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kleinbl00  ·  1884 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    House Minority Leader’s spending at Trump’s properties increased 32,000 percent after Nov. 8, 2016

Maybe it's the gin and tonic but ZOMFG I this has to shellack the mutherfucker. Surely someone in Bakersfield has had enough of this asshole.

am_Unition  ·  1884 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's not a huge amount of money compared to a campaign budget, though. This bothers me more on principle. We should have a statute for the emoluments clause applied to domestic interactions, because once again, the president's failure to de-couple himself from his businesses clearly provides the opportunity for abuse and corruption.

kleinbl00  ·  1884 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is, though. It's 25% of his campaign funding.

am_Unition  ·  1883 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A roughly $2 million campaign seems a little light on funding to me, he must have been secure in his re-election. I'mma go check.

Yep, he won in 2018 with 64% of the vote. The RNC and PACs wisely spent their money on actual battlegrounds.

kleinbl00  ·  1883 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Methinks the battle is spreading.

am_Unition  ·  1883 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If people still care about truth, there isn't gonna be enough money in 2020 to assure they keep the Senate. Big if, tho