'No point donating now': Lifelong Republicans revolt after Lara Trump elected RNC co-chair

[calguy]

Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has now officially replaced Ronna McDaniel as the new co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) following a unanimous vote.

Despite having no previous campaign or political organizing experience, Lara — who is the wife of the former president's son, Eric — is now in charge of the Republican Party's national organization, and is tasked with both retaking the White House in 2024 along with regaining control of the US Senate. Michael Whatley ascended to the top of the GOP along with Lara, after he previously served as chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.

Right-wing influencer Wendy Patterson, who has more than 150,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter), suggested she may leave the GOP altogether after the news of Lara Trump's ascendancy to the top of the RNC. "Bad idea and shame on her for usurping Scott Pressler," Patterson tweeted, referring to the GOP activist many other conservatives hoped would lead the RNC after McDaniel's exit. "I'm coming hard and fast with the I told you so... This country doesn't stand a chance if you're still voting for popularity contests."

X user @TyRWilliams1, who describes himself as a Navy veteran and an attorney, wrote the GOP had become "a full-blown corruption riddled nepotism laden cult of incompetency." Iraq veteran Peter Henlein tweeted that he was now "out" after "a lifetime of donating to every GOP nominee and multiple down ballot candidates every cycle."

"I donated to help win elections, not to maintain the lifestyle of a billionaire," he wrote. "No point donating now."

https://www.alternet.org/republicans-revolt-lara-trump/?cx_testId=2&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=1&cx_experienceId=EXDEXBKK1F00#cxrecs_s

[limbicnuminousity]

1. Aww.

Bet they could get a free pair of crappy golden tennis shoes with every $100 donation.

[calimary]

13. They might make nice planters...

Those sneakers were probably made super cheap. Which means they'll have holes in them soon enough to provide good drainage when you water the plants in them. Of course, you certainly could help that along with a well-wielded screwdriver or ice pick...

[Ms. Toad]

36. They aren't made yet at all.

I think the estimated manufacture date is sometime this summer.

[louis-t]

52. I would be really surprised if they are ever made.

I'll bet they change manufacturers a couple times if they ever do get made. Tsf will try to pay less for them and the makers will tell him to fuck off.

[Ms. Toad]

70. That will be amusing. They sold out in a few hours.

And then the were resold for 10x the purchase on ebay almost immediately.

[SergeStorms]

55. They're not for wearing....

they're a collector's item, made to catch dust and look at. They'll appreciate in price 50X after Trump's death. Hopefully tomorrow.

[True Blue American]

78. They cost $400 when

They came out!~~

[calimary]

83. Of course they did! I'm surprised he didn't make 'em $1000 a pair.

Probably thought most of the "great unwashed" that worship him wouldn't be able to afford them.

I wouldn't have 'em as cat-box scoopers.

[SergeStorms]

94. One dude did pay $1000....

for a pair Trump scrawled his name on ........wait for it..........with a Sharpie!

[oldsoftie]

80. Oh HELL no. Dickhead wants $400 a pair!

[TSExile]

2. Remember Ross Perot talking about the giant sucking sound?

That's the sound of TSF and his greedy, grasping relatives literally sucking every last dollar out of the Republican Nepotism Committee (thank you, Katie Phang)!!

[sakabatou]

6. For us younger folk, mind explaining this?

[TSExile]

7. Sure.

Here's a link.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_sucking_sound

[sakabatou]

9. Ah

[AllaN01Bear]

14. you beat me to it.

[TSExile]

15. Great minds, my friend.

[AllaN01Bear]

16. indeed . back at u.

[True Blue American]

79. Perot was right, too!

A bill written by Bush Senior but Clinton made tj]he mistake of signing it.NAFTA!

[Beartracks]

48. Had to laugh! I didn't know the GSS had its own Wikipedia page.

[brewens]

3. This stinks a lot like what Dick Freakin' Armey did with FreedomWorks.I was delighted to see those clowns

get screwed out of the $8 million, but there's no way he did anything to really earn that. I doubt the donors approved though most won't admit it. Look for them to steal everything in sight at the RNC and stock the place with scum.

The bastard even said he couldn't leave with empty pockets! LOL

They have some rationale that it was okay because a wealthy FW supporter bought him out more or less. Bullshit. Money is fungible and not just when it's Planned Parenthood. It was FW money.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/dick-armey-defends-million-deal-leave-freedomworks/story?id=18077760

[kysrsoze]

4. Yes indeed!

The implosion of the Repuke Party!

[LA Blue Bengal]

12. It's a good sign...

But there’s still plenty of dark money and PACs out there. Drink a toast 🥃 , but stay vigilant

[calimary]

30. Yep. This. For sure!

The time to relax is after they’ve called the election for Biden. And then MAYBE we can let up a little.

But ONLY for a little.

[Beartracks]

63. Can't let up entirely. Democracy is a continual process.

All Americans need to vote again, and again, and again, at every opportunity, to keep the fascists at bay.

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[calimary]

71. TOTALLY!!!

It’s certainly not a one-time deal, is it!

[durablend]

5. Better stock up!

[House of Roberts]

8. Remember when Michael Steele was RNC Chair,

and the donor class gave all the money to Karl Rove's PAC instead of the RNC?

This will be much worse.

[ecstatic]

10. y'all are just reaping what you sowed.

Good luck!

[BaronChocula]

11. No way THIS could fail

The republican tradition of choosing loyalty over competence goes back to Reagan. But I'll recall the W era when they staffed the occupation administration in Iraq with loyalists with no experience. That worked out pretty good.

[mokeyz]

19. Great appointee track record

and the Arabian Horse guy they put in charge of FEMA who did just an awesome job with Katrina🤦🏻‍♀️

[BaronChocula]

33. "Heck of a job, Brownie"

Oh the memories.

[ToxMarz]

17. 'Despite having no previous campaign or political organizing experience'

She ain't there to campaign or be a political organizer. She's there to steal everything that isn't nailed down. It's exactly what that entire family IS experienced in.

[smb]

23. Correction

She's there to steal everything that isn't nailed down.

She's there to steal everything that isn't nailed down and pry up everything that is nailed down.

[OAITW r.2.0]

32. Makes cents if you are Trump.

[Attilatheblond]

42. Yep. Husband, B-I-L and their dad can no longer operate the NY Trump 'Empire' or even write a check without supervision

TSF had to get her a paying job lest she stray from family control. (Did you see that come f' me dress she wore at Mar A Lago New Years Eve party? Sure looked like she was prowling for a better provider.)

Since TSF's donor base is shrinking & his silly, overpriced 'products' are not flying off the virtual shelves, he needed Plan B. Or is it plan C? Can't use children's charity piggy bank after the 'boys' got busted for that little corruption. Imaginary cartoons of Trump are not selling. Chances are there are still cases of water way past their Best By Date and maybe even some steaks and vodka in the freezer, aging badly. What's a garbage 'businessman' to do?

Ah, have the daughter-in-law let him put his vile hand up her and use her as the puppet that steals the rubes' coins at the puppet show!

I still can't believe that ding bat, career searching Lara managed to get the job. Wow, there must be a ton of files on any member of the GOP that TSF can whip out to blackmail people into diving off the cliff for him.

Only the dumbest of the dumb will send RNC any moolah now. Small wonder Mitch McConnell threw in the towel. He saw the writing on the wall. And maybe his sister-in-law's Tesla taking her for a swim was the exclamation point on the statement that his way (bad as it was for democracy) is now no way.

::Sigh:: So many vile possibilities, many being mere conjecture, and yet, he manages to sink lower than even our lowest, most unlikely theories. Now, even the 'Grand Old Party' lays splayed out, bleeding, dying, on the steps of cultural governance, victim of so many knives in the back for so long.

[machoneman]

47. Ah, have the daughter-in-law let him put his vile hand up her and use her as the puppet that steals the rubes' coins at

So, he's even grabbing Lara's p@ssy as well? Nice F.I.L. you got there Lara.

[Attilatheblond]

49. Well, he is well known for that sort of assault

And I don't put ANYTHING past the sick old fuck at this point. We are pretty sure he has to pay his wife just to show up and feign a smile at important events. Betting that appearance and smile is as far as she goes these days.

But in this case, my analogy of the puppet and puppet master is purely innocent.

[TSExile]

74. Of course, Barron turns 18 a week from today.

One week until Melania's kid is a legal adult and I bet she is watching the family coffers veeeeery closely. Timing is never an accident with this family.

[Attilatheblond]

75. Last time we heard about pre-nups renegotiated

there were reports about her insisting Barron's trust fund got some extra money.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

51. That's seriously gross

[keithbvadu2]

81. Why Trump women stand like this.

https://imgb.ifunny.co/images/dc3fd9e25b3ba62a4661e1b706d2579e566af9f5558129f38129c15d5462d80a_1.webp

[LudwigPastorius]

18. I believe this is called "Buyer's Remorse".

[Hikerchick57]

20. Grifters, everyone of them!

[AllyCat]

21. Anybody have exciting plans this weekend?

[NanaCat]

37. I'll read a book.

You?

So the RNC's getting robbed blind? Huh. Oh--forgot that I need to wash all the windows on the back of the house.

[Cha]

22. Good news... Hope LT & TSF All Go Down in

[calguy]

24. It's almost a given

when you consider the high probability that Lara trump will probably be appointing Kimberly Guilfoyle to some high-paying position to seal their fate and fatten up their personal bank accounts at the same time. It's the trump family way.

[Cha]

26. Yeah, if any magat wants to donate to TSF and Degenerate family

have at it.

TY

[ThoughtCriminal]

25. RNC can look at their pals at the NRA

To see what is going to happen.

[Blue Owl]

27. The RNC is now an inbred freakshow run by the Bride of Gums

[GrapesOfWrath]

39. Bride of Gums!

I’m stealing that 😂

[tulipsandroses]

28. Won't be surprised if someone goes to prison

Every thing trump touches dies.

[IronLionZion]

29. RepubliCONs in disarray

Please proceed

[OAITW r.2.0]

31. Will be eagerly waiting to see the donation stream to the RNC now thru November.

Lara 9/24: "The spigot is dry, Daddy"

[usonian]

34. a full-blown corruption riddled nepotism laden cult of incompetency?

I like that.

I wonder if MSM will pick that up.

Nattering Nabobs of Negativism that they are!

Nyuk Nyuk.

[Freethinker65]

35. But the donors will still vote for Trump

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. There are still plenty of sociopathic oligarchs (CEOs, billionaires) to support GOP.

Don't let up! Educate voters.

[Attilatheblond]

44. The wheels on the money washing machine go 'round and 'round. n/t

[DownriverDem]

40. Good News!

Any money raised will go to trump's defense or fines. It will not go to down ballot repubs for their campaigns.

[Pluvious]

61. We should be thanking her

She's helping us save our Republic from too many feckless Republicans winning elections

[Hugin]

41. Aw, the Republican Party is small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Karma! Paging Karma… Please, pick up the white courtesy phone. Karma.

[WestMichRad]

72. Bwahahaha!

Love it!

[Owens]

43. Great line

".....maintain the lifestyle of a billionaire". Trump is a socialist depending on handouts.

[Johnny2X2X]

45. This was a huge misstep for the GOP

Not only will the Trump family grift a good portion of the money, but they will also deprive candidates down ticket of funds. And on top of both of those things, people who are Republicans and want to donate, but not to Trump, will stop giving to the RNC now.

[PortTack]

46. Oh things are gonna tank financially...good news for us! Orange man gonna bash his DIL??!!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

50. I wonder why Gums wasn't installed

Why Mrs. Gums?


"...Lara — who is the wife of the former president's son, Eric — is now in charge of the Republican Party's national organization, and is tasked with both retaking the White House in 2024 along with regaining control of the US Senate."

[erronis]

54. And isn't Mr. Gums (Eric) the erstwhile head of the defunct "trump organized crime company"?

He ran trump.org so well into the ground. I'm hoping they will take the whole repuglicon apparatus further - 6 feet under.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

62. Maybe on paper

for Gums to take the fall and slide under the bus, but we know that oozing scumbag controls everything.


Ever see Stephen Colbert's impression?

[k55f5r]

82. Is the RNC national party headquartered in New York?

Because Eric can't run a business in New York for 3 years just like his dad.

[erronis]

84. I think I read that they've moved their headquarters to DeSantis land.

Of course.

[The Roux Comes First]

53. It Hadn't Occurred to Me Until Now That Ten or More of Them Might Pool Their Working Cells and Collectively

Come to the revelation that they had been simply feeding an addiction.

There's something to be said for turning over rocks.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

56. TFG and his lawyers need the money

Link to tweet

[struggle4progress]

57. "corruption-riddled nepotism-laden cult of incompetency"

[barbtries]

58. good news for Democrats.

i feel a bit calmer now.

[ZonkerHarris]

59. They will all come back to the GOP. They will all vote for Trump. Register and GOTV

[usonian]

60. REPUBLICANS ARE REVOLTING!

There, I just had to say it.

New RNC staff listed below.

[Chakaconcarne]

64. They don't need Lifelong Republicans anymore..in fact they just get in the way...

The RNC is now owned by foreign money.....Russia.

IF this is not a conspiracy, then it's a big problem!

Little by little we are being taken over...

Am I just wacked thinking this?

[no_hypocrisy]

65. Lara Trump: Any idiot can do this job,

and I’m not just any idiot.

[Simeon Salus]

66. I loved Michael Whatley in Riverdance.

But I thought Lord of the Dance was over the top.

[Warpy]

67. I would certainly hope so

She's a typical nepo hire, no experience in politics or administration, nothing going for her but bleached hair and a big mouth.

It's a typical hostile takeover by an asset stripper, good to see it happening to them for a change.

This is why I have such high hopes for their convention to deteriorate into a Donnybrook.

[yardwork]

68. Good. We told you so.

[Turbineguy]

69. Trump taking over the RNC is the best news yet.

As in "Look at how many lives he saved during the COVID epidemic!"

[Shoonra]

73. We are seeing a rerun ....

This is a rerun of Pat Buchanan's takeover of the Reform Party in 2000. Buchanan replaced experienced Reform Party personnel and officers with his own friends and relations - at fabulous salaries - and they did very little for the campaign. Buchanan himself did very little campaigning, and the result was so miserable that the Reform Party lost its eligibility to appear on most future election ballots. That didn't matter much because Buchanan and his friends sucked the Reform Party accounts dry, leazving it virtually bankrupted and incapable of mounting a meaningful campaign in the next election.

Trump is doing this with the Republican Party, which has more money to be looted. But there is a real risk that - after paying Trump's legal fees (does that include the damages and penalties?) - the Republican Party will be a mere shadow of itself.

[C Moon]

76. tfg is running out of money, he's got to find it somewhere.

[True Blue American]

77. The RNC

Has not had a decent leader since Micheal Steele and he has turned against them.

[orangecrush]

85. The marks

Are wising up.

[SouthernDem4ever]

86. I guess it's up to the Uhleins to fill in all the gaps

Jerks.

[nilram]

87. oh! I'm covered in crocodile tears!

Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!

[Aussie105]

88. Political parties come and go.

They survive on their ethos and perceived competencies.
And the morality of those who run it.

The 'R' party has no positive ethos - grifting isn't a positive - and no competencies nor morality.

It is dying. Donors hide their purses and wallets, and eventually they will deny any involvement.

Every move they make is another shovel full of dirt out of their future grave.
It will be a pauper's grave. With no visitors.

[crim son]

89. They are only just figuring this out now? n/t

[PatrickforB]

90. Wait a minute. I missed something. I thought Eric was with Kimberly Guilfoyle and they did coke orgies and all that.

What happened to her?

[calguy]

91. She's Don jr's. current squeeze

[calguy]

92. They're all in the tank for the grifter

RNC Committeewoman Beth Bloch believes the move is one approved by God. And honestly, that tracks for “The Daily Show” correspondent Desi Lydic, considering “Jesus was the original nepo baby.”

In her speech introducing Lara Trump as the new co-chair, Bloch argued that her appointment reminds everyone “of a powerful truth: God does not call the qualified, God qualifies the called.” According to Block, Lara Trump is “the embodiment of this truth.”

Of course, Desi Lydic did spot a bit of an undertone to Bloch’s words.

“This is the most mean girl introduction I have ever heard,” Lydic mocked, before mimicking the sentiment in an affected voice. “A lot of people think that you should be qualified to have a job, but here’s Lara Trump anyway, take it up with God!”

That said, Lydic did believe the logic of a deity approving Lara Trump’s appointment.

“I get why God would bless Donald Trump appointing his daughter-in-law. I mean, Jesus was the original nepo baby,” she joked. “Forget a job, he started an entire religion based on ‘Um, do you know who my father is?'”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/daily-show-original-nepo-baby-152638279.html

[sellitman]

93. The loser is losing it.

Why is everyone so surprised by this?