Turns out the people who gave once with credit cards got their cards hit again and again weekly without their authorization….
Biden’s campaign made refunds also, but Trump’s campaign percentage of them were TEN TIMES as much….
Former President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign reportedly issued a total of roughly $122 million in refunds to supporters in 2020.
The refunds were given, in part, because of a fine-print disclaimer in communications that officials used to continue charging one-time donors or doubling their contribution amounts.
A New York Times investigation published Saturday found that starting in September, with only two months to go to before the 2020 presidential election, the Trump campaign allegedly set up weekly recurring donations as the default for online donors.
Donors reportedly had to manually uncheck a box to opt out, and the notice of recurring donations was allegedly included only in a fine-print statement, according to the Times.
The news outlet also found that as Election Day neared, the Trump campaign added a second prechecked box that doubled a person’s contribution, along with new lines of text in bold and capital letters that the paper said distracted from language informing donors on how to opt out of the automatic donation plan.
The Times noted that soon after the campaign implemented these practices, several Trump supporters, including retirees and military veterans, sent fraud complaints to banks and credit card companies after reporting unauthorized withdrawals from their accounts….
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Trump continued to raise money after Election Day through what he claimed was an effort to fight widespread voter fraud in several states. He repeatedly claimed following the 2020 election that the contest had been tainted by widespread voter fraud.
However, federal and state election officials have stated that there is no evidence to suggest that widespread voter fraud occurred….
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According to the Times analysis, the Trump team in total refunded 10.7 percent of the money raised in 2020 on the Republican Party’s fundraising platform WinRed.
In contrast, the Biden campaign refunded just 2.2 percent of its total 2020 donations, according to federal records reviewed by the Times….
Stat of the Day
The 2020 Trump campaign accounted for up to 3% of all credit card fraud claims in the entire country, the New York Times reports.
According to Reuters /Ipsos Poll:
Half the Republican Party are delusional kooks.
They believe the demonstrable lie that the insurrection of Jan.6 was largely peaceful and the the only violence was perpetrated by leftists trying to make Trump look bad.
60% believe,with no evidence whatsoever ,that the election was stolen from Trump.
Tell me how you can “compromise “ with irrationality?
“Leftists trying to make Trump look bad”
So all of those arrested with entire wardrobes of MAGA gear and with video and postings showing them attending Trump rallies and some being Republican office holders were really just method actors.
Wow!
Why not? conservatives believe lots of weird shit.
Take CG for example.. I recall CG recently arguing that devout Catholics in the US are disproportionately Republicans.
Well, devout Catholics all believe that the pope is God’ representative on earth.
And that pope just said yesterday that it is scandalous that some countries are increasing military spending during the pandemic. So if conservatives are More likely to be devout Catholics, then surely they must be listening to God’s representative on earth, who by the way still polls better with liberals than conservatives.
I recommend the HBO docuseries “Q-Into the Storm”. The conclusion? After 3 years of exhausting investigative journalism ut appears “Q” is a weirdo father and son team of tech bros who live overseas. The father having trafficked in underage porn sites in the 90s. The son an admin on tbe sketchy conspiracy theory laden site 8 Chan.
You can’t make this shit up!
I saw it, it was a real life Fellini movie. Bottom line, they’re just doing it for the money.
They chose their marks well. Trump supporters are the most gullible people to walk the Earth.
Zombies….
Are you suggesting that Trump supporters feed on human flesh?
Specifically, your brain?
I thought that all zombies enjoyed human flesh, and James called Trump supporters zombies.
Dave is obviously more familiar with zombies than I am.
The zombies were hungry Jan. 6th….
You wonder how many Trump Supporters have still not recognized that they were defrauded?
Or care?
… well given Trump’s logic on the Access Hollywood tape, those donors actually enjoyed being robbed
I CAN see that….
Here’s the post on the Trump campaign refunds….