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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 groups tax-exempt status. In an interview, Scott said hes 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/
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)spanone
(135,830 posts)bluestarone
(16,926 posts)The most evil bunch of motherfuckers EVER!!! We may need a civil war!!!!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)SAMi American Girl
(8 posts)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)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
mahina
(17,648 posts)Rational.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)DemoTex
(25,396 posts)Big time.
maxrandb
(15,324 posts)will be...
napi21
(45,806 posts)LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)Probably...you know the rest.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)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.
pazzyanne
(6,549 posts)People selling their souls for $300. How do you fight that?
bluestarone
(16,926 posts)SAD that the RETHUGS know this and take FULL advantage of it!!!!
pazzyanne
(6,549 posts)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.
paleotn
(17,912 posts)and a lot more effective too.
pazzyanne
(6,549 posts)The_REAL_Ecumenist
(719 posts)who take their gilt, they'll take the money & vote BLUE. Black folks are NOT stupid...at all!!
pazzyanne
(6,549 posts)I am so sick and tired of the republican ratf'cking in elections. Time we strike back!
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Most Americans will NOT be "ok" with this.
dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)Them. The other Liberal leaning stations have also been smeared, but not as much as cnn
LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)intheflow
(28,463 posts)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.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)slumcamper
(1,606 posts)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)We need to rise to the occasion.
Maraya1969
(22,479 posts)it to however wins the primary.
Fuckers!!!
burrowowl
(17,639 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)Normanart
(279 posts)Full on banana republic, only without the bananas.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)#notmypresident
#rapistinchief
#racistinchief
RESIST!
pazzyanne
(6,549 posts)#notmypresident
#nevermypresident
Resisting with every cell in my body!
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)RESIST!
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)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)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)at how infinitely ignorant these idiots are vote for the candidate who best serves your country & your interests.
marlakay
(11,457 posts)Ill vote for you...then not. But I can see him paying blacks to attend rallies.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Finally a corporate media station is confirming what many USA citizens knew.
blm
(113,052 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Was one a Confederate flag. 3:02.
klook
(12,154 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)I found it hard to believe they'd use the Confed. flag.
Faux pas
(14,672 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)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.
rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)ClusterFreak
(3,112 posts)...what about Hilary's emails?????
not fooled
(5,801 posts)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)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)race last year when the defeated Democrat Willie Wilson also handed out cash.
My point? Its a terrible strategy that appeals to peoples desperation but its not new and apparently its legal. 🤷?♀️
catbyte
(34,376 posts)with this DO(in)J & IRS, that will never happen.
TeamPooka
(24,223 posts)Takket
(21,563 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,163 posts)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.
catbyte
(34,376 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,163 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Oh they're only breaking the law, nothing to see here.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)must be worth some of his time.
Grins
(7,217 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)...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)Unlike two-year-olds, they're always up to something corrupt.