'Their strategy is bizarre': Top elections forecaster baffled by Trump campaign's spending

[UCmeNdc]

Can Trump flip these states elections electronically? Pennsylvania and Michigan? Never trust Trump. They are up to something. Plus where did they spend all of that money? Bribes?


Reacting to a report that the Trump campaign has pulled advertising from key swing states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, Silver said he was surprised at the way the president’s team was seemingly letting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have unanswered control of the airwaves.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/their-strategy-is-bizarre-top-elections-forecaster-baffled-by-trump-campaigns-spending/

[Skraxx]

1. They Didn't "Spend" the Lost Money, It's Been Grifted

His campaign is a giant grift from top to bottom and everyone from top to bottom is skimming, and that adds up.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Exactly. Embezzled. And the RNC won't make him return the money.

Some old lady in Nebraska sent her 35% of monthly Social Security check to the Campaign and Trump took it for himself. That's stealing.

[Claustrum]

3. Unfortunately, that old lady in Nebraska probably see the headline that Trump is in money trouble

and will send more of her monthly social security check his way while he and his goons will laugh all the way to the bank.

[Wicked Blue]

9. It takes money to live as an expatriate

in a country with no extradition treaty

[RazzleCat]

12. Posted earlier as a joke he's grabbing it for himself, it's true

The campaign headquarters are in Trump Towers (again). So over charge your campaign and pocket the profit.

[brush]

4. On their new streaming show "The Lincoln Project" says that they're broke...

from Pascale grifting million and millions being sidetracked into trump family coffers. The had a billion dollars that ran almost completely through and subsequeintly have had to "go dark" in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona, three battleground states.

It remains to be seen if some of the money has been spent on bribing repug election officials.

[Yavin4]

5. Trump's internal polling is down in IA and GA

He has to shore up these states.

Everything I'm reading is pointing to a massive Biden win. At this late point in the campaign, Trump should be solidifying his base. The polls should be much, much tighter. He's spending heavy in reliably red states which means that he's in serious trouble elsewhere.

In sum, college-educated Whites are abandoning him, and he's not doing nearly as well with no-college, White women.

[Miigwech]

6. The russian fix is in. I's all about reeling in the money now.

Check all the voting machines for russian malware internet hacking. trump already thinks that they have put some dents in mail in voting with Post Office, maybe not as much as they might have liked but some success. Biden seems to be on top of all of the trump/russian tricks. Now tackle the voting machines to make sure that they internet access can be disabled.

[Squinch]

10. This.

[GoCubsGo]

7. Is it "strategy," or is it panic?

I'm going with the latter. Included in the panic is their last-minute pillaging of their campaign coffers. They're undoubtedly trying to funnel as much of their funds into their own pockets while they still can.

[Klaralven]

8. Accumulating a war chest to contest the election results?

[OregonBlue]

11. If those states use ES&S voting machines with modems that connect to the internet.

they probably think they already have it rigged.

[Anon-C]

13. Bribes!

[SoonerPride]

14. I could foesee them taking all their ads off the air and pocketing the money

win or lose, and if lose, taking all the money to some other country. Saudi Arabia perhaps.

[BannonsLiver]

15. Rick Wilson and Steve Schmidt did a deep dive on this last night

On the Lincoln Project YouTube show. It was very interesting hearing two guys who have been heavily involved in campaigns in the past. The reality of it is that despite all the kooky theories in the thread the Trump campaign is not broke, but it IS having cash flow problems which requires them to pull back in some places.

[Javaman]

16. what they are "up to" is trying to launder as much money before the election kicks them out. nt