I am absolutely bumfuzzled that a PAC can be raided to pay for tRump's legal expenses. How is he not incurring a tax liability for this? If somehow the Dems do well next November it looks to me like the campaign finance and PAC laws need a major overhaul.
Are there no legal constraints at all that govern campaign v personal expenditures? Can looting of the RNC campaign treasury be as blatant as people are suggesting? Paying legal fees - i.e., attorneys' billing for court cases - is one thing, but directing moneys into paying down a court-ordered civil judgment? Seriously? Grift isn't the word for all this, how about felony fraud and misappropriation of campaign funds? Works for me.
1) IF Trump plans to blatantly siphon off RNC funds?? Pu-leez!!! WHEN, more like.
2) Considering the damage the GOP has done to the country and ongoing threat DJT presents, pardon me while I fail to shed a tear. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch.
RIP RNC! DJT is desperate for cash and he’s set his sights on you. Too bad you weren’t paying attention to his grifting ways. Also, you ignored the obvious about the way DJT works, everything and everyone he touches fails or dies.
The Republicans deserve being taken for rubes. tRump is going to have his own chapter in history where all his marks are listed - top of the list MAGA, next RNC. When you will do anything to win, you are so much more likely to be pegged as a sucker. Just don’t stand next to the Evil Orange One or you’ll find his hand in your pocket. Guess it helps to have tiny hands.
I think it is awesome that the Orange Jesus is going to grift off the RNC and deprive other Republican candidates of their financial assistance. I mean, it is not as though it was a secret that he already grifted his own tax exempt "foundation", that he pocketed money he raised for veterans, and that his family even pocketed money donated for kids with cancer. The RNC knew exactly what they were doing when they swore their fealty to him, at least they should have.
It’s time for campaign finance reform #555! DJT has formed a whole new level of graft and corruption in America. Once he is in prison, lots needs to be done to change all the rules and regulations in this country to avoid encouraging others to tear down civility even further.
I'm not against trump raiding the RNC. They went all in on him and deserve every negative consequence of that choice. However, I read that Viktor Orban is making a visit to maga lardo this week. Anyone else think trump will suddenly come into a shit ton of money right after that? Perhaps selling some of those classified documents he still has on hand? Just a thought.
The more money they spend on trumps legal bills, the less money they have to spend of candidates in local elections. The GQP has been doing this to democrats for YEARS, by making voting harder democrats are forced to spend money to help people get through the red tape to register to vote.
However, they can pay the legal fees for his lawyers, but I don't think they can pay any of his judgements. Not that they have the money to.
I read an article that showed a video where Lara Trump said that all monies raised would be going to elect P01135809 president which to my understanding equates to no other candidates for any office will get a dime. The latter is a bit of an upside, but obviously unfair.
I don't particularly mind if the idiots want to blow their bank on Trump's legal woes rather than down-ballot candidates, but we should also keep in mind that they don't need to spend quite as much as Dems on advertisements when they have the Fox Ministry of Propaganda (and related "media" outlets) on their side, coupled with the click-bait style reporting on the other main outlets.
The RNC says he can’t have their money because there’s still another candidate in the race, Nikki Haley;
There’s a proposition to just have Trump declared the nominee, which is voted down;
Trump makes a post on his Play-Skool Twitter saying he agrees with the decision, which is good enough for our six- and seven-figure political media stars to declare the matter closed and never to be spoken of again;
Trump goes absolutely ballistic on Nikki Haley for not dropping out;
Trump says Ronna Not Romney McDaniel has to resign;
Trump moves to install his daughter-in-law and one of his state campaign chairmen atop the RNC;
Trump admits in open court that he doesn’t have the money to appeal the $454 million fraud settlement, and the clock is ticking loudly on the deadline for the Carroll settlement.
And our six- and seven-figure political media stars still think Trump is a billionaire. They still think his net worth is positive.
Jay, given the impending "grift" by the Trump campaign and the subsequent funneling of RNC dollars towards his legal cases, what type of effect does that have on downstream races for local, state, and future national candidates? More importantly, what percentage of a candidate's campaign is supported by the RNC? Hypothetically, if a state representative needs to raise $15M to defend a seat, in a typical election year how much support does the RNC offer? And with the "Trump" takeover, what happens to the big money donors (Koch network), will they refrain from donating to the RNC or continue to utilize PACs to pinpoint their contributions to specific races?
I don't understand why Liz Cheney, Kinzinger, Barbour and their like start a new Conservative party. That is actually a party and actually conservative. They can even use the name free of charge.
Unfortunately, the 'faithful' won't care. They will pour even more of their money towards Trump. I do wonder, though, when the Republican Representatives, realizing they won't be able to run again without digging into their own pockets, will finally grow a spine. The mass exodus has already begun.
I am absolutely bumfuzzled that a PAC can be raided to pay for tRump's legal expenses. How is he not incurring a tax liability for this? If somehow the Dems do well next November it looks to me like the campaign finance and PAC laws need a major overhaul.
Are there no legal constraints at all that govern campaign v personal expenditures? Can looting of the RNC campaign treasury be as blatant as people are suggesting? Paying legal fees - i.e., attorneys' billing for court cases - is one thing, but directing moneys into paying down a court-ordered civil judgment? Seriously? Grift isn't the word for all this, how about felony fraud and misappropriation of campaign funds? Works for me.
1) IF Trump plans to blatantly siphon off RNC funds?? Pu-leez!!! WHEN, more like.
2) Considering the damage the GOP has done to the country and ongoing threat DJT presents, pardon me while I fail to shed a tear. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch.
RIP RNC! DJT is desperate for cash and he’s set his sights on you. Too bad you weren’t paying attention to his grifting ways. Also, you ignored the obvious about the way DJT works, everything and everyone he touches fails or dies.
The Republicans deserve being taken for rubes. tRump is going to have his own chapter in history where all his marks are listed - top of the list MAGA, next RNC. When you will do anything to win, you are so much more likely to be pegged as a sucker. Just don’t stand next to the Evil Orange One or you’ll find his hand in your pocket. Guess it helps to have tiny hands.
I think it is awesome that the Orange Jesus is going to grift off the RNC and deprive other Republican candidates of their financial assistance. I mean, it is not as though it was a secret that he already grifted his own tax exempt "foundation", that he pocketed money he raised for veterans, and that his family even pocketed money donated for kids with cancer. The RNC knew exactly what they were doing when they swore their fealty to him, at least they should have.
It’s time for campaign finance reform #555! DJT has formed a whole new level of graft and corruption in America. Once he is in prison, lots needs to be done to change all the rules and regulations in this country to avoid encouraging others to tear down civility even further.
I'm not against trump raiding the RNC. They went all in on him and deserve every negative consequence of that choice. However, I read that Viktor Orban is making a visit to maga lardo this week. Anyone else think trump will suddenly come into a shit ton of money right after that? Perhaps selling some of those classified documents he still has on hand? Just a thought.
I hope this has some negative impact on the Senate and House races.
The more money they spend on trumps legal bills, the less money they have to spend of candidates in local elections. The GQP has been doing this to democrats for YEARS, by making voting harder democrats are forced to spend money to help people get through the red tape to register to vote.
However, they can pay the legal fees for his lawyers, but I don't think they can pay any of his judgements. Not that they have the money to.
I read an article that showed a video where Lara Trump said that all monies raised would be going to elect P01135809 president which to my understanding equates to no other candidates for any office will get a dime. The latter is a bit of an upside, but obviously unfair.
I don't particularly mind if the idiots want to blow their bank on Trump's legal woes rather than down-ballot candidates, but we should also keep in mind that they don't need to spend quite as much as Dems on advertisements when they have the Fox Ministry of Propaganda (and related "media" outlets) on their side, coupled with the click-bait style reporting on the other main outlets.
In the course of a month or so:
Trump loses an $83.3 million judgment;
The RNC says he can’t have their money because there’s still another candidate in the race, Nikki Haley;
There’s a proposition to just have Trump declared the nominee, which is voted down;
Trump makes a post on his Play-Skool Twitter saying he agrees with the decision, which is good enough for our six- and seven-figure political media stars to declare the matter closed and never to be spoken of again;
Trump goes absolutely ballistic on Nikki Haley for not dropping out;
Trump says Ronna Not Romney McDaniel has to resign;
Trump moves to install his daughter-in-law and one of his state campaign chairmen atop the RNC;
Trump admits in open court that he doesn’t have the money to appeal the $454 million fraud settlement, and the clock is ticking loudly on the deadline for the Carroll settlement.
And our six- and seven-figure political media stars still think Trump is a billionaire. They still think his net worth is positive.
Jay, given the impending "grift" by the Trump campaign and the subsequent funneling of RNC dollars towards his legal cases, what type of effect does that have on downstream races for local, state, and future national candidates? More importantly, what percentage of a candidate's campaign is supported by the RNC? Hypothetically, if a state representative needs to raise $15M to defend a seat, in a typical election year how much support does the RNC offer? And with the "Trump" takeover, what happens to the big money donors (Koch network), will they refrain from donating to the RNC or continue to utilize PACs to pinpoint their contributions to specific races?
I don't understand why Liz Cheney, Kinzinger, Barbour and their like start a new Conservative party. That is actually a party and actually conservative. They can even use the name free of charge.
Unfortunately, the 'faithful' won't care. They will pour even more of their money towards Trump. I do wonder, though, when the Republican Representatives, realizing they won't be able to run again without digging into their own pockets, will finally grow a spine. The mass exodus has already begun.