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 didnt need anyone elses 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 Partys 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.
Theres only one way to contribute to our efforts, to elect America first Republican conservatives. And in turn, to make America great again. And thats 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 Trumps new political committee and predicted it would eat into the Republican National Committees efforts to raise money from those donors....................
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-begging-donor-money_n_603ff9f6c5b601179ec24b65
trumpy is a begging.
truthisfreedom
(23,146 posts)PatSeg
(47,419 posts)without any help from Democrats, doing something no one else could do.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Link to tweet
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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
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)bdamomma
(63,845 posts)grifting from his mob.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)Dakota Flint
(219 posts)Should have to pay a "fee" of $100 for each cent that it contributes to this monstrous piece of fecal matter.
tanyev
(42,552 posts)Just straight begging.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)It never stops. It never rests. There's always a need for more dollars no matter what.
MrsCheaplaugh
(183 posts)quakerboy
(13,920 posts)I want there to be plenty of funds to pay damages and such on the various lawsuits
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)I'm in favor, too.
Aussie105
(5,383 posts)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!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,223 posts)Blue Owl
(50,355 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)You sin, I sin, we all sin! Sinners, send me money!!! NOW!
former9thward
(31,996 posts)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)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)About its 4 year greatness? ...
Might get a few bucks off that...
Jimbo S
(2,958 posts)I'm sure it would be ghost writers.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)but they do.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)... or died, e.g. Sheldon Adelson.
What's a poor, insurrectionist, former president supposed to do?