Pro-Trump PAC run by McMahon pledged $18.5 million the same day DeSantis deemed WWE an 'essential

[malaise]

business' in Orlando
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/04/15/pro-trump-pac-run-by-mcmahon-pledged-185-million-the-same-day-desantis-deemed-wwe-an-essential-business-in-orlando
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Earlier this week, it was discovered that the Governor's office had declared WWE an “essential business” during the coronavirus pandemic, a label that allows the wrestling league to continue taping events at their Orlando studio.

The “essential” label didn’t make much sense to anyone, and in our first article, we speculated that either a massive campaign donation was promised or DeSantis thought spandex-clad guys wrasslin' counted as church.

Well, we weren’t that far off.

On the same day that WWE was deemed an “essential business,” the American First Action political action committee, which is chaired by WWE owner Vince McMahon’s wife, Linda, announced a total of $18.5 million in television advertisement spending in the Orlando ($11.3 million) and Tampa ($7.1 million) media markets.

According to a press release from the super PAC, the money will be used for pro-Trump broadcast advertising from Labor Day through Election Day.

The WWE is still allowed to continue operating, even after two of its employees from the Orlando studio tested positive for coronavirus.
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Lock them all up!

[LakeArenal]

1. The Quid Pro Quo runs deep in these asses.

[empedocles]

4. 'Quid Pro Quo' just doesn't do justice. This is more like a street drug dealer

dealer taking cash for powder baggies.

[SoonerPride]

2. Money talks and in fact that's all Rs care about is the Benjamins.

Nothing to see here.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Okay, then! The WWE is on a kamikaze mission!

Pack those fans in the arena, and keep them close together! Make sure the wrestlers don't get tested and and see to it that their sweat and saliva spray all over the ringside seats. You know why? Because the WWE and their fans are immune from contracting the virus, didn't you know! Yep, if you're a RABID fan, the rabidness of your emotional state guards you against the virus!

Or, at least, that must be one of the rationales for naming pro wrestling matches "essential."

And the genius behind it all is the Florida governor, who's superior intelligence has determined that wrestling matches are as important and essential as buying guns. Eh... no... as important as eating pork.

Is it possible to hold pro wrestling matches inside supermarkets, where a shopper can scream for a slam from a folding chair while picking out sliced bacon for tomorrow's breakfast?

Just asking...

[malaise]

5. Darwin will sort this out

for this bunch of deplorables

[LakeArenal]

6. Let the matches begin...

Won’t be us dying to die.

[malaise]

7. Adding this link

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017577439

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Most excellent find, indeed.

I have yet to find one single thing trump has done that does not benefit him or his lackeys.

[malaise]

9. THIS

Stay safe sis!

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Hey backatcha......

Gonna be thinking hard to remember all the things my Grandma said about living thru the Great Depression.

[Takket]

10. Citizens United is literally killing people now............

Major push on the Biden presidency needs to be a constitutional amendment to get rid of this scourge to society. no, i am not naive enough to believe rethugs in congress will ever allow it to pass, let alone the states under rethug control, but at least make them VOTE on it for all the country to see.

[malaise]

11. Indeed

The US is now a plutocracy run by a KKKakistocracy