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(50,356 posts)Big billionaire my ass...
belpejic
(720 posts)42bambi
(1,753 posts)GopherGal
(2,008 posts)I guess the rule is that requester pays up front for recount. Citations below. (I also thought I read that the payment is refunded if the result is changed, but can't find citation now.) Kudos to the Badger State for having the foresight to Deadbeat-Donnie-proof their recount process!
[link:https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/04/wisconsin-results-down-wire-again-milwaukee-ballot-count/6123344002/|]
In that case, the state would give the Trump campaign an estimate that must be paid before the recount can begin.
[link:https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/04/tight-margin-wisconsin-attention-turns-potential-recount/6158320002/|]
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)pfitz59
(10,377 posts)The Trump team said "let me check my wallet....'
Maeve
(42,282 posts)sheshe2
(83,751 posts)He also knows he lost.
Deuxcents
(16,197 posts)Because thats what cowards do. Sure helps when theres cameras documenting the count.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)There's no way in hell Trump was going to pay it. The campaign is broke.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,425 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And apparently Trump's bankrollers have decided at last to cut their losses and put away their wallets. I don't know what a recount would cost - $100,000? - but after all the millions they've spent, this is where they're drawing the line. Sad!
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)I don't think he has $3 to spare
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I've made worse wild-ass guesses. Still, even $3 million is a pittance against what's already been spent on the failed Trump re-election effort, and the bankrollers have said no. I wonder if Trump will have the nerve to name and "shame" them in his incessant tweets?
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Like Georgia? He loses Georgia and he really has no use for Wisconsin.
tanyev
(42,552 posts)They didnt fall for it?