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riversedge

(70,204 posts)
Wed Mar 3, 2021, 09:43 PM Mar 2021

Self-Proclaimed Billionaire Trump Now Begging Small-Dollar Donors For Money

Source: huff post





03/03/2021 05:22 pm ET


The lies Trump told at CPAC about the election and his record were not new, but his request for supporters to give money to his new political committee was a first.


ORLANDO, Fla. ― After years of claiming he was so rich he didn’t need anyone else’s money for his political campaigns, Donald Trump is officially asking small-dollar donors ― many of them lower income and older ― to send him cash, potentially hurting the Republican Party’s small-dollar program.

The request was tucked in near the end of his first public appearance since leaving the presidency Jan. 20, a 90-minute speech Sunday that largely recycled his oft-repeated lies about the November election and his record in office.

“There’s only one way to contribute to our efforts, to elect ‘America first’ Republican conservatives. And in turn, to make America great again. And that’s through Save America PAC and Donald J Trump dot com,” he told his Conservative Political Action Conference audience.

One Trump adviser said that single request resulted in “millions of dollars” coming in to Trump’s new political committee and predicted it would eat into the Republican National Committee’s efforts to raise money from those donors....................

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-begging-donor-money_n_603ff9f6c5b601179ec24b65



trumpy is a begging.


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Self-Proclaimed Billionaire Trump Now Begging Small-Dollar Donors For Money (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2021 OP
Dismantling the gop's money machine? truthisfreedom Mar 2021 #1
He's destroying the republican party PatSeg Mar 2021 #19
Jr: To help the movement and the America first agenda my father started. DJT just said it... Donate soothsayer Mar 2021 #2
Filling up his pockets with more cash from dummies. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2021 #3
A mob boss bdamomma Mar 2021 #18
Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2021 #22
Any moron contributing to this moron Dakota Flint Mar 2021 #4
Not even bothering with crappy wine or steaks anymore. tanyev Mar 2021 #5
Trump's absolute dedication to grifting suckers is truly amazing. Yavin4 Mar 2021 #6
With an unlimited number of suckers -- one born every minute. MrsCheaplaugh Mar 2021 #8
I am fully in favor of his fundraising efforts quakerboy Mar 2021 #7
And fewer dollars for real candidates More_Cowbell Mar 2021 #12
It's clear evidence that Trump is hurting financially. Aussie105 Mar 2021 #9
Brad Parscale needs more Ferraris. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2021 #15
,,,,, ailsagirl Mar 2021 #10
For people in the con business, the "work" never ends. The cons overlap. It's continuous. nt Progressive Jones Mar 2021 #11
Grifters gotta grift. ZonkerHarris Mar 2021 #13
Whiny Donny needs money... YOUR money! Blue Owl Mar 2021 #14
It was always Televangelism in another form bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #16
He is taking advantage of HR 1. former9thward Mar 2021 #17
He reminds me of a televangicalist PatSeg Mar 2021 #20
Has the yellow haired doofus wrote a book yet...? Maxheader Mar 2021 #21
He couldn't write shit Jimbo S Mar 2021 #24
Can't believe people would waste hard-earned money on a con man mdbl Mar 2021 #23
The big-money donors have mostly abandoned him FakeNoose Mar 2021 #25

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
19. He's destroying the republican party
Thu Mar 4, 2021, 09:57 AM
Mar 2021

without any help from Democrats, doing something no one else could do.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
2. Jr: To help the movement and the America first agenda my father started. DJT just said it... Donate
Wed Mar 3, 2021, 09:50 PM
Mar 2021

?s=21

Donald Trump Jr.
@DonaldJTrumpJr
Important point to note since so many of you guys ask me where to donate To help the movement and the America first agenda my father started. DJT just said it...
Donate to Save America PAC at http://donaldjtrump.com.

Anywhere else is not us despite what they tell you!

Donald J. Trump for President
donaldjtrump.com
 

Dakota Flint

(219 posts)
4. Any moron contributing to this moron
Wed Mar 3, 2021, 10:02 PM
Mar 2021

Should have to pay a "fee" of $100 for each cent that it contributes to this monstrous piece of fecal matter.

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
6. Trump's absolute dedication to grifting suckers is truly amazing.
Wed Mar 3, 2021, 10:13 PM
Mar 2021

It never stops. It never rests. There's always a need for more dollars no matter what.

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)
7. I am fully in favor of his fundraising efforts
Wed Mar 3, 2021, 10:38 PM
Mar 2021

I want there to be plenty of funds to pay damages and such on the various lawsuits

Aussie105

(5,383 posts)
9. It's clear evidence that Trump is hurting financially.
Thu Mar 4, 2021, 12:11 AM
Mar 2021

And a strong hint as to how to choke the life out of his 2024 plans - go for his cash flow!

Maybe point out to potential donors two things: What they may need to forego to donate, and what their dollars are wasted on?

Slowly but surely - strangle the GQP!

former9thward

(31,996 posts)
17. He is taking advantage of HR 1.
Thu Mar 4, 2021, 09:27 AM
Mar 2021

There is a provision in the proposed law which gives politicians a 6 to 1 match from the federal government for contributions from small contributors ($200 or less). He is taking advantage of the law (as will others very soon).

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
20. He reminds me of a televangicalist
Thu Mar 4, 2021, 10:01 AM
Mar 2021

begging for nickels and dimes from those who can afford it the least, while he lives in a mansion enjoying the good life.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
21. Has the yellow haired doofus wrote a book yet...?
Thu Mar 4, 2021, 10:27 AM
Mar 2021


About its 4 year greatness? ...

Might get a few bucks off that...

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
25. The big-money donors have mostly abandoned him
Thu Mar 4, 2021, 12:59 PM
Mar 2021

... or died, e.g. Sheldon Adelson.

What's a poor, insurrectionist, former president supposed to do?





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