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Donald Trump is elevating cash extra shortly as an election loser than he did as a candidate through the presidential marketing campaign.
On Tuesday evening, Rachel Maddow identified that for the reason that election, Trump has raised $170 million – most of which goes right into a slush fund that the outgoing president can use to fund any private bills he has.
“He can use it to pay for every part as much as and together with his private bills like meals and journey and lease and haircuts and make-up and really large pants and really lengthy ties,” the MSNBC host mentioned. “He may even simply take the cash for himself as earnings.”
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Rachel Maddow: Trump is utilizing election fraud conspiracy theories to lift cash that’s going into a private slush fund. #maddow pic.twitter.com/1MVzexdxiK
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) December 2, 2020
Maddow mentioned:
If you wish to put that $170 million in context, it implies that Trump and these people have discovered a approach to make use of these conspiracy theories in regards to the election to lift cash at a approach sooner clip proper now than they have been elevating cash earlier than the election. Take into consideration that. Seems they’ve discovered easy methods to shake more cash out of their supporters by dropping the election and inventing scare tales about it than they have been capable of squeeze out of them by really simply attempting to win the election outright upfront. Over $170 million. That’s past Trump’s wildest desires by way of how a lot he can nonetheless get out of individuals. And the place is that cash going? It’s not that arduous to determine. It’s there within the wonderful print. It seems that a huge chunk of that cash goes to the Republican Social gathering. So this can now be the monetary DNA of the Republican Social gathering shifting ahead. It’s additionally true that a small portion of this cash could also be going to those house alien conspiracy principle lawsuits that they’re submitting across the nation nonetheless. However the huge bulk of it’s going to what’s referred to as a management PAC for Trump himself. And a management PAC on this occasion is principally a slush fund for the president himself that he can use to pay not only for political exercise. He can use it to pay for his way of life. He can use it to pay for every part as much as and together with his private bills like meals and journey and lease and haircuts and make-up and really large pants and really lengthy ties. He may even simply take the cash for himself as earnings. He can simply pay himself from this $170 million slush fund that he’s constructing off of those conspiracy theories and loopy whack job lawsuits. Good work if you may get it, proper?
There isn’t a cash in a sleek concession
Nearly each loser of each presidential election in American historical past has conceded as soon as it was clear that she or he misplaced, however Donald Trump is utilizing this post-election interval to lift cash for his private piggy financial institution.
He isn’t pushing baseless conspiracy theories as a result of he actually believes that widespread election fraud value him a second time period. He’s doing it as a result of he is aware of his loyalists will consider him and open their financial institution accounts to him.
Trump is shaking down his most ardent supporters on his approach out the door.
In the end, Donald Trump is aware of he misplaced the election to Joe Biden, however he additionally appears to acknowledge that there’s cash to be made by denying that loss.
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Sean Colarossi at the moment resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for each of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He additionally labored with Deliberate Parenthood as an Inexpensive Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents get hold of medical insurance protection.
