The President* Is Running a Direct-Mail Scam from Inside the White House
Exiled Nigerian princes in my inbox have a less obvious pitch than this guy does.
_By Charles P. Pierce
Dec 1, 2020
washington, dc november 26 president donald trump speaks in the diplomatic room of the white house on thanksgiving on november 26, 2020 in washington, dc trump had earlier made the traditional call to members of the military stationed abroad through video teleconference photo by erin schaff poolgetty images
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Lord, the late Guy Clark sang, you'd think there's less fools in this world. From the Washington Post:
President Trump’s political operation has raised more than $150 million since Election Day, using a blizzard of misleading appeals about the election to shatter fundraising records set during the campaign, according to people with knowledge of the contributions... Much of the money raised since the election is likely to go into an account for the president to use on political activities after he leaves office, while some of the contributions will go toward what’s left of the legal fight.
I anxiously await the inevitable declaration that servicing the debt on a golf course in Scotland consists of "political activities" once the Oval Office has been fumigated. But holy hell, $150 million, raised through one of the most obvious shell games in the history of American politics?
According to the fine print in the latest fundraising appeals, 75 percent of each contribution to the joint fundraising committee would first go toward the Save America leadership PAC and the rest would be shared with the party committee, to help with the party’s operating expenses.
This effectively means that the vast majority of low-dollar donations under the current agreement would go toward financing the president’s new leadership PAC, instead of efforts to support the party or to finance voting lawsuits.
Given the scorecard up to this point—1-and-39—I might not want a lot of money to go to that legal team, either, but this is pure, unadulterated grift. And $150 million—The New York Times puts the total at $170 million—is almost as much as Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Ross Perot spent combined to contest the 1992 election.
The President* of the United States is running a direct-mail scam from inside the White House. Exiled Nigerian princes in my inbox have a less obvious pitch than this guy does. In my time, I've been fleeced by experts, and this guy is not an expert. P.T. Barnum undersold the nature of the American sucker.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politic...nl22094930
Exiled Nigerian princes in my inbox have a less obvious pitch than this guy does.
_By Charles P. Pierce
Dec 1, 2020
washington, dc november 26 president donald trump speaks in the diplomatic room of the white house on thanksgiving on november 26, 2020 in washington, dc trump had earlier made the traditional call to members of the military stationed abroad through video teleconference photo by erin schaff poolgetty images
Pool / Getty Images
Lord, the late Guy Clark sang, you'd think there's less fools in this world. From the Washington Post:
President Trump’s political operation has raised more than $150 million since Election Day, using a blizzard of misleading appeals about the election to shatter fundraising records set during the campaign, according to people with knowledge of the contributions... Much of the money raised since the election is likely to go into an account for the president to use on political activities after he leaves office, while some of the contributions will go toward what’s left of the legal fight.
I anxiously await the inevitable declaration that servicing the debt on a golf course in Scotland consists of "political activities" once the Oval Office has been fumigated. But holy hell, $150 million, raised through one of the most obvious shell games in the history of American politics?
According to the fine print in the latest fundraising appeals, 75 percent of each contribution to the joint fundraising committee would first go toward the Save America leadership PAC and the rest would be shared with the party committee, to help with the party’s operating expenses.
This effectively means that the vast majority of low-dollar donations under the current agreement would go toward financing the president’s new leadership PAC, instead of efforts to support the party or to finance voting lawsuits.
Given the scorecard up to this point—1-and-39—I might not want a lot of money to go to that legal team, either, but this is pure, unadulterated grift. And $150 million—The New York Times puts the total at $170 million—is almost as much as Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Ross Perot spent combined to contest the 1992 election.
The President* of the United States is running a direct-mail scam from inside the White House. Exiled Nigerian princes in my inbox have a less obvious pitch than this guy does. In my time, I've been fleeced by experts, and this guy is not an expert. P.T. Barnum undersold the nature of the American sucker.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politic...nl22094930
