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demmiblue

(36,903 posts)
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 09:13 AM Jul 2022

Cawthorn Campaign Illegally Spent Funds It Wasn't Supposed to Touch

Source: The Daily Beast

With two weeks to go until a primary election he was fated to lose, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) was already underwater. His campaign held more than twice as much debt as it had cash on hand, the donor well was dry, and he and his staff were months into a madcap spending streak that one campaign source called “baffling.”

And now, after indeed losing that primary, there’s no money to pay the piper.

Specifically, there’s no money to repay the supporters who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance to Cawthorn’s election efforts beyond the primary—to the general election he now won’t be competing in.

...

“Candidates can’t use general election funds in the primary, and if the candidate loses their primary, they must return general election funds to maxed-out contributors within 60 days,” Fischer told The Daily Beast. “The law around this is clear-cut so the FEC will take violations pretty seriously.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/madison-cawthorn-campaign-illegally-spent-funds-it-wasnt-supposed-to-touch

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Cawthorn Campaign Illegally Spent Funds It Wasn't Supposed to Touch (Original Post) demmiblue Jul 2022 OP
What a nasty piece of work Mysterian Jul 2022 #1
Lock him up n/t mtngirl47 Jul 2022 #2
Maybe they'll get to him after they prosecute Gaetz - remember him? Firestorm49 Jul 2022 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #31
Yep, this dumbass kid found a way to grift onetexan Jul 2022 #32
Good; maybe there won't be more money for the next GOP'r. flying_wahini Jul 2022 #3
The FEC: "Eh! He's a Republican. Next!" 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2022 #4
IOKIYAR AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #9
But he's pro-family values! Zambero Jul 2022 #5
Because, thankfully, the Plum isn't president. Wheels is on his own. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #8
When do the RICO investigation start on the RNC? Is there any one of them that isn't a crook? AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #6
How on earth the American people cannot see this... Ligyron Jul 2022 #20
The enemy of the enemy is my friend TexasBushwhacker Jul 2022 #25
Word Up. Ligyron Jul 2022 #26
So true! TexasBushwhacker Jul 2022 #27
the grifter who can't grift straight vlyons Jul 2022 #7
Grifting along with the bumbling fumbled deeds Zambero Jul 2022 #11
! Kali Jul 2022 #24
Good one! 2naSalit Jul 2022 #12
😂😂😂😂 Rebl2 Jul 2022 #18
Give him a tin cup, a human with a concertina to provide the music... thenelm1 Jul 2022 #10
He'd probably love it. 2naSalit Jul 2022 #13
Better yet, wrap him up in concertina wire. Ligyron Jul 2022 #19
Hope he enjoys that rusty prison-issued wheelchair to go with his orang jumpsuit. Crowman2009 Jul 2022 #14
Guess he'll have to get a real job....doing something....what is it he's good at again? paleotn Jul 2022 #15
Is this any way to treat a republican sex-capades whistle blower? SouthernDem4ever Jul 2022 #16
What else is new? durablend Jul 2022 #17
A fool and his money are soon parted Handler Jul 2022 #21
Anything that causes this little twerp a world of hurt is a good thing Warpy Jul 2022 #22
Quelle Surprise! keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #23
Wow he's so conservative Blue Owl Jul 2022 #28
Quelle surprise. sakabatou Jul 2022 #30
He really did piss some people off with the GOP cocaine orgy reveal n/t Strelnikov_ Jul 2022 #33
And nothing will happen. Mr.Bill Jul 2022 #34

Response to Firestorm49 (Reply #29)

Zambero

(8,974 posts)
5. But he's pro-family values!
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 09:35 AM
Jul 2022

And since Bannon was pardoned by Trump after grifting million$ from his fraudulent border wall scheme, why not give our fine boy Maddie a break as well??

Ligyron

(7,639 posts)
20. How on earth the American people cannot see this...
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 11:13 AM
Jul 2022

It's absolutely beyond me. They just keep voting these would be criminals into office ... whereupon they turn into actual criminals if they aren't one already.

I guess it's just some sort of tradition in the heartland where they think GOP candidates are "fiscally responsible" and "tough on crime". And if not that, then ... "Why mah Daddy voted 'publican so..."

That needs to die somehow.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,222 posts)
25. The enemy of the enemy is my friend
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 03:50 PM
Jul 2022

I say this as a fish belly white Southern woman, the longer I'm on the planet (65 years so far) the more I think it's all rooted in racism, sexism and various other forms of tribalism. The social and economic systems have always been (for THOUSANDS of years) set up to benefit the elites to the detriment of everyone else. In the US, Europe and Australia, almost all of those elites are white, Christian males. The idea that the world would ultimately be better, even for the ruling class, if the world was more fair for EVERYONE falls on deaf ears.

The poor white men and their women, who they consider their property, are convinced that the only thing different from them and Trump is they don't have money YET. But they will someday because GOD blesses his followers. Someday, when they become rich (prosperity gospel) they'll be just like Trump and they don't want BIG GOVERNMENT taking their money.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

Lyndon B. Johnson

TexasBushwhacker

(20,222 posts)
27. So true!
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 04:50 PM
Jul 2022

After all, Trump was broke in the 90s. If he hadn't been bailed out by his father and his siblings, he would have had file personal, not just business, bankruptcy. He had a negative net worth!

paleotn

(17,989 posts)
15. Guess he'll have to get a real job....doing something....what is it he's good at again?
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 10:11 AM
Jul 2022

Not much market for D level, cult college drop outs. And he's blown up his bridges to the reich wing telesphere. Poor little snowflake.



SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
16. Is this any way to treat a republican sex-capades whistle blower?
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 10:11 AM
Jul 2022

Isn't he just doing what all the other grifter republicans are doing? Wasn't trump his mentor? Sheesh!

Warpy

(111,383 posts)
22. Anything that causes this little twerp a world of hurt is a good thing
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 11:41 AM
Jul 2022

although my feeling is that anyone stupid/evil enough to donate "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to his reelection campaign richly deserves to be fleeced.

If it puts him deeply into debt with fines and restitution (the most likely outcome), that's great. Any jail time would be the cherry on the cupcake.

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