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Related: About this forum"Self-funding" Trump wants you to send "$5 or $10" to buy volunteers "pizza, snacks, and water."
Donald Trump's campaign blasted out a fundraising email this morning asking for pizza money.
Trump has repeatedly vowed to self-fund his campaign in order to avoid becoming indebted to special interests. He continued to claim he was self-funding the effort even after he worked to fundraise and court wealthy donors. On the eve of the election, Trump has shoveled an estimated $66 million into his campaigna substantial amount, but far less than the $100 million he promised. And in an email this morning, the Trump campaign once again put out its hand to supporters, in a pitch for more money that very clearly was targeted at small donors.
Obviously, the purchase of snacks for volunteers might just be a ruse to elicit sympathy from small donors; fundraising emails from candidates on both sides often stretch the truth when it comes to the urgency of donations. How much money Trump's campaign really has on hand to buy pizza won't be known until well after the election, but at the last filing Trump's campaign reported having just $15 million on hand.
Last week, the Trump campaign announced it had raised $100 million from small donors in the month of October. That would have required the campaign to raise $65 million since the last official report, filed on October 19. There is no way to confirm that total before the election.
Trump has repeatedly vowed to self-fund his campaign in order to avoid becoming indebted to special interests. He continued to claim he was self-funding the effort even after he worked to fundraise and court wealthy donors. On the eve of the election, Trump has shoveled an estimated $66 million into his campaigna substantial amount, but far less than the $100 million he promised. And in an email this morning, the Trump campaign once again put out its hand to supporters, in a pitch for more money that very clearly was targeted at small donors.
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Trump campaign emails asking for $ "to help buy our volunteers pizza, snacks, and water"
Paige Lavender Verified account
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Trump campaign emails asking for $ "to help buy our volunteers pizza, snacks, and water"
Obviously, the purchase of snacks for volunteers might just be a ruse to elicit sympathy from small donors; fundraising emails from candidates on both sides often stretch the truth when it comes to the urgency of donations. How much money Trump's campaign really has on hand to buy pizza won't be known until well after the election, but at the last filing Trump's campaign reported having just $15 million on hand.
Last week, the Trump campaign announced it had raised $100 million from small donors in the month of October. That would have required the campaign to raise $65 million since the last official report, filed on October 19. There is no way to confirm that total before the election.
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"Self-funding" Trump wants you to send "$5 or $10" to buy volunteers "pizza, snacks, and water." (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Nov 2016
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gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)1. what a cheap fucking bastard
niyad
(113,553 posts)2. surely robert mercer could spare a few more shekels.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)4. I'm sending a puppet
Maybe some Tic Tacs
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)5. Invite them into your homes...
Offer them turkey (tryptophan) and other sleepytime food and beverages, bong hits, and special brownies. Play soothing music for them, let them pet the fluffy soft kitty. Make your impromptu party an event they can't resist; whatever it takes, keep them off the streets.
If none of that works, feed them exlax.
MineralMan
(146,330 posts)6. I'll gladly buy them a couple of pizzas.
Canadian Bacon, Pineapple and Triple Anchovies.
Eat hearty, volunteers!
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)7. Maybe the Bundy Bunch
can send them some of their left-over snacks!
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)8. Send Cheetos........
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)9. the Hettie Green of 21st century billionaires
sarae
(3,284 posts)10. Yep...
This so-called "billionaire" needs to ask people to chip in and buy his volunteers pizza?!
I don't understand how anyone gives any money to this conman.
Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)11. Oldie but goodie - take a page out of the Bundy Occupation.
Send gummy penises.
oasis
(49,408 posts)12. If I deliver a pizza to deplorables, I'm not sure if they should eat it.
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)13. Someone send over the taco truck!