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BumRushDaShow

(129,029 posts)
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 05:28 PM Mar 20

Trump campaign pleads for one million donations as cash crunch looms

Source: Reuters

March 20, 2024 2:40 PM EDT


March 20 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's campaign on Wednesday called for donations from one million of his backers, warning he could lose his New York properties, two days after the former president failed to secure a bond to cover a $454 million judgment in a civil fraud case.

"KEEP YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF TRUMP TOWER!," reads a message to supporters from a joint fundraising committee that allocates the money it collects to his campaign and a separate political committee that has been paying Trump's legal bills. The civil fraud case, brought by New York state Attorney General Letitia James in September 2022, is one of several legal travails that Trump faces ahead of a Nov. 5 election rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden.

The message, sent by text with prompts for supporters to donate in amounts ranging from $20.24 to $3,300 or a specific amount, accuses James of wanting to seize Trump's properties and portrays her actions as part of a broader effort by Biden and Democrats to harm his reelection campaign. "So before the day is over, I'm calling on ONE MILLION Pro-Trump patriots to chip in and say: STOP THE WITCH HUNT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP!" the campaign message said.

Biden has said he is not involved in any of the cases against Trump. The Biden campaign declined to comment. The fundraising message links donors to the joint fundraising committee that Trump typically asks supporters to contribute through. It alludes to James' case, but it does not say that funds would be used for that purpose.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-campaign-pleads-one-million-donations-cash-crunch-looms-2024-03-20/

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Trump campaign pleads for one million donations as cash crunch looms (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 20 OP
C'mon MAGAts, sell your cars, your houses, all your possessions and bail out your fat savior! Blue Owl Mar 20 #1
When do they stop begging? Lovie777 Mar 20 #2
Does tsf have 1 million pro patriots? PortTack Mar 20 #3
They will send it..., miss-nasty Mar 20 #4
Anti-traitor people should donate money to Planned Parenthood, Dems, any cause Marthe48 Mar 20 #5
Management punishes you if you don't ask bedazzled Mar 20 #18
I'm always polite to the clerks Marthe48 Mar 20 #19
Me too bedazzled Mar 20 #20
I wish it were mandatory. jimfields33 Mar 21 #31
As i've stated before, he WILL have the money bluestarone Mar 20 #6
I agree. This has been pro forma, pooooo9r, pitiful me whining. He niyad Mar 20 #17
hes still gotta repay it samnsara Mar 21 #22
That is not the point we are discussing right now. This is about his niyad Mar 21 #30
A million donations? I thought he was a "Billionaire". Can't he just come up with the money himself? 4lbs Mar 20 #7
I won't go to that site but tom_kelly Mar 20 #8
I know in the past BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #9
I now remember hearing that recently tom_kelly Mar 20 #10
WTF? SouthernDem4ever Mar 20 #11
Is lubricant included? twodogsbarking Mar 20 #12
Fools and their money are parted kimbutgar Mar 20 #13
I was thinking of a Go Fund Me for a Walmart Card for Melania so she can buy more tacky clothes Hikerchick57 Mar 20 #14
Return on 'investment'? Aussie105 Mar 20 #15
Preferably with a minimum of $1000 per donation Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 20 #16
im going to mail him a penny and include a RESIST samnsara Mar 21 #21
Scam. i bet he has someone, at the 11th hour, will reveal themselves to bail him out. Javaman Mar 21 #23
It won't be the pillow guy prodigitalson Mar 21 #25
I'm predicting some foreign billionaire nt Javaman Mar 21 #34
Why does not his billionaire friends pay? bmichaelh Mar 21 #24
Is this even legal? sop Mar 21 #26
Beg much? Kid Berwyn Mar 21 #27
I think trump and his deplorables love the tv show type drama of all of this and he already has mucifer Mar 21 #28
Poor guy. I'll check under my sofa cushions and see if I can find a little something for him. Midnight Writer Mar 21 #29
"The kids aren't going to college. What the hell, Ma...they can just eat on even days this year. Let's chip in!" Scalded Nun Mar 21 #32
Oh, my fuckin' heart just bleeds. Novara Mar 21 #33
The emperor's got no cash... Blue Idaho Mar 21 #35
And the fleecing nevers stops. republianmushroom Mar 21 #36

Marthe48

(16,963 posts)
5. Anti-traitor people should donate money to Planned Parenthood, Dems, any cause
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 05:50 PM
Mar 20

It would be fun to let the recipient know that the donation is on behalf of traitor, or to let traitor know you have better ways to spend your money than to bail out a "billionaire"
Or send requests to traitor asking him to donate to you.

Kind of related to solicitation: I was in a store the other day. My granddaughter checked out ahead of me, and the clerk asked her if she wanted to round up to the local food bank. My granddaughter declined. She must have said something else, because the clerk started saying, Everywhere you go it's donate to this, donate to that. Why don't people donate to ME?" My granddaughter was unfazed by the unexpected tirade. When she asked me, I said no, thank you. I guess some of the clerks hate asking as much as customers getting asked.

My granddaughter volunteers time to the food bank every week, and I donate money once in awhile. Plus, if I want to donate to something, I'll make my own arrangements.

jimfields33

(15,807 posts)
31. I wish it were mandatory.
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 09:44 AM
Mar 21

I can’t believe how nasty people are to grocery store cashiers. They blame them for the prices, insist they put the groceries in the cart even when there are no baggers, and ask why they only got this far in life. I’m not exaggerating. It’s elitism and entitlement. It’s gross.

bluestarone

(16,943 posts)
6. As i've stated before, he WILL have the money
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 05:54 PM
Mar 20

By the 25th. I go opposite of what they say. He says he doesn't have the bond money. So we'll see.

niyad

(113,315 posts)
17. I agree. This has been pro forma, pooooo9r, pitiful me whining. He
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 10:18 PM
Mar 20

will probably post by noon Monday.

niyad

(113,315 posts)
30. That is not the point we are discussing right now. This is about his
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 09:38 AM
Mar 21

whining act about not being able to raise the money, and whether it will miraculously show up on Monday.

4lbs

(6,858 posts)
7. A million donations? I thought he was a "Billionaire". Can't he just come up with the money himself?
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 05:55 PM
Mar 20

Oh wait, he lied about all that?

You don't say.

Wow, what is the world coming to when you can't even trust a TV personality and politician on what he says?

Dumpy the Clown is about as authentic as his orange spray-tan.


tom_kelly

(960 posts)
8. I won't go to that site but
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 06:18 PM
Mar 20

I wonder if it allows donors to use credit cards. Wouldn't be surprised if some super magas have maxed out a cc or two on tsf

BumRushDaShow

(129,029 posts)
9. I know in the past
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 06:24 PM
Mar 20

they have had their fundraising sites automatically default to "monthly" donations and eventually the MAGat realized it when they maxed their credit cards out from those donations, and went batshit crazy.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
11. WTF?
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 07:21 PM
Mar 20

Tell him to ask Jared for the cash. He should be able to get it from the Saudi prince. I wonder if the Orange blowhard will be spewing all these lies about how rich he is from now on.

kimbutgar

(21,153 posts)
13. Fools and their money are parted
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 08:02 PM
Mar 20

I’d love for some of his donors to declare bankruptcy because they are in debt giving the orange maggot money.

Aussie105

(5,397 posts)
15. Return on 'investment'?
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 08:53 PM
Mar 20

Will 1,000,000 Americans be prepared to give an average of $500 each to help their Annointed One?

Will Trump keeping his Trump Tower be enough of a warm glow for them to part with the money?

I'm thinking that return isn't going to do it for some, donation exhaustion must be setting in for a lot of people.

Don't want to be rude, but donating into a financial Black Hole doesn't appeal to me.

Popcorn! I'm buying shares in a popcorn factory instead.

EDIT: I object to the title.
The cash crunch is already here, it is the consequences of that cash crunch that are still to happen.

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
21. im going to mail him a penny and include a RESIST
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 07:28 AM
Mar 21

...card. I had about 500 printed up after 2016 and I've got some left.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
23. Scam. i bet he has someone, at the 11th hour, will reveal themselves to bail him out.
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 07:41 AM
Mar 21

and he knows it. and this is just a ploy.

Kid Berwyn

(14,907 posts)
27. Beg much?
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 08:37 AM
Mar 21

Biggest begging ever. A record. The most in history. So much begging. You are going to get tired of begging.

mucifer

(23,545 posts)
28. I think trump and his deplorables love the tv show type drama of all of this and he already has
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 08:50 AM
Mar 21

the money from putin. So in the last minute it will look like a victory for him. he is the underdog and no one can defeat him and he will have lots more money because of the recent groveling.

Scalded Nun

(1,236 posts)
32. "The kids aren't going to college. What the hell, Ma...they can just eat on even days this year. Let's chip in!"
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 09:45 AM
Mar 21

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
35. The emperor's got no cash...
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 11:39 AM
Mar 21

What happened to the guy who came down the escalator and announced he didn’t need your money? He claimed to be a billionaire so he was incorruptible. Well, guess what? He’s available to the highest bidder now.

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