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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:25 PM Feb 2019

This has to be the crassest thing the crassest president has ever done




This has to be the crassest thing the crassest president has ever done:

Trump is currently selling ad space in the #StateOfTheUnion address!

Yes, your name will appear “LIVE” during the State of the Union if you give him $5.

This is low point, even for this grifter trash.


He is nothing but a racket. And while we listen to the noise of the racket we risk missing the big stuff. I know this logically - but good grief
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This has to be the crassest thing the crassest president has ever done (Original Post) Soph0571 Feb 2019 OP
I don't have enough ugliness in my brain to imagine what the repukes would have called Aristus Feb 2019 #1
Here's five dollars... Ohiya Feb 2019 #2
+1 dalton99a Feb 2019 #4
Nice! ismnotwasm Feb 2019 #6
OMG! I was gonna post the same thing! Great minds..... cornball 24 Feb 2019 #14
or Phuk Trump if you want to get past the filters n/t gilpo Feb 2019 #15
Ms U R Phuque. n/t sarge43 Feb 2019 #46
+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #17
My name is Haywood Jablowme. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #19
Ha! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2019 #30
+1 Kurt V. Feb 2019 #20
Love it! Delphinus Feb 2019 #40
Okay, that might be worth it. 2naSalit Feb 2019 #48
Hahaha....times like this, I wish I could rec individual posts! Tanuki Feb 2019 #56
Very Good! Mountain Mule Feb 2019 #64
Where will the names be displayed? I can't imagine the networks will allow such a chyron . . . Journeyman Feb 2019 #3
It's a livestream dalton99a Feb 2019 #5
I wonder if it would worth it if I sent one dollar and say it is from Sanity Claws Feb 2019 #8
Donors who click on the form have to supply their name, address, phone number, workplace, occupation riversedge Feb 2019 #39
Doesn't the House control the feed to the networks and cable? luvtheGWN Feb 2019 #54
Ask for $35, settle for $1. That's the art of the Trump deal. Cut-rate bargain basement grifter TeamPooka Feb 2019 #58
Who would trust giving their credit card number to this bunch of crooks? tclambert Feb 2019 #66
This is illegal no? Johnny2X2X Feb 2019 #7
So? That's never stopped him before Retrograde Feb 2019 #12
Then the House passes a resolution censuring or condemning Trump NewJeffCT Feb 2019 #49
Yeah. Only problem is... Hong Kong Cavalier Feb 2019 #24
Like that's stopped Trump before! Initech Feb 2019 #68
My good friend Mr. I. P. Freely is feeling generous right now (nt) Recursion Feb 2019 #9
LOL geardaddy Feb 2019 #25
Bill me later. lpbk2713 Feb 2019 #10
That is the best idea.. Soph0571 Feb 2019 #11
They would more likely be more interested in listening to the ching-ching. lpbk2713 Feb 2019 #13
$5 Is to much. Just send 50 cents or $1. Delmette2.0 Feb 2019 #29
I feel like we have seen this before salin Feb 2019 #16
Donnie ran the exact same scam during his Oval Office "address" in January. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2019 #55
Interesting. My memory is that this was not a month ago - but quite some time ago. Suggests... salin Feb 2019 #62
Yes, in fact the CNN article is from last year, not this year William Seger Feb 2019 #67
how many people are going to be named mercuryblues Feb 2019 #18
Sounds like another scam duforsure Feb 2019 #21
Opinion: Can we skip to the State of the Union response? Cha Feb 2019 #22
That gives me an idea geardaddy Feb 2019 #23
i think he did this shit last year also orleans Feb 2019 #26
Fuck you Drumpf, you Nazi. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2019 #27
Good grief! Will he pull out his Magic Mirror? Anon-C Feb 2019 #28
+1 2naSalit Feb 2019 #50
Okay folks, I think if everyone here throws in one cent we can get this done... jmowreader Feb 2019 #31
Please please... TommyCelt Feb 2019 #32
Nancy!!! moonseller66 Feb 2019 #33
The crassest thing? skypilot Feb 2019 #34
I think televised events in the Congress are handles by C-SPAN and shared with networks. Fla Dem Feb 2019 #35
He does not own the time. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #36
Who is allowing this crap to be injected into the video stream? KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #37
Good question. Where or at what media site will the names be displayed LIVE!! riversedge Feb 2019 #38
Looking at the title of article, it looks like streamed LIVE from Campaign website.... riversedge Feb 2019 #45
Wouldn't this violate campaign finance law? KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #61
He is not getting ANYTHING FROM ME. onecent Feb 2019 #41
Nancy Pelosi Controls The TV Feed DallasNE Feb 2019 #42
No dems should attend. None. pangaia Feb 2019 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author docgee Feb 2019 #44
I can't believe the networks would broadcast that particular feed. It's GOT to be... NurseJackie Feb 2019 #47
Are we sure this is not the Onion? dhol82 Feb 2019 #51
He still thinks he's playing "Celebrity Apprentice" Blue Owl Feb 2019 #52
americasbestchristian@gmail.com ??? o_o Rainbow Droid Feb 2019 #53
He doesn't actually say it will be broadcast as part of the SOTU feed, does he? Tanuki Feb 2019 #57
It's only Monday. nt Autumn Feb 2019 #59
Not enough to make me watch it MuseRider Feb 2019 #60
Hillary Wun whyzayker Feb 2019 #63
Dude needs it for his legal fund IronLionZion Feb 2019 #65
How? The feed is controlled by Pelosi. Grins Feb 2019 #69

Aristus

(66,386 posts)
1. I don't have enough ugliness in my brain to imagine what the repukes would have called
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:28 PM
Feb 2019

President Obama if he had done something like this...

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
48. Okay, that might be worth it.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:29 PM
Feb 2019

Some people should be careful what they wish for... lookin' at you, MF45.

Journeyman

(15,036 posts)
3. Where will the names be displayed? I can't imagine the networks will allow such a chyron . . .
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:37 PM
Feb 2019

to stream across their screens, and even the cable channels may have enough of a sense of worth to keep off such a crass display, so where will the names be streamed? Trump's webpage?

dalton99a

(81,515 posts)
5. It's a livestream
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:40 PM
Feb 2019
The campaign's original pitch was $35, but a subsequent email from the Trump campaign provided a link for donors to contribute as little as $1 to have their name displayed during a livestream of President Trump's State of the Union address.
"Even if you choose to only give $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who proudly stands behind our President," says the campaign email, which appears to come from Eric Trump. "So before the speech, make your contribution of just $1 to have it displayed right under the livestream of the President's State of the Union."
In addition to the $1 donations, supporters can give to the campaign in $35, $50, $100, $500, $1,000 or $2,700 increments (the largest amount allowed by federal election law).
Donors who click on the form have to supply their name, address, phone number, workplace, occupation and credit card number.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/trump-campaign-state-of-the-union-donation-trnd/index.html

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
39. Donors who click on the form have to supply their name, address, phone number, workplace, occupation
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:03 PM
Feb 2019



....Donors who click on the form have to supply their name, address, phone number, workplace, occupation and credit card number.

luvtheGWN

(1,336 posts)
54. Doesn't the House control the feed to the networks and cable?
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:45 PM
Feb 2019

I'm betting Nancy could withhold the feed, once she hears about this.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
66. Who would trust giving their credit card number to this bunch of crooks?
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 03:19 PM
Feb 2019

You might as well mail all your money to Vladimir Putin.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
12. So? That's never stopped him before
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:54 PM
Feb 2019

It's illegal not to pay suppliers, contractors, or workers. It's illegal to use your so-called charity as your personal slush fund. It's illegal to hire people who do not have a legal right to work in the US. It's never stopped him before. And I'm not even getting close to the merely unethical stuff he's done.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
49. Then the House passes a resolution censuring or condemning Trump
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:30 PM
Feb 2019

and Mitch McConnell sits on it and does nothing

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,573 posts)
24. Yeah. Only problem is...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:12 PM
Feb 2019

The GOP in the Senate doesn't give a shit about enforcing the law. So here we are.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
10. Bill me later.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:49 PM
Feb 2019


Here's five dollars tovarich ... Vladimir Putin

Five minutes later: Here's five dollars tovarich ... Vladimir Putin

Five minutes later: Here's five dollars tovarich ... Vladimir Putin

Five minutes later: Here's five dollars tovarich ... Vladimir Putin

Five minutes later: Here's five dollars tovarich ... Vladimir Putin

Five minutes later: Here's five dollars tovarich ... Vladimir Putin

Five minutes later: Here's five dollars tovarich ... Vladimir Putin

Etc, etc, etc.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
11. That is the best idea..
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:52 PM
Feb 2019

... I would contribute - do you think the thickets around him would even notice?

salin

(48,955 posts)
16. I feel like we have seen this before
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:04 PM
Feb 2019

If they didn't do this last year, they floated the idea. (They = Trump2020 campaign.)

They get away with it because it is for a private live=stream - that is it isn't part of the actual telecast.

Keep in mind that we have learned that Trump viewed money fundraised for his transition - as "his" money - not as money raised for a designated function and subject to rules per expenditure. That is consistent with the troublesome (lack of accounting) for the Inaugural fund as well. Point being that while this mat be a campaign effort - and a really crass one at that - Trump would view all that is raised as "his" money. Thus okay - and even good!

55. Donnie ran the exact same scam during his Oval Office "address" in January.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:54 PM
Feb 2019

Here's Lawrence O'Donnell describing the grift:

salin

(48,955 posts)
62. Interesting. My memory is that this was not a month ago - but quite some time ago. Suggests...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:43 PM
Feb 2019

this is an on-going grifty practice.

William Seger

(10,778 posts)
67. Yes, in fact the CNN article is from last year, not this year
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 04:17 PM
Feb 2019

I guess people haven't gotten used to seeing articles dated 2019 yet, but the CNN article was from Jan. 30, 2018. I haven't been able to determine if they're doing it again this year.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
21. Sounds like another scam
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:10 PM
Feb 2019

For broke trump to use for his legal bills and all his russian debts that he'll get others to pay for him.

orleans

(34,057 posts)
26. i think he did this shit last year also
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:15 PM
Feb 2019

and the price went up to $24 and then to $48 or thereabouts
(heard that on the radio--stephanie or thom's show)

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
31. Okay folks, I think if everyone here throws in one cent we can get this done...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:34 PM
Feb 2019

For five bucks we can have Please Impeach Me's name appear live on the SOTU chyron.

Fla Dem

(23,690 posts)
35. I think televised events in the Congress are handles by C-SPAN and shared with networks.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:50 PM
Feb 2019

So unless the networks agreed to this, I don't see it happening, unless some on-line RW podcast is going to do it or maybe FOX News. But C-span, NBC,MSNBC, CNN, ABC and CBS will not do anything as sleazy as what is suggested.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
36. He does not own the time.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:50 PM
Feb 2019

Networks should charge him for the time if he wants to make money off it. Charge him $5 billion an hour.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
37. Who is allowing this crap to be injected into the video stream?
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:57 PM
Feb 2019

That's what I want to know so we can give them a piece of our mind.....

Is this being allowed by one of the national networks? Surely it would not be allowed by the House of Representatives media center.

........ .........

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
45. Looking at the title of article, it looks like streamed LIVE from Campaign website....
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:20 PM
Feb 2019

?? my guess only.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/trump-campaign-state-of-the-union-donation-trnd/index.html

....For $1, the Trump campaign will include your name on its SOTU livestream

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
61. Wouldn't this violate campaign finance law?
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:10 PM
Feb 2019

Soliciting donations during a government-funded official event would seem so......

Thanks for the link!

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
42. Nancy Pelosi Controls The TV Feed
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:10 PM
Feb 2019

I suppose Fox could add a scroll at the bottom but Trump does not control the production of the coverage so Trump can't really deliver on this promise. Frankly, I would think that the scroll would be a distraction so scroll away.

Response to Soph0571 (Original post)

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
47. I can't believe the networks would broadcast that particular feed. It's GOT to be...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:25 PM
Feb 2019

I can't believe the networks would broadcast that particular feed. It's GOT to be a youtube channel or a special live-streaming version that can only be viewed from the RNC website.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
57. He doesn't actually say it will be broadcast as part of the SOTU feed, does he?
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:11 PM
Feb 2019

Maybe the names of his army of gullible deplorables will "appear live" on a website or some other space.

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)
60. Not enough to make me watch it
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:46 PM
Feb 2019

but I almost wish I could just to see the names. I have a number of friends who would fall for that. Oh well. He can talk to the walls.

Grins

(7,218 posts)
69. How? The feed is controlled by Pelosi.
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 05:44 PM
Feb 2019

She, as Speaker, controls all audio and video. How do you gets ads into that feed?

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