Chump Demands Cut of Donations to Down-Ballot Republicans Who Use His Name
Last edited Wed Apr 17, 2024, 10:46 PM - Edit history (1)
Rolling Stone link: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-demands-cut-donations-down-ballot-republicans-1235006262/
“Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations,” the letter added.
Trump by no means lacks fundraising revenue, but he is spending mountains of cash on the slew of civil and criminal cases against him. The former president has been leveraging his various trials as a motivator for small donor donations, but according to Federal Election Commission filings released earlier this week, he brought in $75 million less than President Joe Biden’s campaign in the first quarter of 2024.
The letter demonstrates how fixated the Trump campaign is on ensuring that political donations in any way linked to Trump make it directly to the campaign’s coffers. The notice includes a series of guidelines for vendors listing fundraising tactics they should avoid, including speaking on behalf of President Trump, mentioning the president’s family without their consent or the consent of the campaign, and even “copying the language or style from President Trump’s fundraising solicitations.”
Hey this is great! They'll stop mentioning his name immediately. By this summer they'll all be saying, "Donald who?"
EDIT TO ADD: the actual letter ( PDF format) has been released by Politico and it can be downloaded here: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018e-ed56-dff0-a7de-fd7e8f970000
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This was printed at the bottom of the letter:
So JFC stands for "joint fundraising committee" - meaning that the Chump campaign and the RNC are working together on everything.
The letter can be downloaded here: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018e-ed56-dff0-a7de-fd7e8f970000
I think what they plan to do is invoice the "digital vendors" - meaning the media outlets - that are charging the down-ticket candidates for advertising. Chump's going to swoop in and grab 5% from the vendors. I got that idea because the letters were sent out to the "media vendors" not the candidates' campaign headquarters.
They'll have to monitor all those down-ticket ads to keep track of who owes them. TV, radio, newspapers, internet websites - who's going to track all of this?
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