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LymphocyteLover

(5,643 posts)
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 09:59 AM Oct 2020

Trump's campaign is not returning donations from white supremacist donors

but he's the least racist person ever!!!

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-supremacist-donors-trump-campaign-2020_n_5f9336c7c5b6494ba13be8d8?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign has repeatedly accepted donations from well-known white supremacists, extremists and bigots, Federal Election Commission records show.

Among the far-right figures who have given money to Trump’s reelection bid are a neo-Nazi pastor in Louisiana, a wealthy Florida businessman who called former President Barack Obama the N-word, and a neo-fascist activist recently arrested for opening fire on Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Portland, Oregon.

The Trump campaign, which did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment on this story, has been aware of at least some of the white supremacists’ donations, past media reports show. But it has declined to reject or return their money ― even though it is common practice for political campaigns to voluntarily forfeit donations from extremists. In 2015, for example, the Republican presidential campaigns of Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz returned thousands of dollars in contributions from the leader of a white supremacist group.

The extremists’ donations to Trump’s campaign can be seen in official FEC filings. The contributions were spotted and compiled into a dossier by American Bridge 21st Century, a Democratic super PAC that conducts opposition research to boost the campaign of Trump’s opponent, Joe Biden. HuffPost independently verified the records of the contributions.
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Trump's campaign is not returning donations from white supremacist donors (Original Post) LymphocyteLover Oct 2020 OP
Because it's already spent. They have no money left. Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #1
somehow I doubt that that's the only reason though! LymphocyteLover Oct 2020 #5
Trump's BROKE. 634-5789 Oct 2020 #2
1.6 BILLION gone!!! LymphocyteLover Oct 2020 #4
Because trump is a white supremacist ny mucifer Oct 2020 #3
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