Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump's State of the Union speech

[highplainsdem]

Source: WaPo

President Trump is seeking to parlay his first State of the Union address on Tuesday into cash for his reelection campaign by offering supporters a chance to see their name flashed on the screen during a broadcast of the speech.

In a fundraising solicitation on Monday, Trump offered those willing to pay at least $35 the opportunity to see their name displayed during a live streaming of the address on his campaign website.

“This is a movement,” the solicitation says. “It’s not about just one of us. It’s about ALL of us. Which is why your name deserves to be displayed during Tuesday night’s speech.”

The web page to which the solicitation links offers donors the opportunity to contribute as much as $2,700 — the maximum amount allowed per election.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/01/29/names-of-campaign-donors-to-be-flashed-during-live-stream-of-trumps-state-of-the-union-speech/

[rzemanfl]

1. FFS. K&R. n/t

[mascarax]

24. Agree

just...never mind...your summary stands.

[dchill]

2. So it's not a speech. It's a pitch.

[FarPoint]

52. It's " Showtime"....

The American people have been brainwashed by propaganda .... corporate control...We are now just Drones.

Reminds me of the social structure from the " Hunger Games".

[mucifer]

3. That's not the onion or Borowitz holy crap. They really don't care.

[ewagner]

63. That was my first thought....

kept looking for the Onion logo...

[Pachamama]

4. This is a joke, right?

Right?

[Skittles]

46. no

[kimbutgar]

5. The president, sold to the highest bidder even Putin can bid

[pbmus]

6. The selling of America....

[jmowreader]

7. It might be worth $35...

...to donate in the name of "Impeach Trump," Donald's long-lost cousin from Pig's Knuckle, Arkansas.

[lunasun]

32. Hmmm tempting ...K+ R this post and your reply!

So many possible names and places ....

[QC]

39. M. Peach Trump. n/t

[Scarsdale]

58. This should come with a

warning that this money WILL be used for lawyer fees for the tRump family. Don Jr. is already having his lawyer fees paid out of campaign contributions. Jared and Ivanka will need PLENTY. How come nobody asks why the tRump "merchandise" is made in sweatshops overseas, while Shithead is hollering "Bring jobs back"? Also, this blatant begging for $$$ shows that he is no billionaire.

[jmowreader]

67. Scarsdale, you must not know any billionaires

I don’t think he’s one either, but there’s an unwritten rule in the billionaire class: never spend your own money unless you absolutely have to. You let other people spend your money but they must return it with interest.

The real reason we know he’s not a billionaire is he has personal liability in his buildings. When a real billionaire borrows money for one of his businesses, the investors will come after the business and leave the investor out of it. On Trump’s projects they’ll come after Trump.

My estimate of his real net worth after deducting the parts of his buildings he doesn’t own? The Titanic isn’t that far underwater.

[Blue_Tires]

64. "Weedlord Bonerhitler" is long overdue for a comeback, too

[Arkansas Granny]

8. So he's basically giving a campaign speech.

Will he start chanting "lock her up" for the benefit of his base?

[cilla4progress]

9. Are you fucking

Kidding me?

[JoeOtterbein]

10. Will they take a donation from my new name; Donald B. Ruskyplant ?

[marybourg]

11. It'll just be shown this way on his campaign website.

Not on broadcast or cable TV.

[RKP5637]

12. This guy is trash! n/t

[dalton99a]

13. There is no low for the asshole

[underpants]

14. Colbert did that years ago

for his Super PAC.

[Glorfindel]

18. Colbert was not the President of the United States of America.

How very, very far we have fallen.

[Beartracks]

27. Republicans see satire and parody and go, "Wow, Great idea!"

=======

[Turbineguy]

15. Never miss

a chance to go lower.

[not fooled]

16. My first thought upon seeing the headline was that

Steyer bought time and was gonna scroll through the names of the kook brothers and their fellow daemons.

[BigmanPigman]

41. He should do something like that.

Too bad he didn't have this idea himself.

[diva77]

17. The perfect way to divert wingnut attention away from the actual speech. In fact, he should

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arrange for the SOTU sound to be muted while the donors names are read aloud. That would be an improvement.

[Kajun Gal]

19. Well,like totally cool. Tom Steyer needs to flash the millions who signed up his needtoimpeach.com

[George II]

20. It's a movement all right. Similar to a movement one gets after eating a bad meal.

[groundloop]

21. There's an error in the OP..... you put "WaPo" instead of "Onion"

This is a story from the Onion, right? RIGHT !?!?!?!?

Please dear God, tell me we haven't sunk this far.

Oh, we have sunk this far?

Oh, SHIT !!!!!

[Kablooie]

22. Good! People will know who to blame!

[Freethinker65]

23. Easy way to get the names in real time and post them.

[DBoon]

25. I was hoping the Democrats were doing this to advertise how Trump has been bought

But no, Trump is actually proud to have sold off to the highest bidder.

He is beyond shame.

[Marthe48]

26. What a complete whore

n/t

[olddad56]

28. I see an oppurtunity here...

for names like Heywood Jablomi, Mike Hunt, Howie Litchersnatch, Jack Mehoff, etc.
They would look good flashing across the bottom of the screen.

[orangecrush]

29. Heil Asshole!

[keithbvadu2]

30. At $35 per flash , every 2nd or 3rd name would be Vlad Putin for all his 'loans'

At $35 per flash , every 2nd or 3rd name would be Vlad Putin for all his 'loans'

[Me.]

31. Don't The Networks Have To Agree?

He's not in charge/control of their scrolls

[lunasun]

35. Just on his campaign website live stream of the SOTU

[Me.]

36. Good God Do They Have Actual Viewers?

Thanks for the clarification.

[lunasun]

38. Not just any viewers, some willing to be suckered out of $35 to see der name on da teeveee with

Trump it seems. Oh they will get some no doubt

[EarthFirst]

33. Is Ted Nugent playing the walk in?

What the fu*k is this clown show?!

[lunasun]

34. Step right up ladies and gents Enter your name in to our leader's great SOTU roll call just $35 ea

[RandomAccess]

37. Tacky, tacky, tacky

Somehow reminds me of a carnival barker hawking cheap carnival prizes.

[edbermac]

40. Partial list of live stream.

Большое спасибо - Леонид Ковальский, Мария Тиммерман, Наталья Аничкина, Олег Строев, Павел Лапшин, Руслан Нуриев, Светлана Стасова, Татьяна Терентьева, Ульяна Бушуева, Руфина Фролова, Михаил Тихонов, Цаплин Кузнецов, Вячеслав Чистович, Шура Шишкина, Леонид Ковальский...

[TeamPooka]

42. Forget the money, real benefit for Trump is diverting his followers from mainstream media coverage

of his speech where they might hear something bad about him.
Silo-ing his voters is a key tactic for him.

[Miigwech]

43. Good, charge them all with aiding and abetting a crime

get all the names!

[SunSeeker]

44. LOL. Each "flash" will identify to the world a rube who can be suckered.

[Cha]

48. Yeah! I was wondering who

would be stupid enough to go for it?

[YOHABLO]

45. Fine with me I won't be watching anyway. Can't stand the sight of him, much less the way he talks.

[C Moon]

47. 'draining the swamp' :/

I guess what "it" meant by that was draining the swamp of those who believe in our constitution.

[Turbineguy]

49. Trump is going to need some expensive lawyers.

Overtime and Danger Bonus adds up fast.

[Angry Dragon]

50. Shaking my head

[DFW]

51. It's right there in the Constitution, Article II, Section 3, clause 1

The President “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient, and he shall conduct fundraising for his own partisan purposes while his address is being broadcast.”

[chelsea0011]

53. I think he is also surrounding himself at the podium with trump wine, trump steaks, trump water.....

he is a fucking moron.

[woodsprite]

54. So the SOTU tonight will be a telethon of and for idiots. n/t

[debsy]

55. BOYCOTT ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP

The only way to stop them is to hit them in their pocketbooks. The boycott needs to be extensive. So far, https://grabyourwallet.org has 472 companies listed, including Amazon, Home Depot, AARP. It is going to be inconvenient but I, for one, am going to methodically ensure i do not give my money to any of these places. I am also going to contact the places I do shop and let them know why i am not spending my money there. I am also going to track down who supports the GOP minions and stop spending money at those companies as well. Nothing else is working.

[MBS]

68. Thanks for the information

I am inclined to do a blanket boycott, at least initially, only of companies or their CEOS who endorsed or donated to Trump, and, of course, especially those who continue to do so. For the others that I may otherwise patronize, I will start with letters asking them to stop carrying Trump-related products (Then I'll gauge my next actions by how they respond).

[janterry]

56. this isn't the onion?

well, it sure tells us all we need to know about the state of our democracy.

it's up for sale

[no_hypocrisy]

57. I wouldn't be bragging about donating to Trump, and

boycott the *televised* SOTU and listen to it on the radio.

[Deb]

59. An attempt to increase viewership

Something he should have tried during his inauguration. losers

[DeminPennswoods]

60. Grifters gonna grift

nt

[JNelson6563]

61. Yes! Please give us names!

I for one think it's wise to know who among our citizens support this treason.

[sinkingfeeling]

62. Can this POS debase our democracy any more?

[Nitram]

65. The first "sponsored" SOTU.

What a cheap-ass glitz queen this president is. It's embarrassing.

[MLAA]

66. Infomercial SOTDU (dis-union)

Next the daily press briefings will have corporate sponsors. Huck Sanders will say *Today’s briefing is brought to you by Papa Johns pizza, the order a pie before you die from no insurance people*

[djg21]

69. This has to be a campaign finance law violation.

If airtime is given by the networks, and is used for purposes of collecting campaign contributions, the airtime is an in-kind contribution and is subject to reporting. It’s somewhat like the “franking” privilege which has been debated a lot over the years. https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RS22771.html

It’s absolutely unsavory. But this country elected a failed businessman and marginally successful reality TV star as President, and his administration is no better than a stupid reality TV show. What were the dumbfucks thinking? (That is a purely rhetorical question). Maybe the sequel will have the administration naked and afraid in the Whitehouse. It’s already afraid of Mueller and impeachment. Lock the fucker up!