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, theres no money to pay the piper.
Specifically, theres no money to repay the supporters who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance to Cawthorns election efforts beyond the primaryto the general election he now wont be competing in.
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Candidates cant 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
Mysterian
(4,597 posts)Even too vile for the average republican.
mtngirl47
(991 posts)Firestorm49
(4,037 posts)Response to Firestorm49 (Reply #29)
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onetexan
(13,071 posts)And is exploiting it.
flying_wahini
(6,667 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,064 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,795 posts)Zambero
(8,974 posts)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??
AZLD4Candidate
(5,795 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,795 posts)Ligyron
(7,639 posts)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)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
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)"Temporarily embarrassed millionaires" comes to mind.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,222 posts)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!
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Zambero
(8,974 posts)2naSalit
(86,843 posts)thenelm1
(855 posts)and sit him on a street corner.
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)Ligyron
(7,639 posts)Army guys know about that stuff ... ouch!
Crowman2009
(2,502 posts)paleotn
(17,989 posts)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)Isn't he just doing what all the other grifter republicans are doing? Wasn't trump his mentor? Sheesh!
durablend
(7,465 posts)Handler
(336 posts)Warpy
(111,383 posts)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.
keithbvadu2
(36,962 posts)Blue Owl
(50,532 posts)sakabatou
(42,186 posts)Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)Nothing. This is probably the last we will hear of this.