers!!!

 

evertonfc

(1,713 posts)
24. what makes them think giving cash
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 09:35 PM
Feb 2020

would result in a vote for Trump? I mean, give me some cash and I'll tell you I'll vote for anyone. lol..

skypilot

(8,853 posts)
29. You beat me to it.
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 10:00 PM
Feb 2020

Last edited Sun Feb 16, 2020, 11:07 PM - Edit history (2)

I don't like any of this but if it is happening then I would like to think that there must be some people who have enough sense to see what this is, take the money, and vote the OTHER way.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(719 posts)
39. EXACTLY what I just said... Take the money, grin & parrot their nonsense, walk away while chuckling
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 11:09 PM
Feb 2020

at how infinitely ignorant these idiots are vote for the candidate who best serves your country & your interests.

marlakay

(11,457 posts)
42. Really serve them right to say sure
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:30 AM
Feb 2020

I’ll vote for you...then not. But I can see him paying blacks to attend rallies.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
27. Gosh, we knew this . . .
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 09:53 PM
Feb 2020

Finally a corporate media station is confirming what many USA citizens knew.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
33. I read about this a while back...
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 10:23 PM
Feb 2020

nothing wrong...according to the article. Money was donated to a non-profit, and people 'won' it at some kind of an event. Like a raffle ticket, I assume. Don't really get how the cash turns into a vote. There must be more to it.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
37. Does anyone doubt
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 10:46 PM
Feb 2020

that the end point will be some way of having red don's accomplices actually handing out cash at polling places, after people come to vote? And who knows--perhaps the election machines can be hacked to transmit results so that a vote for red don can be verified in real time, followed by a $500 payout.

If he could, he would.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
40. Impeach ! Every single work day. Short and sweet. Write
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 11:09 PM
Feb 2020

Articles at dinner, impeach the next day. Get it down to a science. Get it all in the history books.

He's got 9 million crimes, and we only hit two.

live love laugh

(13,104 posts)
41. FWIW the same thing was done in Chicago's mayoral
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:21 AM
Feb 2020

race last year when the defeated Democrat Willie Wilson also handed out cash.

My point? It’s a terrible strategy that appeals to peoples’ desperation but it’s not new and apparently it’s legal. 🤷?♀️

catbyte

(34,376 posts)
48. Not when a tax-exempt church does it. I wish they'd lose their status but we know
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 08:07 AM
Feb 2020

with this DO(in)J & IRS, that will never happen.

Farmer-Rick

(10,163 posts)
51. So how much would you want to sell your vote?
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 08:45 AM
Feb 2020

Since Trump is doing it, of course it will be blessed as perfectly legal. Let's get Roberts to read the approval. I'm sure his foreign investments will improve once he blesses vote buying.

You might as well have a plan. So, Trump you want my vote? I'll sell it for $100,000.00. Everyone has a price, but not everyone will pay it.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
55. So why don't they go after their tax exempt status?
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:05 AM
Feb 2020

Oh they're only breaking the law, nothing to see here.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
60. I keep seeing this one black guy looks bored out of his mind at different events....
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 04:51 PM
Feb 2020

must be worth some of his time.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
63. What a stupid idea.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 06:18 PM
Feb 2020

...So stupid I have a hard time believing it.

I'd take the cash in a second knowing no one will know who I vote for in November. I'd even sign a document saying I will.

Nitram

(22,794 posts)
64. Like two-year-olds, you can't let these people out of your sight for 10 seconds.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 07:05 PM
Feb 2020

Unlike two-year-olds, they're always up to something corrupt.

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