Trump demands 5% cut from GOP candidates who use his 'name, image and likeness' in ads
Trump demands 5% cut from GOP candidates who use his 'name, image and likeness' in ads
Campaign aides said the rules are designed to protect donors who falsely believe they are contributing to Trump's campaign
Donald Trump is trying to bring into politics a phenomenon that's taking off in college athletics: money for use of the former president's name, image and likeness in campaign ads.
In a letter this week, the Trump presidential campaign asked all down-ballot GOP campaigns for at least a 5% cut of the money raised from advertising that features the party's 2024 presumptive White House nominee.
"We ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC," said the April 15 letter signed by campaign co-campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita.
Fucking LOL. Hes so obviously trying to get other people to cover his financial issues. He’s trying to charge other Republicans rent for riding his coattails. That’s incredible.
Don Poorleone, indeed.
At least he's being honest with the name "Trump National Committee JFC" (Jesus Fucking Christ...)
I was hoping Lara renamed the RNC.
So can the rest of the GOP also hold Trump financially responsible for the damage he has done to that party's (arguably already rather dubious) reputation?
You know what? In the context of reputational damage to the GOP, I’d absolutely love to see this scenario play all the way out without any external intervention.
I'm not saying I want to see an all-GOP cast do a live action reenactment of Lord of the Flies, but can trump be piggy? He even gets to do a speech!
He has done
LMAO They did most of the damage themselves.
Might as well hold Hilary responsible for the damage he has done with her Pied Piper strategy.
Goddamn, the crux of my problem with the DNC in a nutshell
Say what you will about Donald Trump, but he's the only man running for President who is serious about defeating the Republican Party.
Turn tables and stuff.
Trump would go down in the history books as a net good.
I didn't think the Orange Moron could damage downballot fascists any more than he already has, but boy was I wrong.
The world's most famous rapist simply can't stop grifting.
Don't be so sure. Maybe they'll stop using his name and likeness and those that are "moderate" Republicans will find a way to hold their nose and vote when they otherwise wouldn't.
More famous than Genghis Khan? That’s an achievement.
"fallen ex billionaire holds out his hand to beg for money"
Its more common than you'd think.
I can finally use this phrase I learned last year: I’ll hold out my hand, and maybe a fuck will fall from the sky, and then I’ll have one to give.
May the republicans eat themselves.
Personal profit over party.
As if being loyal to a political party is a virtue.
The grift evolves
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I encourage this move.
The irony is this is still better than Hillary's "donation sharing" scheme that bankrupted the DNC and left down ballot Dems screwed...
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-leak-clinton-team-deflected-state-cash-concerns-226191
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774/
trump is obviously worse in lots of ways, but that isn't an excuse for Dems to pull the same shit just to a smaller degree.
But what trump is doing today (in this one narrow aspect) isn't as bad as what Hillary already did almost a decade ago.
We need to start running candidates with more integrity
Clinton is as responsible for the four years of Trump as any individual not named Trump. I know you're going out of your way to be explicit that Trump is far worse than Hillary, and I understand why, and he is. But Democrats need to be looking in the mirror, watching game tape, and recognizing their own flaws. Because Biden is making a lot of the same mistakes Hillary made in 2016.
Clinton is as responsible for the four years of Trump as any individual not named Trump.
Nah, Comey gets that nod by bucking FBI policy not once but twice to publicly fuck Clinton during the campaign. The second time just days before the election. Had he just done what the FBI has always dose, and silently open and close cases they are working on, Clinton likely cruises to win the election.
This is why I keep saying Hillary Clinton should not be running for president and should not be in charge of the DNC. . . . . . .
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I'm sorry to break this to you...
The "Hillary Victory Fund" I was talking about didn't disappear...
It's just now called the "Biden Victory Fund".
By saying it's a "fund" it lets billionaires donate over half a million, and it's legal.
A small amount goes to down ballot politicians, but most goes to the DNC operations and Biden.
I didn't really get into that in my last comment tho, when we're talking about fundraising by "the fiscally conservative" there's often too much shady shit to cover at once.
Quick edit:
We didn't know how bad Hillary's was till her people ran away from the DNC after 2016. Biden's people moved in after a couple years in anticipation of 2020, and since he won. They stayed.
We won't really hear how bad his was/is unless his people leave and someone with integrity is allowed to see the DNC's books while trump is in office. After Donna Brazile went public about the numbers, we might not get another person with integrity again.
Up till the handover was complete in 2016, Hillary's people were very secretive with the money and just kept saying everything was "fine". We can't trust neoliberals running the DNC to be honest, and since they're a private organization, they don't have to tell anyone what's happening.
This isn't a "Hillary" problem, it's a fundamental problem with how our system is set up.
Opening the floodgates for huge donations from billionaires won't fix it, it'll only make it worse.
I find this completely uncontroversial. Both parties do this as their standard agreement with leading candidates and nominees.