Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s legal bills before the RNC gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press.
The unorthodox diversion of funds to the Save America PAC makes it more likely that Republican donors could see their money go to Trump’s lawyers, who have received at least $76 million over the last two years to defend him against four felony indictments and multiple civil cases. Some Republicans are already troubled that Trump’s takeover of the RNC could shortchange the cash-strapped party.
Trump has invited high-dollar donors to Palm Beach, Florida, for an April 6 fundraiser that comes as his fundraising is well behind President Joe Biden and national Democrats. The invitation’s fine print says donations to the Trump 47 Committee will first be used to give the maximum amount allowed under federal law to Trump’s campaign. Anything left over from the donation next goes toward a maximum contribution to Save America, and then anything left from there goes to the RNC and then to state political parties.
Until there’s some other jackass running for the GOP. Then it’ll start all over again because orange man has set a new precedent.
If he loses the presidential race, the GOP is gonna be in really, really bad shape.
Trump could, if we are lucky, be the death rattle of the Republican party.
In an ideal world, that could break us out of the two party system. We probably won’t get that lucky.
A man can dream…
Idk. Trump is a symptom, not the illness. Once he’s out of the equation, there are plenty of other neonazis to fill the vacuum.
I hope your right though.
A lot of the rightwing rats that have jumped ship have swam to the libertarian party, so maaaaaybe we’ll see that grow to replace the GOP. I’d call that a best-case scenario: they’re bat-shit crazy, but they at least stand for something other than contrarianism and hatred. The LP would make a more sane competition to the blue team.
I don’t see that actually happening though. Cult 45 will just flock to some other dipshit like Desantis, and another election or two down the road we’ll be doing the same ol’ dance.
If he doesn’t lose the rest of us are in far fucking worse shape
Just because Trump may be out of the picture, doesn’t mean the folks who watch Fox suddenly disappear into the ether.
Pretty sure he’s going to lose like every GOP has for decades, it’s just if the undemocratic institutions like gerrymandering and the electoral college will allow his votes to be privileged/worth more despite losing the public vote.
Don’t speak too soon, I thought GW Bush would be the final nail in the GOP coffin, because I felt Obama was overly conservative and regressive and that kind of middling would coax reasonable conservatives away from the madness that was 2 wars and the evangelical dominionists. Boy, was I fully wrong.
You forgot they hate black people more than anything else though.
They don’t hate “all” black people, they have a black friend. See, “not racist.”
Need to get rid of the ec and fptp voting to do that.
It won’t happen with our two party system. We’re stuck with the Republican party until the sun burns out.