Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:45 PM
Roland99 (52,062 posts)
Is *THIS* what triggered GSA Emily Murphy to release transition funds??
Over 100 CEOs threaten to cut off funds to Georgia GOP if Trump keeps blocking transition: report
Top Republican donors threaten to withhold donations to Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue if Trump doesn't concede https://www.salon.com/2020/11/23/over-100-ceos-threaten-to-cut-off-funds-to-georgia-gop-if-trump-keeps-blocking-transition-report/ More than 100 business leaders who plan to ask the Trump administration to immediately allow the presidential transition to begin have also discussed cutting off donations to Senate Republicans facing runoff elections to force the party's hand.
The executives plan to send a letter on Monday demanding that Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, stop blocking President-elect Joe Biden's transition team's work, according to The New York Times. ... Some of the executives have "also discussed withholding campaign donations from the two Republican Senate candidates in Georgia unless party leaders agree to push for a presidential transition," according to the report. At least one executive said on a Friday call that some wealthy donors had already been considering withholding support to Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga.
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Roland99 | Nov 23 | OP |
Karadeniz | Nov 23 | #1 | |
Siwsan | Nov 23 | #2 | |
gohuskies | Nov 23 | #3 | |
randr | Nov 23 | #4 | |
FM123 | Nov 23 | #5 | |
Cha | Nov 23 | #6 | |
abqtommy | Nov 23 | #7 | |
bullwinkle428 | Nov 23 | #8 | |
FakeNoose | Nov 23 | #10 | |
wnylib | Nov 23 | #20 | |
BainsBane | Nov 23 | #9 | |
LizBeth | Nov 23 | #11 | |
David__77 | Nov 23 | #12 | |
Laura PourMeADrink | Nov 23 | #24 | |
meadowlander | Nov 23 | #25 | |
NellieStarbuck | Nov 23 | #13 | |
spooky3 | Nov 23 | #14 | |
rainin | Nov 23 | #15 | |
James48 | Nov 23 | #16 | |
Roland99 | Nov 24 | #27 | |
disalitervisum | Nov 23 | #17 | |
BComplex | Nov 24 | #34 | |
dflprincess | Nov 23 | #18 | |
turtleblossom | Nov 23 | #19 | |
joshcryer | Nov 23 | #21 | |
pazzyanne | Nov 23 | #22 | |
Laura PourMeADrink | Nov 23 | #23 | |
yardwork | Nov 24 | #28 | |
TeamPooka | Nov 23 | #26 | |
bdamomma | Nov 24 | #29 | |
lindysalsagal | Nov 24 | #30 | |
Roland99 | Nov 24 | #31 | |
BobTheSubgenius | Nov 24 | #32 | |
BComplex | Nov 24 | #33 |
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:47 PM
Karadeniz (12,013 posts)
1. He's such a whore... Only money talks!
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:47 PM
Siwsan (17,540 posts)
2. I think between Georgia and Michigan, today was just a perfect storm.
The best storm, ever!
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:50 PM
gohuskies (757 posts)
3. With Repugs it is all about campaign donations and funding...
The GOP is drunk on the money donated to their campaigns and when they saw this funding dry up, they finally got the message. It truly is all about money and these repugs politicians are no different than their fearless leader dRumpf. Grifters and transactionally based governance is what they are all about.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:50 PM
randr (11,062 posts)
4. Bingo
Always follow the money. Especially with the man child.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:59 PM
Cha (268,541 posts)
6. WOW! TY repub donors?
That sounds like IT!
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:10 PM
abqtommy (7,703 posts)
7. So it is true that "money talks and suckers walk"!
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:12 PM
bullwinkle428 (18,938 posts)
8. We need a Jon Stewart "NAILED IT!" gif for this!
Response to bullwinkle428 (Reply #8)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:18 PM
FakeNoose (16,815 posts)
10. Here's my favorite
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Response to FakeNoose (Reply #10)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:22 PM
wnylib (4,879 posts)
20. I miss Jon Stewart, but I really like Trevor Noah, too.
Would love to see them do a show together.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:14 PM
BainsBane (46,113 posts)
9. I love when Republicans
are at one another's throats.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:40 PM
LizBeth (7,209 posts)
11. I think it was more not going to hearing today, asking for a week and congress saying no along
with Michigan certified.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:44 PM
David__77 (20,451 posts)
12. Interestingly, I don't think "big business" is in Trump's corner.
It's not so much that they have a problem with his policies, rather that he has been highly disruptive, and apparently needlessly so from their perspective, I imagine.
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Response to David__77 (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:36 PM
Laura PourMeADrink (34,679 posts)
24. Exactly. Business likes stability, certainty. Big bank clients
can't even plan since supply chain uncertain due to trump tariff shenanigans... costs up and down.
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Response to David__77 (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:37 PM
meadowlander (2,835 posts)
25. As a strategy "crash the economy and hope to pick up seats in the midterms on the back of it"
doesn't necessarily fly with the business community.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:56 PM
NellieStarbuck (186 posts)
13. Or maybe the calls in recent days
for the enablers to be held criminally liable for their fuckery have some of these idiot flunkies rethinking their loyalty.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 10:01 PM
spooky3 (26,500 posts)
14. Good news and bad...
Now they’re going to contribute a lot to the two Republican Senate candidates.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 10:02 PM
rainin (2,714 posts)
15. I don't think Trump cares a wit about the republican party. Putin cares, though. n/t
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 10:11 PM
James48 (2,783 posts)
16. Note: DOW futures now up strongly
In after hours trading.
DOW futures up 224 points right now, to 29,770. Blue Horseshoe loves a Biden Presidency. |
Response to James48 (Reply #16)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 07:47 AM
Roland99 (52,062 posts)
27. Ha. Nice reference
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 10:44 PM
disalitervisum (470 posts)
17. Capitalism cries "Crap!," and all its subjects squatted and strained. n/t
Response to disalitervisum (Reply #17)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 05:34 PM
BComplex (5,029 posts)
34. That's the one. So true.
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:08 PM
dflprincess (25,756 posts)
18. "Donors" bribing Republicans to do the right thing.
That's different. It might also make another commerical about who Loeffler and Perdue would really be working for.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:21 PM
turtleblossom (345 posts)
19. See? I told you it's all about the MONEY.
No matter how much progressives scream and protest. It all falls on deaf ears. But when it comes to MONEY, GOP leaders will lie down like a lamb. As a matter of fact, didn't they say MONEY is speech?
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:24 PM
joshcryer (61,604 posts)
21. Nah, MI certified. Trump had no future path. Game over.
I doubt the GSA was really pressured, unlike many, I think she was doing what she thought was right.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:31 PM
pazzyanne (4,738 posts)
22. Bingo! nt
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:32 PM
Laura PourMeADrink (34,679 posts)
23. Interesting! But nothing to do with trump. He doesn't care about the GA state race.
Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #23)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 08:10 AM
yardwork (52,247 posts)
28. McConnell does, though.
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:47 PM
TeamPooka (18,656 posts)
26. CEOs want a relief bill to save businesses and employees. Aint gonna get it with a GOP Senate
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:22 AM
bdamomma (59,703 posts)
29. I wouldn't doubt
this the GOP owner donors said cut this shit out now or no money!!!
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:37 AM
lindysalsagal (14,273 posts)
30. The could have just as easily blackmailed him into refusing to leave
We'll never know all the dirty dealings those ceo's have paid for. Luckily, Biden doesn't have to run for re-election, and Harris won't accept bribes. That means all the money will got to the 2024 gop candidate, and let's hope frump is in a nursing home on a ventilator by then.
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Response to lindysalsagal (Reply #30)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:40 AM
Roland99 (52,062 posts)
31. FULL list of the CEOs
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/business-leaders-letter-trump-transition/cfb231ee1058dc58/full.pdf
America is being ravaged by a deadly pandemic with enormous social and economic |
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 11:38 AM
BobTheSubgenius (6,183 posts)
32. It their threat turned to action, it would take some of the sting out of the transition mess.
As long as it didn't go on too long, I'd consider trading a late start to the new administration in exchange for a blue Senate.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 05:21 PM
BComplex (5,029 posts)
33. Well I'll be....
just one more $$ problem. At least this one had a solution for republican grifters.
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