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applegrove

(118,008 posts)
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 03:41 PM Apr 2021

How (the other guy) Fleeced His Own Supporters

How Trump Fleeced His Own Supporters

April 3, 2021 at 1:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 230 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/03/how-trump-fleeced-his-own-supporters/

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New York Times: “Facing a cash crunch and getting badly outspent by the Democrats, the campaign had begun last September to set up recurring donations by default for online donors, for every week until the election. Contributors had to wade through a fine-print disclaimer and manually uncheck a box to opt out.”

“As the election neared, the Trump team made that disclaimer increasingly opaque, an investigation by The New York Times showed. It introduced a second prechecked box, known internally as a ‘money bomb,’ that doubled a person’s contribution. Eventually its solicitations featured lines of text in bold and capital letters that overwhelmed the opt-out language.”

“The tactic ensnared scores of unsuspecting Trump loyalists — retirees, military veterans, nurses and even experienced political operatives. Soon, banks and credit card companies were inundated with fraud complaints from the president’s own supporters about donations they had not intended to make, sometimes for thousands of dollars.”

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How (the other guy) Fleeced His Own Supporters (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2021 OP
I Despise T***p And Most Of His Supporters COL Mustard Apr 2021 #1
How many of those are still running? central scrutinizer Apr 2021 #2

COL Mustard

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1. I Despise T***p And Most Of His Supporters
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 03:44 PM
Apr 2021

But unfortunately I have many family members who are full on Trumpeters. I only hope none of them fell for this, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had.

Dog, meet fleas.

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