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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:24 PM Nov 2020

Trump's election challenge looks like a scam to line his pockets "It's a straight up bait & switch"

President Trump isn’t really trying to overturn the election. He’s simply running one more scam before he leaves office that would enable him to enrich himself.


“They’re trying to STEAL this Election,” declared one such Trump campaign fundraising missive from “Donald J. Trump, President of the United States” on Wednesday afternoon. “I promise you my team is fighting the clock to DEFEND the integrity of this Election, but we cannot do it alone. We need EVERY Patriot, like YOU, to step up and make sure we have the resources to keep going. … Please contribute ANY AMOUNT RIGHT NOW to DEFEND the Election.”

But at the provided link to the “OFFICIAL ELECTION DEFENSE FUND,” the legalese at the end says something rather different:
Sixty percent of the contribution, up to $5,000, goes to “Save America,” Trump’s newly created leadership PAC. And 40 percent of the contribution up to $35,500, goes to the Republican National Committee’s operating account, its political (not legal) fund. Only after reaching the first maximum would a single penny go to Trump’s “Recount Account,” and only after reaching the second maximum would a penny go to the RNC’s legal account.

“It’s a straight-up bait and switch,” Paul S. Ryan, the vice president of policy and litigation at Common Cause, tells me. Such email solicitations target small donors, so for the “overwhelming majority of people contributing … none of their money will end up in recount accounts” or be used for otherwise challenging the election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/11/trumps-election-challenge-looks-like-scam-line-his-pockets/

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Trump's election challenge looks like a scam to line his pockets "It's a straight up bait & switch" (Original Post) octoberlib Nov 2020 OP
And it has been since the beginning Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #1
Yep. That's why we're seeing all these nonsense lawsuits that octoberlib Nov 2020 #3
That's all he knows how to do Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #4
Hey, those massive loan debts 2naSalit Nov 2020 #2
Trump knows his chumps will fall for any old bullshit. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #5

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
3. Yep. That's why we're seeing all these nonsense lawsuits that
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:37 PM
Nov 2020

get dismissed immediately. Trump wants to make it look like he's doing something so he can continue the scam.

2naSalit

(86,607 posts)
2. Hey, those massive loan debts
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:34 PM
Nov 2020

Ain't gonna pay for themselves and since he doesn't have time to sell off US assets, he's gotta do something. That's why he intends to run again for the next election in '24, so he can continuously campaign and beg for $$. He'll be holding rallies where he gets the cash from the door.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
5. Trump knows his chumps will fall for any old bullshit.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:46 PM
Nov 2020

Fools and their money are fueling golden toilets, Jr's drug habits and marked-up attorney lunches. What racket.

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