Big money flows to Trump to counter Bloomberg

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

The newest super PAC supporting Donald Trump’s reelection has spent more than $80 million in the last month, providing a badly needed boost to the president as his campaign faces a cash crunch and he confronts an avalanche of liberal money.

Preserve America, an outfit that has the backing of GOP megadonors, has suddenly become one of the biggest outside group spenders of the 2020 campaign. Its most recent investment is a $25 million TV ad buy featuring a Kenosha, Wisconsin man accusing Democrat Joe Biden of refusing to stand up to rioters who burned down his small business.

The infusion has given Trump some cover as an array of liberal super PACs descend on swing states. Billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a $100 million blitz in Florida – a massive sum for a single state.

But Biden’s advertising advantage over Trump is more concerning for the president. Biden out-paced Trump more than 2-to-1 on the airwaves last week, according to the media tracking firm Advertising Analytics.



Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/28/trump-super-pac-bloomberg-422407

[mucifer]

1. nothing compared the the 300 million CDC propaganda pro trump campaign ramping up

[soothsayer]

3. That might blow up spectacularly

What on earth could they possibly say that wouldn’t get instantly shot down by facts?

[mucifer]

5. This kind of thing works in dictatorships and thats what they are trying to do. Also, it's

destroying the credibility of the CDC if Biden does win. It's what the dictators around the world want. They want us destroyed and trump is doing the best he can to destroy us.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. This.

[yardwork]

2. I wonder where this money comes from.

[ancianita]

14. Ballotpedia says PA, led by Chris LaCivita, formed Aug 2020, is donated to by Adelson and

Bernie Marcus, the Home Depot guy.

I don't know where the $80 mil figure is sourced from, its spending doesn't look even close to Biden's spending.

https://ballotpedia.org/Preserve_America

[fleur-de-lisa]

15. I'm surprised they keep blowing money on Dump.

They have to know he will spend it unwisely and that some will go in Dump's pocket.

[ancianita]

16. Apparently, there's a benefit for them.

Tax experts say it's possible that businesses are using an aggressive interpretation of the law to wring a tax advantage out of their donations to these groups.

It's almost impossible to know whether it's happening, partly because the groups— also known by their IRS designation as 501(c)(4)s—aren't required to disclose their donors. (That's why the contributions have been dubbed "dark money.&quot

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/are-corporations-claiming-tax-breaks-super-pac-donations/330355/

Not all. At least now for our side. Because really, who's got the time to track all that, which is precisely why it does work for both Trump and them, because somewhere along the way, people participate in giving energy and power to that class or mafia construct, imo.

[Illage Vidiot]

6. Rubles, I Presume

[Freethinker65]

7. How much after Trump funnels his cut to Trump Inc?

[Iliyah]

8. When the CDC funds can be used to help states . .

with PPEs and other materials to help combat the rising infection, hospital and deaths, shows that the administrations main purpose is for shithole's re-election. Using CDC funds for personal campaign use is illegal.

[still_one]

9. Being run by the thugs who brought you the swift boaters

includes "the backing of several prominent Republican donors including casino tycoon Sheldon Adleson and Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus."

"The group called "Preserve America," will be run by veteran GOP operative Chris LaCivita who is best known as the architect of the group "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," which hammered the war record of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004.
Preserve America will start to air ads Tuesday in the battleground states of Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Iowa and Arizona. They plan to invest $25 million in television ads and another $5 million in digital ads.
The investment comes two months before the election as Trump continues to trail former Vice President Joe Biden in the polls, and to win Trump would have to be the first incumbent in over 70 years to come from behind after trailing following the major party conventions."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/politics/trump-super-pac/index.html

[NEOBuckeye]

19. Too little, too late

And I say take them seriously anyway.

I also hope Adelson goes bankrupt.

[still_one]

20. Agreed

[Roy Rolling]

10. Ha ha

It’s not what is raised but how it is spent.

Undecided voters are not convinced by TV commercials from candidates who whine how much of a pathetic victim they are.

But go ahead, burn through more cash on a candidate who is happy to lose other peoples’ money all his life. 😂😂

[yaesu]

11. putins money.nt

[ebbie15644]

12. They have been flooding

our tv markets in Western PA and some very good ads unfortunately. Which at least here, I don't think a lack of Trump paid ads will matter

[orangecrush]

13. Kick his ass!

With votes!

[Earthshine2]

17. Battle of the billionaires -- WTF is wrong with this picture? nt

[DLCWIdem]

18. Is that Kenosha man the actual business man or

The fake one seen on tv when Trump went to Kenosha. That business that was burned down did not belong to the man who was talking to Trump. He had sold the business a year before and the actual owner refused to interview with Trump. So Trump found the old owner. It would be interesting to find out who is actually in those commercials. And maybe counter them with the actual owner.