RNC resolution to ban paying Trump's legal bills is 'dead'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

03/05/24 10:49 PM ET


The Republican National Committee (RNC) failed to earn enough support from states to bring a resolution to ban paying former President Trump’s legal bills to a vote.

Henry Barbour, who serves as Mississippi’s national committeeman, confirmed to several news outlets that the resolutions he drafted that would have prohibited the committee from covering the former president’s growing legal bills is dead.

The RNC is meeting Friday in Houston to elect a new chair after former Chair Ronna McDaniel announced she would resign on March 8. Barbour confirmed to Politico that the resolution is “dead” and won’t be voted on during Friday’s meeting because he only received co-sponsors from eight out of 10 required states to bring the resolution to a vote.

Trump has already endorsed his preferred replacement for McDaniel’s former seat, RNC general counsel Michael Whatley. He also endorsed his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, to serve as the next co-chair. Lara Trump previously said she would spend “every single penny” of RNC funds to reelect her father-in-law to the White House.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4511516-rnc-resolution-to-ban-paying-trumps-legal-bills-is-dead/

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. The coup

is complete.

[Vinca]

14. Coup de grift.

[padah513]

2. Good let the dumb asses pay his bills

That's resources he can't use for campaigning and neither can anyone else in his party down ticket.

[TurboDem]

3. He doesn't need to spend any money campaigning.

The media is doing that part for him.

[oldmanlynn]

22. The RNC money is used for down ballot races also

That what i believe so trump spending it all on homself and legal bills means they wont have money for other races.

[Pototan]

10. Exactly

I was just going to post the same thing.

The less money that the RNC can spend on campaigning to elect Trump and other MAGAt Repukes, the better.

Spending money on Trump's legal bills is like taking the money to an incinerator and burning it.

[Botany]

12. Good! Because not only will this take money from other campaigns but from fund raising as well ...

but if the GOP wants to get in that barrel and take a ride over Niagara Falls let ‘em. Because unless
you have some money to pay them professional fund raisers will not touch them. So please let
Trump be their nominee with his D in Law as head of the RNC and let them suck the coffers dry trying
to keep Donny out of prison.

[machoneman]

13. Yes, exactly as I've been saying here for some time now. It's great in that zero $ will ever go to any down ballot....

...R's/MAGAT's for their campaigns, be it Gov/House/Senate, dogcatcher etc. This will also impact Federal campaigns (Senate, House) while at the same time turn off the cash spigot from big donors who want $ sent to down ballot R candidates. This is a win for us as TFG and Lara have badly miscalculated here so early in the race. Good, I say!

[Think. Again.]

4. I hope it bankrupts the rnc and everyone who donates to them.

[NYC Liberal]

18. That was my thought.

Maybe he'll get them to pay the NY judgment and wipe them out.

He doesn't give a shit about the party and he'll gladly take them for everything they've got. Let's hope it does.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Is it possible. IS IT POSSIBLE!!!

Could Trump be the iceberg that sinks the GOP Titanic?

Could he be one financial liability too many for the Republican Party?

Could he turn the Republicans into deadbeats who can't pay their own bills?

I won't hold out for hope. If he becomes president, he'll probably find a way to transfer the cost to the taxpayers.

[3Hotdogs]

11. Third sentence: I already has happened in several states.

[HootieMcBoob]

15. Could it be...

That Lindsey was right?

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[Botany]

19. " Could Trump be the iceberg that sinks the GOP Titanic?"

As the captain of the Titanic said, “Free ice in every room.”

[Historic NY]

6. Suckers...Donald needs the cash cow

[bucolic_frolic]

7. The Libertarian wing has won

These people are the most dangerous threat to a civilized society ever. EVER!

[HootieMcBoob]

16. Libertarians and

White Christonationalists.

And, the extremely gullible and ignorant.

[SergeStorms]

8. And the grift goes on....

The "billionaire", who is so wealthy he was going to finance his own campaign without any outside money, is now going to bankrupt the Republican National Committee.

"The Art of the Steal." That's Donald Trump's true legacy. NOT his "self made man" real estate "empire". The guy is the consummate conman, and republicans bought every word he said; hook, line, and sinker.

Good. Those greedy bastards, who've been robbing Americans blind for decades, have had their own pockets picked. What goes around comes around. They met their match with the orange festering pus-wart.

[Bucky]

9. These people want a king. They hunger to bend the knee, kiss the ring, lick the boot...

They want a feudal overlord and they're getting one. They'll celebrate every thing Putin's hackers interfere on Trump's behalf.
When they lose in November, a lot of them will get violent.

We're in for a bumpy year.

[machoneman]

17. Yes. Joe needs to bring out the U.S. Army for sure to D.C. well before the election. A show of force to get the...

...attention of these miscreant liars, fools and insurrectionists. Oh, and for those who will say that's bad look for the USA? Screw you if you think J6 was a picnic. This one will be far, far worse. Let the tanks and APC's roam the streets, I say!

[Bucky]

25. Ha-ha. Sarcasm noted.

But of course we don't want any of that.

And the J6's this time around will probably be on Dec 15th in the half a dozen purple state capitals where Biden wins and the Electoral College winners will meet to cast the peoples' ballots. I expect that the Michigan and Arizona ones, assuming Biden wins there, will get violent.

[cstanleytech]

38. You forgot to mention the stop they make after kissing ring to tongue the ass so as to refuel.

[Bucky]

40. ≡: O

≡: >O

[Maeve]

20. Go ahead, spend it ALL of his legal bills. Fools.

[2naSalit]

21. Makes me wonder...

How many will become disillusioned at this and drop out of the part where they let their $$ flow to the RNC.

[marble falls]

27. Torn between watching his money dry up and having a guilty verdict or two end the grift.

[2naSalit]

29. I'm...

Rooting for both.

[marble falls]

30. Me, too. Along with a train wreck, like Melania finding an expert pit bull divorce lawyer.

[2naSalit]

31. Indeed.

Hey, you're about to be all 5s in five posts!

[magicarpet]

33. Melania could take trDUMP Tower from him in a divorce proceeding..

Evict everyone from the building. And then use the entire former trDUMP Tower to store her cosmetics, shoes, and extensive wardrobe. That should be ample room for her extensive vanity and walk in closet needs.

[NonPC]

34. Need To Stand in Line Behind E. Jean and NY State for $$$

Me thinks Melania will have to go back to "modeling" and "escorting" other elderly men...

[tanyev]

23. Enjoy your money pit, Republicans.

[dalton99a]

24. Lara will pass a resolution to keep spending details a secret

[JoseBalow]

45. Aren't there rules about reporting on spending?

Or can they just do whatever they want with donated cash?

[marble falls]

26. So they think. He's already embedded his minions on the RNC. You can't keep a stone grifter down.

[Beartracks]

28. Trump is an orange albatross around the neck of the GOP.

I mean... they asked for it. But still, it's a pitiful sight.

=================

[riversedge]

35. My dark side will enjoy the falling. Just wish it would happen sooner than November.

[Freethinker65]

32. Take the money and run (away)

Refuse to fund any GOP member's campaign unless they hold events and fundraisers at Trump properties and use remaining campaign funds for assistance from a Trump approved list of people/businesses that have agreed to kickback more money to Trump.

[Chi67]

36. The RNC doesn't have the money

Right now they only have $8 million. That won’t cover Trump’s legal bills:

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-national-committee-funding-cash-finances-1866326

[SouthernDem4ever]

37. Sickening that people donate to the RNC or these PACS

And they don't know that it's being spent for nefarious reasons - well some of them do.

[twodogsbarking]

39. I hear chickens. Y'all hear chickens?

[Chakaconcarne]

41. Why would small donors send their donations to Trump lawyers instead of toward winning elections?

Why even would most big donors?

Unless the legal fights themselves are part of the long term strategy?

[BumRushDaShow]

42. Since they have gerrymandered their states (including Congressional Districts) then Grover Norquist said it best

(from 2012)

The 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy that 45 signed back then, sunsets during the next Presidential term so need that re-upped!

[republianmushroom]

43. Continuing to fleece those sheep.

[twodogsbarking]

44. The Republicans are no longer a political party. They are Trump's bank and punching bag.

There is no need for an election, they just want to take over. Stay tuned.