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Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:19 PM Nov 2020

Trump could - unless stopped in his tracks...

Officially file his next campaign (2024) with the Federal Election Commission, thereby allowing him to hold campaign rallies for the next four years and collect donations.

If you will recall, he filed on inauguration day 2017 for his 2020 re-election bid. He never merged his 2016 campaign committee with the party committee, and the separate Trump campaign committee continued to raise donations for the 2020 election.

This will allow Trump to continue his feel-good rallies that keep his followers hyped-up on their 2 minutes of hate as Trump feeds off their adoration - all the while collecting donations and selling campaign merchandise.

According to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), there are several permissible things that a candidate can do with the money they’ve received while fundraising. They can use it for moving expenses, pay campaign staff, purchase gifts of “nominal” value to those who aren’t a member of their family, donate it to charity, move it to a state or local party committee, transfer it to a future campaign, or to a state or local candidate.

Transfer it to Ivanka? Junior? Keep his own campaign going until he dies?

Trump and his spawn could potentially wreak havoc for years to come.



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Trump could - unless stopped in his tracks... (Original Post) Solly Mack Nov 2020 OP
I love you Solly Mack, but darn it........I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS....... a kennedy Nov 2020 #1
Me neither but Trump is a POS grifter. His entire immediate family is and they are all petty. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #5
On his own dime this time !!!! rickford66 Nov 2020 #2
Not on his own dime. Not all, anyway. He can get donations. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #6
No Air Force One. That's a big advantage. rickford66 Nov 2020 #10
That's true. Thankfully. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #19
Exactly! No AFO to fly around in, no aides to set everything up, no mo eh to bus ppl in Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #8
He needs to be stopped in his tracks. Dream Girl Nov 2020 #3
He does. I agree. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #9
Theoretically yes, but it probably wouldn't go well for him. bearsfootball516 Nov 2020 #4
I hope so. I hope Trump is so crushed he slinks off. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #12
Who could think he's a good enough investment to keep donating to his campaign? Well... Beartracks Nov 2020 #17
He needs to be prosecuted Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #7
Yes! Solly Mack Nov 2020 #13
One problem. He could do all that, but there's a price on his head. ffr Nov 2020 #11
There is that hopeful thought. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #14
And Remember who he REALLY owes it to Skraxx Nov 2020 #42
Trump and his spawn are going to be tarred and feathered and run out of the country ooky Nov 2020 #15
That would be a beautiful thing to see. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #20
He might just decide to do the rally thing again, but running things a bit differently Zambero Nov 2020 #16
Grifters scam, that's what they do. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #22
Let the MAGAts and donors waste their money on these grifters. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #18
That would be funny but not worth the bullshit of him holding rallies again. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #23
as a convicted felon bigtree Nov 2020 #21
Yes! That is what I what I want to see happen! Solly Mack Nov 2020 #25
I think that the flood of lawsuits and such might be enough to drag any prospects down the toilet... SWBTATTReg Nov 2020 #24
Maybe. But a girl can dream. I want him forever gone and out of the public eye. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #26
I don't care about this, don't think he can raise much money, needs $ for criminal cases. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2020 #27
Being tossed in prison is what I want to see happen. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #37
Trump Will be Lucky if He's Alive and not in Jail Skraxx Nov 2020 #28
Now there's a happy thought! Solly Mack Nov 2020 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Solly Mack Nov 2020 #36
He will find, especially as time goes forward, that it is difficult for a loser to raise money. Chainfire Nov 2020 #29
I hope he and his are so thoroughly humiliated that they go away. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #34
Good spot SM empedocles Nov 2020 #30
Not really. It's a sickening thought but there's nothing decent about him or his children. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #33
I am very sure that is his plan. A grifters is going to grift and Trump has never met a Statistical Nov 2020 #31
Or, if there's justice, he could end up in prison, where he belongs. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #32
I've been saying this for months. It's not really a surprise. Liberal In Texas Nov 2020 #38
His going to prison for what he did at the border would be the right thing to do. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author Solly Mack Nov 2020 #40
And taxpayers will have to foot the bills for his Secret Service detail dalton99a Nov 2020 #41
That, too. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #43

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
5. Me neither but Trump is a POS grifter. His entire immediate family is and they are all petty.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:23 PM
Nov 2020

I want the man stopped completely.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
6. Not on his own dime. Not all, anyway. He can get donations.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:25 PM
Nov 2020

I don't want it to happen but it did occur to me.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
19. That's true. Thankfully.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:31 PM
Nov 2020

Trump needs to be pushed off the public stage with no chance of his return. Including his spawn.

Thekaspervote

(32,767 posts)
8. Exactly! No AFO to fly around in, no aides to set everything up, no mo eh to bus ppl in
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:25 PM
Nov 2020

Who’s gonna organize and pay for all that? It won’t be him or any his spawn. Sure his cult will give some, but it won’t be near enough

It’s possible but it really takes a lot of money and organizational skills that none of them have

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
3. He needs to be stopped in his tracks.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:22 PM
Nov 2020

He must be brought to account for his crimes. He cannot be permitted to go on business as usual.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
4. Theoretically yes, but it probably wouldn't go well for him.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:23 PM
Nov 2020

When people lose at the presidential level, that's typically it for them, because they now have a "loser" brand, and people remember it and don't like voting for them.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
12. I hope so. I hope Trump is so crushed he slinks off.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:26 PM
Nov 2020

Forever nursing his wounds away from the public eye.

But I don't want his children in the public eye either.

Beartracks

(12,814 posts)
17. Who could think he's a good enough investment to keep donating to his campaign? Well...
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:30 PM
Nov 2020

... the Trump organization has been here before: "We have all the money we need coming from Russia."



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ffr

(22,670 posts)
11. One problem. He could do all that, but there's a price on his head.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:26 PM
Nov 2020

Almost a $ billion coming due in the next four years, 400 million of it in the next year. His bones may start breaking themselves.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
14. There is that hopeful thought.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:28 PM
Nov 2020

I just want him completely removed from the equation. Along with his spawn.

Skraxx

(2,977 posts)
42. And Remember who he REALLY owes it to
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 03:01 PM
Nov 2020

There’s a reason Putin is going to ground, reportedly. The Russian mob will want their money. Now that he’s not going to be President he’s of no more value. The bill is due. Putin’s operation has failed. Biden will not let his actions go unanswered.

ooky

(8,922 posts)
15. Trump and his spawn are going to be tarred and feathered and run out of the country
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:28 PM
Nov 2020

at minimum. At least that's my hope.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
16. He might just decide to do the rally thing again, but running things a bit differently
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:29 PM
Nov 2020

$kimming and $camming any and all contributions in order pay off those massive debts. Comrade Boris's preference I'm sure!

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
18. Let the MAGAts and donors waste their money on these grifters.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:31 PM
Nov 2020

What would be funny is if the GOP wants them to transfer the funds to other candidates, and the Trump family says "no".

SWBTATTReg

(22,124 posts)
24. I think that the flood of lawsuits and such might be enough to drag any prospects down the toilet...
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:34 PM
Nov 2020

for trump in the future. I'd like to 100% claim that trump's days are numbered and over with, but that's a pipe dream I suspect.

I'm waiting for the flood of lawsuits that are waiting in the wings. Also, we do have from the Mueller report a unnamed person not charged yet w/ a crime(s) but should have been, obviously we all know who this is.

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, that trump will issue pardons to all of his mafia buddies before too long, and will somehow be paid off. Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
26. Maybe. But a girl can dream. I want him forever gone and out of the public eye.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:37 PM
Nov 2020

He'll probably issue a mass pardon, I agree.

Skraxx

(2,977 posts)
28. Trump Will be Lucky if He's Alive and not in Jail
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:38 PM
Nov 2020

In 2024. If his health don’t get him Putin and/or the law will.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
35. Now there's a happy thought!
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:49 PM
Nov 2020

I want him jailed for what he did at the border - even if for nothing else - for that.

Response to Skraxx (Reply #28)

Chainfire

(17,538 posts)
29. He will find, especially as time goes forward, that it is difficult for a loser to raise money.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:41 PM
Nov 2020

He is no longer the new, exciting millionaire of the common people. I do not believe that the Republican leadership will back him, with anything but lip service, going forward. He is an old man with old schtick. He is done politically.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
34. I hope he and his are so thoroughly humiliated that they go away.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:47 PM
Nov 2020

Or go to jail.

Not sure about the Republican leadership. They aren't exactly better.

Statistical

(19,264 posts)
31. I am very sure that is his plan. A grifters is going to grift and Trump has never met a
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:43 PM
Nov 2020

dumber mark than his gullible supporters.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
32. Or, if there's justice, he could end up in prison, where he belongs.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:44 PM
Nov 2020

Along with others.

Which is what I'd like to see happen.

Liberal In Texas

(13,552 posts)
38. I've been saying this for months. It's not really a surprise.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:55 PM
Nov 2020

He wants to keep the adulation events going to feed his ego, and to feed his bank accounts he'll keep soliciting donations.

Unless repubs get some balls and shut this guy down they're going to be saddled with Trumpism for at least a decade.

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
39. His going to prison for what he did at the border would be the right thing to do.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:58 PM
Nov 2020

And it would stop the rallies. Except for those his followers held outside the prison walls.

I just can't see any healing as long as his victims don't get justice.

Response to Liberal In Texas (Reply #38)

dalton99a

(81,486 posts)
41. And taxpayers will have to foot the bills for his Secret Service detail
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 03:00 PM
Nov 2020

for him and the Slovenian sex worker - for life


Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)
43. That, too.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 03:03 PM
Nov 2020

Or, he could be held accountable for what he did at the border.

I want him held accountable. By that I mean charged and imprisoned. Because he is guilty.

Not just him - but those folks can share a cell with him.

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