Trump Ally: Kelly Loeffler Offered Trump $50 Million to Help Get Her Opponent Out of the Race

[brooklynite]

Source: Daily Beast

A leading congressional ally of President Donald Trump alleged last week that Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) threatened to withhold financial support for the president’s re-election effort unless he helped get her top Republican opponent out of the race.

According to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Loeffler or her representatives approached the Trump campaign and offered to spend tens of millions of dollars on Trump’s behalf. But that financial support would only come, Loeffler’s team supposedly said, if Trump helped convince Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) to drop his Senate bid. Gaetz supports Collins and was speaking at a campaign event.

“This is what the Loeffler team went to the Trump team with,” said Gaetz. “They went and said, ‘Look, you guys gotta get Doug Collins out of this race’… She said, ‘I have $50 million for this project, and I can either spend my $50 million getting new voters and helping the Trump campaign, or I can spend that $50 million taking out Doug Collins.’”



Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-ally-matt-gaetz-kelly-loeffler-offered-trump-dollar50-million-to-help-get-her-opponent-out-of-the-race

[Walleye]

1. What do they call that? Oh yeah, quid pro quo

[brooklynite]

8. "Quid pro quo" is such an ugly term...wouldn't "shakedown" be a better choice?

[Walleye]

12. Yep. That's the word

[lagomorph777]

19. Why is Gaetz attacking her? He's not running against her.

Honestly, the crazy is hard to follow sometimes.

[brush]

2. Isn't she the insider trading person? Guess that's how she's got that kind of money to throw around.

[PatSeg]

4. She is now officially

the richest member of congress, worth $500 million.

[Hoyt]

3. The sad thing is that even if we knock Loeffler out with something like this, Doug Collins is the

likely beneficiary.

I'm hopeful Warnock will slide in for the run-off, but one would have to bet on the GOPer taking it. Warnock has been running some great ads, but Georgia is still a rube state until we actually win an election.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Have to hope the Repubs dig up enough dirt on each other that the winner is wounded

and Warnock emerges as the clean, sane candidate whom the independents would prefer.

[gademocrat7]

6. That is my fervent hope too.

[radius777]

15. If Matt Lieberman would drop out Warnock could finish in the top two.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/23/georgia-poll-presidential-senate-close-420551
In a special election for Georgia’s second Senate seat, the poll shows a three-way virtual tie in the so-called jungle primary between GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to the seat earlier this year by Gov. Brian Kemp, GOP Rep. Doug Collins and Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock.

Loeffler leads the pack with 23 percent support, followed by Collins with 22 percent support and Warnock with 21 percent. Matt Lieberman, also a Democrat, registered 11 percent support in the poll. The survey represents a major upswing for Warnock, who is backed by Senate Democrats’ campaign arm — Wednesday’s poll shows a 12-point climb for the Atlanta-based pastor since July.

The survey underscores the certainty that the special election, which is set to take place on Nov. 3 along with the other races, will head to a runoff in January between the top two candidates. It also raises the possibility that January’s runoff could be a two-party race, rather than a showdown of conservatives between Loeffler and Collins.

The Monmouth University poll surveyed 402 registered voters in Georgia by phone from Sept. 17-21. Results from the survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.

[Hoyt]

17. Possible, if Lieberman did the right thing.

[awesomerwb1]

7. The source is Matt Gaetz???

I honestly don't know what to make of this.

[stillcool]

11. sure doesn't smell right...

has to be more to this story, and the more must be lethal...but it's great to see the worms turn

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Loeffler is being challenged by Doug Collins, who is a fellow House Rep of Gaetz's

and Loeffler is pretty toxic with her insider dealing, so it's not that surprising to see some Republicans thinking they need another candidate.

[stillcool]

16. oh..shucks...

same old, same old.

[Walleye]

14. I think Gaetz wanted Collins out of the House and into the Senate so he can move up the ladder

[not fooled]

9. Corrupt dumbass

whining about corruption.

[JI7]

10. The entire party is corrupt

[keithbvadu2]

18. WOW! Being Senator must have some really good side benefits for those in the know.

WOW! Being Senator must have some really good side benefits for those in the know.

[The Genealogist]

20. How Republican. How very, very Republican

Passel of snakes in the grass, all of them.

[Progressive Jones]

21. Republican losers, all 3 of them. nt