Trump campaign asks GOP candidates using Trump's name and likeness in fundraising to give it a cut
Source: CNN Politics
Published 5:38 PM EDT, Wed April 17, 2024
CNN Donald Trumps campaign is asking Republican candidates and committees using the former presidents name and likeness to fundraise to give at least 5% of what they raise to the campaign, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
Trumps campaign managers, Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, said in a letter dated April 15, Beginning tomorrow, we ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trumps name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC
Wiles and LaCivita added: Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the (Republican National Committee) and President Trumps campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.
The letter comes as the presumptive GOP nominee has been ramping up his campaign fundraising as he scrambles to catch up with President Joe Bidens financial operation. The letter, first reported by Politico, was dated on the first day of Trumps New York criminal hush money trial, which will severely curtail his flexibility to travel for fundraising and campaigning.
The letter also included guidelines for Republican candidates and committees when they are using Trumps name and likeness while fundraising and asked them to avoid speaking on behalf of Trump, creating memberships, clubs, or rewards that are not authorized by the campaign, impersonating President Trump or his campaign, and mentioning Trumps family without their consent or the consent of the campaign. It is important to protect small dollar donors from scammers that use the presidents name and likeness, Trump campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez said in a statement.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/trump-campaign-republicans-fundraising/index.html
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)No further upside possible.
pfitz59
(10,386 posts)Tithing mandatory.
Demobrat
(8,986 posts)Hes letting them off easy.
Fullduplexxx
(7,867 posts)"Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the (Republican National Committee) and President Trumps campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.
ZonkerHarris
(24,242 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,242 posts)hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Traurigkeit
(230 posts)sellitman
(11,607 posts)He is the greatest grifter and Con Man the world has ever seen.
EarthFirst
(2,901 posts)Sounds like a win win to me!
TeamProg
(6,193 posts)Walmarts and SamsClub soon!
its the official fragrance of Trump airlines!
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)It is important to protect small dollar donors from scammers that use the presidents name and likeness." LOL Of course: the scam that is the Trump campaign doesn't want the competition.
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gohuskies
(1,156 posts)Shaking down his fellow rethug co-conspirators.... who'd have thunk it... LOL
LeftInTX
(25,490 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,304 posts)I.e., where it might appear on a building or as part of the name of a resort or is associated with a product from a company that he doesn't actually own. I.e., the name/image is simply considered a "brand".
He's like a walking version of the movie "Idiocracy"'s "Brawndo".
No other Presidential candidate has ever insisted on retaining a "cut" from the money raised by down-ballot campaigns for actually tying themselves to the top of the ticket based on that person's "name" or "image".
If anything, the National Committees GIVE the down-ballot campaigns additional money to pad what they took in.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,468 posts)billionaires to funnel money to Trump illegally? Aside from being blatant influence peddling?