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Trump Supporters Protest Gross Campaign Fundraising Emails: Like Mob Collections
President Donald Trumps 2020 reelection campaign is coming under fire over campaign fundraising emails which some supporters are calling gross and scary.
Most of the emails which typically claimed to be from the president himself or one of his children attempted to shame Trump supporters for not donating enough money, and used manipulative language to guilt recipients into giving more, prompting social media users to make comparisons to mob collections and slumlord eviction notices.
I hate to be the one to tell you, but according to our records, your Trump 100 Club offer has been RESCINDED, read one email, which was posted on Twitter. Youve received multiple emails from Team Trump, including my father, inviting you to join this BRAND NEW, prestigious club, and youve ignored every single one of them.
President Trump knows that youve always been such a strong supporter in the past, so he agreed to let me reactivate your offer for ONE MORE DAY, it concluded.
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-supporters-protest-gross-campaign-fundraising-emails-like-mob-collections/
Nevilledog
(51,006 posts)Mme. Defarge
(8,012 posts)Nevilledog
(51,006 posts)Mme. Defarge
(8,012 posts)Thats all.
Nevilledog
(51,006 posts)I totally read the posts below mine trying to figure out which one you meant...lol
CatWoman
(79,293 posts)i like that
Nevilledog
(51,006 posts)I like that.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Didnt the donald take charge of things recently?
dalton99a
(81,393 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)They are pondering doing dramatic readings of the 3-4 times a day text messages.
The messages are quite something!
madaboutharry
(40,190 posts)Did someone think these are funny? Or is the intent to frighten people?
Either way these are pathetic. After 3 1/2 years theyre still amateurs.
EqualityNow
(32 posts)They offer no solutions at all.
Really, take a look at the White House issues page.. a government website for our White House that is 100% dedicated to promoting trump politically instead of the office of the Presidency..
1. Economy - Not a SINGLE actual plan or initiative listed.. just Trump is great bullshit. No solutions.
2. Budget and spending - Complains about the deficit that trump grew, yet not a single plan or proposal or position. A tagline of fear mongering that we'd just make it worse (unsubstantiated of course). No solutions.
3. Land and Agriculture - Just a fluff piece talking up the farmers that this administration has hurt. No plans, proposals, or positions.. No solutions.
4. Veterans - fluff piece. No policy or solutions.
5. Education - LOL.. I can't even..
6. Law & Justice - rule of law, LE is all good, not a single thing to address the problems or even mention of racist applied practices of LE. No solutions.
7. Energy & Environment - LOL.. I can't even..
8. Healthcare - Obamacare bad.. we've got problems.. Nope, no solutions to them though.
9. Immigration - bad people. - only solution at all on the whole website and it's for the useless wall born of fear and hate.
pretty much the same no solutions bullshit for the rest.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/
Grasswire2
(13,565 posts)The kakistocracy.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Even this science guy know about the ad that Killed Schlitz beer. I remember seeing it. A guy with a mountain lion threatened people that they have to drink their beer. They went bankrupt not long after. Never threaten your supporters!
Of course by then Schlitz was really not beer anymore but a chemical concoction of sugar and alcohol they had arrived at attempting to cut costs. But trump is not a real president so the Analogy remains.
Blue Owl
(50,259 posts)n/t
fierywoman
(7,671 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,494 posts)fierywoman
(7,671 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,494 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)I've read too many of the tactics he used with his suppliers. He's still not a politician even though he thinks he is. I'm sure his advisors told him never threaten your supporters but the most he would give in was to tell his son to do it. I'm glad je's ignoring all those who KNOW how to run a campaign. It proves to me that the wheels really are coming off the bus!
Cha
(296,848 posts)use their own fuckin' money.
Yavin4
(35,421 posts)gristy
(10,667 posts)got lost when they tried to translate it to mob-speak.
Here's part of an email I got from Obama on behalf of the DNC. It's pretty forceful, but I wasn't offended by it. I had indeed been too slow in sending in some (more) money. I finally did.
President Obama emailed you.
Hillary Clinton emailed you.
James Carville emailed you.
Pete Buttigieg emailed you.
Carole King emailed you.
Barney Frank emailed you.
Khizr Khan emailed you.
Paul Begala emailed you.
All these giants of the Democratic Party took the time over the past 96 hours to reach out to you personally because theyre counting on your help.
Right now, were up against our BIGGEST deadline since Nancy Pelosi took back the Peoples Gavel.
And we hate to say it, but were still $14O,OOO short of where we need to be.
We cant let our Democratic leaders down. Thats why were counting on you to pull through when it matters most.
Can you rush in $750 before tomorrows crucial Mid-Year Deadline to fortify our Majority?
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)Skittles
(153,113 posts)they're just NOW figuring out he acts like a mob boss wannabe?
Hekate
(90,556 posts)Well-spotted, whoever that was.
C Moon
(12,209 posts)Wednesdays
(17,312 posts)#LincolnProject
struggle4progress
(118,228 posts)all about how he's worried it might could fall out a window or get hit by a car or burn down or something. And it made me very sad, thinking what a shame that sure would be. In fact. I almost cried. Fingers can tell you. Didn't I almost cry, Fingers? So, like I was saying, because of my deep personal concern for you and your beautiful country, I agreed to come talk to you, on behalf of Donny"
Upthevibe
(8,012 posts)......What a bunch of freaks....
Silent3
(15,147 posts)...was so rich that he didnt need anyones money?
Renew Deal
(81,846 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)Observe her raising a little hell: https://twitter.com/fishie_fish_
Our young folks may well save us.....
KY
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)They are proving themselves to be quite impressive and influential. I will gladly step aside and let the youth of this nation be the leaders of this movement to bring us out of this nightmare.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)CatWoman
(79,293 posts)Link to tweet
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Dem2theMax
(9,637 posts)I hope they weren't asleep. If they were, they aren't anymore.
Another one of those 'my sides hurt from laughing so hard' videos!
malaise
(268,698 posts)Ridicule the fool!
gopiscrap
(23,726 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,494 posts)contributions. No, not the interference part. The actual "Hey Mr. Foreign So and So please give me money for my campaign....." part. They even put it in writing. Yet nothing happened then either. And that's when we still had an FEC and Justice Department.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)...............
CatWoman
(79,293 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)Good but exhausting day today and needed some giggles!
KY.........
Xolodno
(6,384 posts)And probably use something similar when it comes to their club memberships at the Golf Resorts, Condo's, etc.
AdamGG
(1,286 posts)Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)Started out asking me if everything is ok. Then he told me his father asked him if I was available to attend an upcoming event. Then it gets creepy. Eric says that his father receives an "updated donor list every day" and his father noticed I am not on it. " You've been one of our best supporters and not entering is just not like you"
First off, I have no idea what I clicked to get on this mailing list, jfc from one sentence to the next, I have no idea what they are talking about.
I unsubscribed, that didn't go well, Eric is a whiny bitch. He sent 3 more emails imploring me to reconsider my unsubscribing.
The campaign apparently tries to get your phone number and address and then goes for your contacts. I unsubscribed again today.
The emails are so ridiculous, PCH has better writers.
Captain Zero
(6,784 posts)I gave a fake name and zip code and phone number. Sorry, whoever got all the texts. But the emails were swamping...I was getting a lot from Lara Trump and Eric. And yeah they did talk like I was a long list high school shop class buddy, that they were getting REALLY frustrated with for not emptying my pockets on demand.
Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)I have now unsubscribed every day and I'm still getting love letters from Eric about how disappointed his father and family is in me.
When I unsubscribed, it now says it will take several days to work. Just another lie from the Trump crime family.
ecstatic
(32,653 posts)rpannier
(24,328 posts)Wanting your love tithe
Buns_of_Fire
(17,157 posts)wakes up to find a horse's head hogging the sheets?
Luz
(772 posts)people out of hard earned savings.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Classic mob and slum landlord tactics.
LAS14
(13,769 posts)rdking647
(5,113 posts)i have an email account i use as a throwaway for when i have to register a product or other actions that will generate spam. somehow it ended upon idiots mailing list.
i get 5-10 emails a day from them now begging and pleading for money.
uusally they offer me something stupid like membership inthe so called trumpp 100 vip club. or trump executive mebership. or a chance covid at the florida coronafest.
the emails are almost comical
this is one
Jeff,
Did you see the Presidents email? He invited you to become an Official 2020 Trump Platinum Member.
Were only reaching out to the Presidents most loyal supporters, like YOU, to join this exclusive program. Remember, when you activate your membership, well even send you your very own PERSONALIZED Membership Card.
Your offer is ONLY available until 11:59 PM TONIGHT, Jeff. After that, your invitation will expire and you may never get another chance to join.
thast same day
Jeff,
Where have you been?
Each day my father sees an updated donor list and EACH DAY he notices that you STILL havent contributed.
My father really needs your support, which is why he asked me to reach out and offer you ONE MORE CHANCE to get on the right side of history with us.
For the NEXT HOUR, if you make your FIRST contribution of ANY AMOUNT, youll automatically reach VIP status and become a member of the Trump VIP Club - its that easy.
This exclusive offer expires in ONE HOUR. After that, you will permanently forfeit your potential status as a Trump VIP.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and being rejected. Numbers of authoritarian followers grow and shrink, and this negative reaction goes along with observations about the disappearance of the large crowds that once waited in long lines for days as needed to see him.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)"Your nine-year-old daughter... Sarah is her name? I wonder how Sarah feels every day leaving Jackson Elementary at 3:30 and walking down Pine Street, knowing that her friends--all great Trump supporters!--made fun of her daddy at recess today. Can you just see her blue-gray eyes welling up with tears? Are you going to let little Sarah down like that?"
lindysalsagal
(20,581 posts)Grasswire2
(13,565 posts)This is exactly what a mobster does
"It would be sad if something happened to your nice dry-cleaning establishment"