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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:10 PM Nov 2020

It's all a big fundraising scam


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It's all a big fundraising scam!!!

They're gonna try and retire general election campaign debt and build their war chests by rallying behind a delusional outgoing president when they know Biden will be President on 01/20/21.

Our campaign finance system allows/incentivizes this!
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TDale313

(7,820 posts)
1. Yep. Also, I agree with the theory that Mitch
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:13 PM
Nov 2020

Really is just trying to fire up the base for the Georgia Senate run-offs. I think he knows Trump’s toast.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
4. You're right. I didn't think about the Senate race. They know Trump supporters would stay home
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:14 PM
Nov 2020

if the Senate didn't support Trump.

RockRaven

(14,966 posts)
3. McTurtle's angle isn't fundraising, it is riling up Repukes to drive turnout in the GA runoffs
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:13 PM
Nov 2020

He cares about preserving a Senate majority above everything else.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
13. McConnell would sell his children to remain head of the Senate , so I agree.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 07:04 PM
Nov 2020

For Trump, it's grifting.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
5. Of course it is! Watch Chump announce his "Re-election Campaign 2024"
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:14 PM
Nov 2020

... on the day he's out of his current job, January 20th, 2021.


thucythucy

(8,048 posts)
10. It may be a fundraising scam for the Trump family, but it's also
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:59 PM
Nov 2020

a way for Moscow Mitch and the other GOP dead-enders to delegitimize the Biden presidency from the get-go.

"Voter fraud" is this year's birther conspiracy theory.

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