More on Donald Trump’s continual effort to make money off of politics….
Former President Trump encouraged donors to give money to his Save America PAC instead of to Republicans he dubbed “RINOS” in another departure from traditional GOP campaign operations.
“No more money for RINOS,” Trump said in a statement late Monday, referring to “Republicans in name only.” “They do nothing but hurt the Republican Party and our great voting base—they will never lead us to Greatness.”
“Send your donation to Save America PAC at DonaldJTrump.com,” the statement continued. “We will bring it all back stronger than ever before!”
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Last week, Trump blasted The Wall Street Journal for its editorial calling for Republicans to move on from the former president. The newspaper’s editorial highlighted the Republican Party’s electoral losses under Trump, including the House in 2018 and the Senate this year.
“They fight for RINOS that have so badly hurt the Republican Party,” he said in a statement. “That’s where they are and that’s where they will always be. Fortunately, nobody cares much about The Wall Street Journal editorial anymore. They have lost great credibility.” …
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Trump Tries to Turn 74 Million Voters Into Buyers
Bloomberg: “The company could use a boost from fans who sent Trump to the White House and wanted him there for four more years. Winning their vote may be easier than getting their dollars.”
“Donald Trump built his corporate and political empires around very different groups. While rural voters without college degrees were the core of his constituency in November, his career caters to the coastal elites he mocks from the podium.”
More on the Trump money grab efforts from the party to his own pockets….
Trump Tries to Wrestle Away GOP Fundraising
New York Times: “The former president this week escalated a standoff over the Republican Party’s financial future, blasting party leaders and urging his backers to send donations to his new political action committee — not to the institutional groups that traditionally control the G.O.P.’s coffers.”
“The aggressive move against his own party is the latest sign that Mr. Trump is trying to wrest control of the low-dollar online fund-raising juggernaut he helped create, diverting it from Republican fund-raising groups toward his own committee, which has virtually no restrictions on how the money can be spent.”
It was a familiar play by Donald J. Trump: lashing out at his enemies and trying to raise money from it.
The former president this week escalated a standoff over the Republican Party’s financial future, blasting party leaders and urging his backers to send donations to his new political action committee — not to the institutional groups that traditionally control the G.O.P.’s coffers.
“No more money for RINOS,” he said in a statement released on Monday by his bare-bones post-presidential office, referring to Republicans In Name Only. He directed donors to his own website instead.
The aggressive move against his own party is the latest sign that Mr. Trump is trying to wrest control of the low-dollar online fund-raising juggernaut he helped create, diverting it from Republican fund-raising groups toward his own committee, which has virtually no restrictions on how the money can be spent….
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Ah kick em again Trump.
They like it!
Donie O’Sullivan
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Trump will launch his own social media platform in 2-3 months, says Jason Miller
Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg must be trembling…