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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 09:36 PM Sep 2020

Big GOP donors rush to rescue Trump

Republican Party megadonors are racing to bail out President Donald Trump’s cash-strapped reelection campaign, with a newly formed super PAC pouring another $25 million into battleground states.

Preserve America is set to begin running a trio of TV commercials savaging Democrat Joe Biden as Republicans express growing alarm over the president’s absence on the airwaves. Trump — who went dark for part of August and has since cancelled advertising in key states — is being outspent more than 2-to-1 by Biden this week, according to the media tracking firm Advertising Analytics.

The outside group, which is expected to draw funding from prolific GOP givers including Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, is rushing to fill the void. Starting late this week, the super PAC will begin airing ads in seven states, including some where Trump is getting badly outspent.

With Trump’s once-formidable cash advantage over Biden now erased, the president’s advisers remain deeply concerned about the air war. While Preserve America has dished out $55 million this month alone — already making it one of the highest-spending outside groups this election year — the sum pales in comparison to the $100 million, pro-Biden assault that billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is prepping in just Florida alone. And in August, the Biden campaign and affiliated committees outraised Trump by $154 million.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/big-gop-donors-rush-to-rescue-trump/ar-BB199WVe?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP

You know what they say about a fool and his money.

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Big GOP donors rush to rescue Trump (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
Wonder why they waited so long mcar Sep 2020 #1
The rats are giving it one last try Mopar151 Sep 2020 #5
they should just light their money on fire demtenjeep Sep 2020 #2
Better to light it on fire than let drumpf grift it soothsayer Sep 2020 #3
thats what I am thinkin demtenjeep Sep 2020 #7
it's probably gonna be a lot more than $25 million. It's so insane mucifer Sep 2020 #4
That donor cash is going right out the back door C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #6
They are Suckers and Losers! sheshe2 Sep 2020 #8

Mopar151

(9,981 posts)
5. The rats are giving it one last try
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 09:42 PM
Sep 2020

They bumped into each other as they were sneaking off the sinking ship, felt a little guilty. Notice that they are doing their own PAC, so that Parscale and the Trump Grifting Team don't skim it all!

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