Trump Isn't Paying for Wisconsin Recount

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/08/trump-isnt-paying-for-wisconsin-recount/

Trump Isn’t Paying for Wisconsin Recount
November 8, 2020 at 11:14 am EST By Taegan Goddard

The Trump campaign has not committed to put up the $3 million required to pay for a recount in Wisconsin, the Washington Post reports.

It is an indication that they’re not super serious about pursuing one and that their announcements are mostly for show.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. "Pay up first, or no recount."

That should be the response to the LOSER if he wants a recount.

[dsc]

18. regardless of the should, it is what is in WI, no $ no recount.

[rzemanfl]

2. K&R. n/t

[AleksS]

3. And I think there's a deadline...

So if they wait much longer it might not be their choice left to make.

[LiberalFighter]

52. They have 3 days after the votes are certifed.

It looks like November 17th.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. Carnival barking at its finest.

[DallasNE]

34. Duh!

Will they pay for the recount in Georgia? I think the 9,100 vote margin might be just outside of the .25% threshold for State paid recount.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. They might not have it!

And if I were Wisconsin I'd make sure to get all the money up front before one ballot is recounted.

[SmartVoter22]

39. Wisc requires pre-payment in a special account to start

and if more is needed; the state can stop it until another deposit is made to cover the costs.
If money is left over? Maybe they can use it to pay for all the police costs, Trump never paid for during the 2016 campaign.
That would burn his whiskers for sure.

[marble falls]

6. Exactly right. All talking points and no policy. No money, either!

[DonaldsRump]

7. They are just trying to raise funds to pay off campaign debts n/t

[cstanleytech]

43. No, you forget that Trump does not pay his debts.

[wnylib]

45. More likely raising money for attorney fees

for charges he will face after he leaves. Or, to make a getaway.

[SergeStorms]

53. Raising money for....

a nice "parting grift" for Donald.

[wnylib]

55. Yup.

[SidDithers]

8. Maybe Jill Stein can raise the money for him...nt

Sid

[Ponietz]

36. Great signature line

[TigressDem]

9. PUT UP OR SHUT UP, DUMP.

But he probably is waiting to see how his "go fund me" site is going.

[still_one]

10. Perhaps he might consider Jill Stein's help

[AllyCat]

48. Because that made so much progress for us in 2016

[still_one]

49. Jill Stein scammed a good number of people with that maneuver

[AllyCat]

50. Admittedly, I was one of them.

What a scam. I, like many, SOOO wanted to stop 45 that we thought she would help us. Years ago I voted Green. never vote for a Green again.

[still_one]

51. You weren't alone. A lot of good people I know were misled by that

[obamanut2012]

58. And Amy Suskind helped her

And she attacked folks who told her Stein would scam the money.

[Ms. Toad]

11. This is a bit silly.

His announcements are for show - definitely. But the failure to commit to pay for the recount signals nothing.

But the deadline for requesting a recount is as late as 5 PM on November 18. (It's a bit fuzzy, since he has to request the recount before 5 PM after the last county results are received by the state. Those are due November 17 - but if all are submitted early the deadline for requesting a recount could be earlier.)

In addition, while Wisconsin can require him to pay for the recount before it begins, it isn't imposed automatically - and the payment is due before the recount begins - at least 3 days after it is ordered.

[Yavin4]

12. Count Trump's money before you recount the votes.

And no. Rubles are not accepted as currency.

[sarge43]

26. And make sure the check clears.

Those creatures would steal their mothers' eyes to stay in power.

[Thomas Hurt]

13. yeah some Trumper on the Hill was bloviating about how there were going to be 14 recounts. sure dude

Looks like none

[Statistical]

15. Yeah it varies by state but 14 recounts would be in the ballpark of $30M to $60M.

If they want to waste that money go ahead. Less money they can spend in Georgia. Less money they have in the bank for the midterms.

[pazzyanne]

24. I think I saw somewhere tRump was requesting $60 million. nt

[Deuxcents]

14. Pay up or shut up

Make sure the check funds before they start.

[Greybnk48]

16. Our laws say clearly, no cash, no recount. n/t

[dragonlady]

17. Hope the recount doesn't happen

Our hard-working election staffs have been through more than enough this year. After observing every day at a couple of recounts in the past, I remember how much work and stress it involves.

[Blue Owl]

19. "NO RECOUNT FOR YOU!"

[CrispyQ]

20. I think the Con is bored with the whole president thing.

He likes the rallies & the attention, & he likes that being prez keeps his orange ass out of jail, but other than that, I think he'd rather resign & go back to Florida & start his media empire that I think is what he really wanted all along when he first announced his run for president.

Who knows? Maybe when Rush croaks the Con will get his time slot.

[BarbD]

35. You've got his number.

[wnylib]

46. I think he also likes the power and authority,

plus the money he can siphon off the government.

[GopherGal]

59. Plus the rallies with thousands of unmasked morons chanting

I'll be curious to see if he mounts a '24 campaign just for some ego-boosting rallies, if and when coronavirus restrictions loosen.

[wnylib]

60. By the time 24 arrives, I expect

Trump to be in prison, in a mental hospital, out of the country, or dead.

He does not age well physically like Biden does.

[GopherGal]

61. But in the meantime

He'll start a '24 campaign so he can
1) Raise campaign funds to grift from for his businesses
2) Hold his "narcissistic supply" super spreader events if there are still enough morans around to feed his ego.

[wnylib]

62. Could he run for office from prison

or a mental hospital? More likely, some new leader will rise up in his name to lead his followers.

[relayerbob]

21. No Money, why do you the Four Seasons

was a parking lot?

[Blue_true]

22. The great thing about this is republicans in that state put in the recount payment

as an obstacle to democrats. Now it is biting Trump in the ass.

[kiri]

25. Lack of confidence?

As I understand, if the recount changes the results, your $3 million is refunded.

[Blue_true]

30. Trump is just tossing feces, hoping that some stick and create doubt about our

electoral system.

[Solly Mack]

23. But they're asking their followers for $ for the Trump "legal" defense election fund.

LMAO

Grift to the very last second.

[wnylib]

54. This sounds like the primary motive for

calling for recounts and lawsuits. Magas will get suckered into believing that their donations will help Trump overturn the election and stay in office.

[Solly Mack]

57. A con will con.

And those idiots will happily pay.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

27. LOL thank you scott walker!! Repubs in WI changed recount law to require

payment up front, before work commences, and greatly increased the cost of requesting a recount. They did this after the several recounts that were initiated by Dems/left groups failed to change the outcome of the elections. No money, no recount! Cant break the law now can we.

[JI7]

28. Some of his supporters were trying to raise money for it

I asked them why Trump doesn't just pay for it himself since he has billions of dollars.

They said something like the recount was for the public to know results not just Trump.

The whole thing just seemed sad to me.

[cayugafalls]

29. A defeated narcissist needs to slink away, depression will set in and he will have to leave.

When they do lose as publicly as he did, it is a humiliation on a grand scale, he most likely is lashing out at those close to him and making their lives unbearable right now. He will never accept it was his character flaws that caused his defeat, he will place it on those around him.

Melania wore that jacket and was on recordings complaining about Christmas. Jared fucked up the PPE, Ivanka got tied to China, Steven Miller eats babies for breakfast....all of these things will be used to deflect from the truth, Trump SUCKS and the People of the United States rejected him and his lies.

[titanicdave]

31. ......Turn Out The Lights......

.....The....Party's....OVER !!!!

[AllaN01Bear]

32. no pay, no play

[ffr]

33. Are you kidding? tRump's leaving town with whatever his campaign coffers have in them.

What's one more broken law? He's going to go out big.

[SWBTATTReg]

37. Since when has this deadbeat paid for anything? He still owes lots of money to cities

and other locations for hosting his campaign rallies. Deadbeat.

[DeeDeeNY]

38. Maybe Mexico will pay for it

[Mr. Evil]

40. All bluster, no bite.

(soon to be former) President Nazivomit would never part with $3,000,000 that he will desperately try to get his grubby little hands on for himself. The schemes and scams will be going into super-ultra-mega overdrive in the next 70 or so days. I can't wait for he and his entire grifting family to be sent to prison.

[BobTheSubgenius]

41. Even if he did agree to that fee, he's just end up stiffing them.

F him and f the ground he's standing on.

[NCjack]

42. Putin offered to kick in 50 Roubles.

[dlk]

44. Once a freeloader, always a freeloader...

[JohnnyRingo]

47. That seems like a good summation.

Like everything Trump says and does, it's for a target audience.

[gibraltar72]

56. Where can I contribute?

[Dem2]

63. And yet Freepers are manipulating Predictit

In some sort of effort to sow doubt.

Bad bet, boys!