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Tom of Temecula

(1,632 posts)
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 11:55 AM Feb 2024

Trump Has Financially Destroyed The RNC

A new FEC report shows that the Republican National Committee (RNC) is in dire shape, and Donald Trump is the main reason why. Here is the state of the Republican National Committee:

-In real dollars, the RNC had its worst fundraising year since 1993
-The RNC also had its worst *month* for contributions in a decade
-And to cap it off, they had a December burn rate of 137%, and spent more money over the past year than they’ve taken in
— Alex Floyd (@alexjfloyd) February 1, 2024


The main reasons why the RNC is in such bad financial shape all relate to Trump. The former president is the de facto head of the RNC. Ronna McDaniel is his handpicked chairperson. The RNC has millions on Trump’s legal bills, and the lack of enthusiasm for another Trump presidential run has caused donations to dry up.

The primary duty of political party is to promote the party and organize to maximize support so that the party can win elections. A political party organization is not supposed to be slush fund for a failed former president. Republicans have long complained that Trump’s non-stop small donor fundraising has tapped out the party’s donors and exhausted them. Donald Trump parasitically attached himself to the RNC and he is financially draining them of any life or chance of winning the 2024 election.

https://www.politicususa.com/2024/02/01/trump-has-financially-destroyed-the-rnc.html

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Trump Has Financially Destroyed The RNC (Original Post) Tom of Temecula Feb 2024 OP
i hope so samsingh Feb 2024 #1
Outstanding! onecaliberal Feb 2024 #2
The one single good thing he has done for the country.... lastlib Feb 2024 #3
He knew Dems and progressives Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #49
I think he even said publicly once.... lastlib Feb 2024 #54
Its not just tfg, its all the other grifters too Travel Hat Feb 2024 #4
Don't forget Jerry Falwell, Pastor Pat "I know you are watching me with a back pain" Robertson, and Botany Feb 2024 #59
I hope his large doners realize how much is going to brer cat Feb 2024 #5
I expect that the closer to the election DENVERPOPS Feb 2024 #27
So true Iwasthere Feb 2024 #34
That's an awesome idea. TSExile Feb 2024 #37
I would love DENVERPOPS Feb 2024 #61
The only good thing he's done in his life. Fla Dem Feb 2024 #6
I disagree. The RNC knew what he was. They did it to their donors. Wonder Why Feb 2024 #7
I guess no big party in July. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2024 #8
And he's going to expect a coronation. calimary Feb 2024 #19
I wouldn't put it past the GOP Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #50
They sure seem eager to worship a false "god". calimary Feb 2024 #58
Good. I want more Republican losing, please. ms liberty Feb 2024 #9
More, please Wild blueberry Feb 2024 #10
Everything he touches dies; unfortunately he's touched our country. NNadir Feb 2024 #11
Too True peggysue2 Feb 2024 #13
He violated us as a country as surely as he's violated a great number of women as individuals. Harker Feb 2024 #25
Hooray for parasitism! dobleremolque Feb 2024 #12
I posted about this before newdayneeded Feb 2024 #14
Well, at least he's done one positive thing in his life..... Coventina Feb 2024 #15
I live in the NYC area, and never trusted Trump. patphil Feb 2024 #16
I think so too, Patphil. flying_wahini Feb 2024 #35
Well, in all the wrong he does, something good had to come of it. Escurumbele Feb 2024 #17
The billionaires don't need the RNC. hay rick Feb 2024 #18
The Billionaires DO need the votes tho. Even if it's coming from delusional magats. flying_wahini Feb 2024 #36
The Slobfather destroys every fucking thing he touches malaise Feb 2024 #20
Milwaukee julmur Feb 2024 #21
I approve of this message. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2024 #22
That is one perspective.... TheRealNorth Feb 2024 #23
"Trump...is financially draining them of any...chance of winning the 2024 election." LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #24
So, what's everyone having for lunch today? AllyCat Feb 2024 #26
Heading down to Irish Times in downtown San Francisco to have lunch with my son. He works right near there. NBachers Feb 2024 #33
Going to La Baguette for pate, cheese and wine. niyad Feb 2024 #44
Wine, not whine...! AllyCat Feb 2024 #52
I rarely whine. Bitch, yes. Whine, rarely. niyad Feb 2024 #53
They allowed it to happen liberal N proud Feb 2024 #28
Trump is a master/monster money vacuum dlk Feb 2024 #29
Is that the same as the particular PAC weve heard Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #30
The faithful are tithing directly to their Messiah rather than the institution. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #31
Good, I hope he and the RNC lose their influence for a long time IronLionZion Feb 2024 #32
I hope the rnc,gop I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #38
RNC reveals it had its worst fundraising year since 2013 in absolute dollars and its worst since 1993 LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #39
are people finally starting to wake the fuck up? Skittles Feb 2024 #40
2023 was the RNC's worst year for fundraising since 1993. LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #41
Excellent. dalton99a Feb 2024 #42
I sometimes wonder if tfg is a Democrat operative Kaleva Feb 2024 #43
Great news as down ballot R's and Magats will get little money for their campaigns. Its a win for us! Thanks TFG! machoneman Feb 2024 #45
Are they blaming Taylor Swift? twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #46
They report that like it is bad news or something... Wounded Bear Feb 2024 #47
Send a GoFundMe to Putin or Wayne LaPierre bitches Ponietz Feb 2024 #48
IT'S MORE THAN TRUMP. NO MONEY FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #51
And this is.... mikeysnot Feb 2024 #55
The GQP must go down to a swift and permanent death. RobertDevereaux Feb 2024 #56
Yes, the man is a parasite. NoMoreRepugs Feb 2024 #57
If and when the truth is know, bluestarone Feb 2024 #60

lastlib

(28,271 posts)
3. The one single good thing he has done for the country....
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 12:04 PM
Feb 2024

Everything tRump touches dies. We can be grateful that he chose to touch the GOPee.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,926 posts)
49. He knew Dems and progressives
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 11:56 AM
Feb 2024

weren’t stupid and gullible enough to believe his bullshit or be fleeced by him. He hit the mother lode when he decided to run as a Republican.

lastlib

(28,271 posts)
54. I think he even said publicly once....
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 12:15 PM
Feb 2024

that he'd run as a GOPher because they were dumber. And remember, he loves the poorly educated.

Travel Hat

(139 posts)
4. Its not just tfg, its all the other grifters too
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 12:07 PM
Feb 2024

Bannon, the my pillow guy, Flynn, Rudy and many others. They found easy marks and played them for all its worth.

Botany

(77,324 posts)
59. Don't forget Jerry Falwell, Pastor Pat "I know you are watching me with a back pain" Robertson, and
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 04:31 PM
Feb 2024

Pastor Jeffress. Snake oil salesmen all of them

brer cat

(27,588 posts)
5. I hope his large doners realize how much is going to
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 12:10 PM
Feb 2024

his legal cases and Melania's hair and quit giving.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
27. I expect that the closer to the election
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:38 PM
Feb 2024

These Republican Mega Donors will dump an obscene amount of Billions into the PAC's and Republican candidates the closer we get to the election......
Even foreign countries: Russia, China, Saudis, Iran. Also mega uber Corporations.....Thank the USSC ruling in 2010 for that!

The Republicans/Oligarchs/1%ers/Corporations all suspect that it is this time THEIR TASK needs to be completed once and for all.....

The Republicans are famous for their "OCTOBER SURPRISE" just days before the election. Rat Fucking Extraordinarily Delivered just as people in the middle make their decisions. Comey & his FBI phony declaration of "New" Hillary emails two weeks before the election in 2016 was that year's October surprise. I don't expect we will have to wait for October this year, they will start dropping these phonied up October Surprises on us monthly, if not weekly, in the late summer and fall. The 95% Republican Owned U.S. Media will make sure these corrupt schemes are broadcast far and wide across America. With RW Radio and Fox News leading the charge.......

I keep saying........2024 will be a year, unlike any year in the entire history of our nation, and not in a good way..........
Katie Bar The Door, People......

There is absolutely No Way In Hell, the Republican Party and U.S. Corporations will let it slip away from them like in 2020......
And this time around, The Corporations, Uber Wealthy, The Republican owned Media, Russia, China, The Saudis and Iran will be
"ALL IN" to try to make that happen, once and for all time.......

(And they will also be going "ALL IN" on the U.S. House and U.S. Senate elections, and going for broke in those contests to take over Congress)

Iwasthere

(3,512 posts)
34. So true
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 03:08 PM
Feb 2024

It will get ugly soon. They'll pull out all the stops. They have no intention of fighting fair, never have. AI will play a major role as well. I hope Taylor swift comes on board and has some mega tours. She could offer 75% off tickets for proof of voter registration, perhaps add signing a vow to get 3 others to register.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
61. I would love
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 06:33 PM
Feb 2024

a stadium with 85K of her fans, supporting a Biden Rally......All wearing bright blue baseball caps with some saying on it.....

calimary

(90,021 posts)
19. And he's going to expect a coronation.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:20 PM
Feb 2024

Hey, I don’t care if he bankrupts the RNC.

Couldn’t happen to a “nicer” bunch.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,926 posts)
50. I wouldn't put it past the GOP
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 12:02 PM
Feb 2024

to have a crown, scepter and robe ready for him. Remember the golden statue at the CPAC?

peggysue2

(12,533 posts)
13. Too True
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:02 PM
Feb 2024

The ETTD and the mind virus that's infected a good portion of the American public.

Harker

(17,785 posts)
25. He violated us as a country as surely as he's violated a great number of women as individuals.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:36 PM
Feb 2024

We have to prove the exception to the "rule."

 

newdayneeded

(2,493 posts)
14. I posted about this before
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:06 PM
Feb 2024

There should be daily ads running from the DNC about telling the magats that their donated money is only going to trumps 83 mil settlement, not to mention his legal fees. Show them point blank how they're wasting their money. All you need to do is piss off 5% of them to stay home.

patphil

(9,068 posts)
16. I live in the NYC area, and never trusted Trump.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:13 PM
Feb 2024

I think Trump wants to remake the RNC into something he, and he alone, controls.
As it stands now, he sees them as too independent. They make decisions as to how support is apportioned to various campaigns, both financially and otherwise.
He sees all that money they raise as a personal piggy bank for him, and means of keeping all the Republican candidates dancing to his tune.
If he controls the central organization of the party, he can protect his brand, and insure absolute loyalty from the party's candidates. If he makes a little money on the side, well, that's the whole point.
So he weakens the RNC and will probably insist that he's the only one who can fix it.

flying_wahini

(8,275 posts)
35. I think so too, Patphil.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 03:12 PM
Feb 2024

They are reaping what they sow. The MAGA tribe has just about totally destroyed the GOP.

hay rick

(9,605 posts)
18. The billionaires don't need the RNC.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:17 PM
Feb 2024

They have successfully used Trump in the past but he is too unhinged to be a reliable partner in the future.

flying_wahini

(8,275 posts)
36. The Billionaires DO need the votes tho. Even if it's coming from delusional magats.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 03:14 PM
Feb 2024

They can’t win on money alone. People have to go vote and that’s why they hate Democracy.

malaise

(296,118 posts)
20. The Slobfather destroys every fucking thing he touches
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:21 PM
Feb 2024

but fools die for want of wisdom. Eff the ReTHUGs

julmur

(222 posts)
21. Milwaukee
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:23 PM
Feb 2024

Unfortunately the Republican convention is being held in Milwaukee this year, my otherwise left leaning city will be over run by Magats and the city will probably get stiffed for a lot of money

TheRealNorth

(9,647 posts)
23. That is one perspective....
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:31 PM
Feb 2024

TFG's perspective might be that now the RNC now needs him for money, so they must kiss his ass and bend the knee to his orangeness.

LudwigPastorius

(14,725 posts)
24. "Trump...is financially draining them of any...chance of winning the 2024 election."
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:33 PM
Feb 2024

Somebody should tell the people answering the polls.

No matter how we want things to go in November, we shouldn't whistle past the graveyard. The outcome is far from pre-determined.

NBachers

(19,438 posts)
33. Heading down to Irish Times in downtown San Francisco to have lunch with my son. He works right near there.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 03:03 PM
Feb 2024

liberal N proud

(61,194 posts)
28. They allowed it to happen
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:43 PM
Feb 2024

They could have stopped him at any point. They had many opportunities and chose not to. Hope they never recover

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
30. Is that the same as the particular PAC weve heard
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 02:45 PM
Feb 2024

trump has been paying legal bills out of? Read can't use to pay off E Jean Carroll tho. He has to get a bond or put up $ himself. Ha

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,369 posts)
38. I hope the rnc,gop
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 08:39 PM
Feb 2024

Cease to exist.

We need the democratic party and a farther left party.

We dont need the rich pig party parasiting of the people keeping them oppressed,poor no healthcare ect.

Fuck the corporates we can progress without thier bullshit party.
Conservatism is fascism,they think there is a natural social hierarchy,that is fascism. They had that bullshit social darwinist crap as an important tenet in the gop platform forever.

Kaleva

(40,365 posts)
43. I sometimes wonder if tfg is a Democrat operative
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 11:50 PM
Feb 2024

His mission is to destroy the Republican Party from within

machoneman

(4,128 posts)
45. Great news as down ballot R's and Magats will get little money for their campaigns. Its a win for us! Thanks TFG!
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 10:47 AM
Feb 2024

no_hypocrisy

(54,908 posts)
51. IT'S MORE THAN TRUMP. NO MONEY FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 12:06 PM
Feb 2024

for The House and The Senate and Governors.

No money, no honey. Don't expect Marjorie Taylor Green on the phone at 2:00 a.m. calling Colorado, looking for $$.

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