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Rhiannon12866

(205,405 posts)
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 07:15 PM Mar 27

'The big ripoff': How Donald Trump funneled $100M he raised off The Big Lie for legal bills - Deadline - MSNBC



Carol Leonnig, Washington Post National Investigative Reporter, joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House with new reporting which shows how Donald Trump fundraised off the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen, and used that money not to campaign but to pay legal bills, which now has put him in a financial bind ahead of the 2024 - Aired on 03/27/2024.
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Rhiannon12866

(205,405 posts)
2. I sure hope that my own brother doesn't. His candidate was John Kasich.
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 07:22 PM
Mar 27

He majored in "political science" so he thinks he knows more than I do.

Rhiannon12866

(205,405 posts)
4. I was a psych major so I must know nothing about politics
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 07:36 PM
Mar 27

And he worked for Gerald Ford's campaign when he was in college, took my parents to meet Bob and Liddy Dole, but I wasn't invited since they all knew which candidate I really liked.

brewens

(13,588 posts)
5. They don't care. Especially the poorest and dumbest of his supporters. It's the same as a campaign donation
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 08:02 PM
Mar 27

to them. Whatever it takes, the end justifies the means.

Rhiannon12866

(205,405 posts)
6. He persists in ripping off donors and the RNC for his own personal expenses, the Republican party is no more
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 08:09 PM
Mar 27

Instead, it's become TFG's personal piggy bank.

brewens

(13,588 posts)
7. I'm hoping his campaign money problems are serious as reported. Then I guess I'm wrong about many of his
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 08:12 PM
Mar 27

donors, but I suspect mainly big donors.

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