BigRedBuster Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 This is a good example as to why it's stupid to just belong to a party and feel like you need to support them long term. Parties change and so many people just blindly follow along and proudly proclaim they are a Republican or Democrat. 2 Link to comment
funhusker Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: YES PLEASE!!!!! I think this could also help other parties gain a better footing. It's a win-win. 2 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 12 minutes ago, funhusker said: YES PLEASE!!!!! I think this could also help other parties gain a better footing. It's a win-win. Curious if these just apply to their state races or does it apply also to national races like President. Or, does that need to be changed at the national level to be applied to national races? Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I guess making it easier for Americans to vote and banning gerrymandering is a "power grab" by the libs. 2 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 https://www.mediaite.com/news/biden-raked-in-more-than-170-million-in-dark-money-in-2020-election-almost-7-times-more-than-trump-report/ Biden Raked in More Than $170 Million in Dark Money in 2020 Election, Almost 7 Times More than Trump: Report 2 Link to comment
knapplc Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Archy1221 said: https://www.mediaite.com/news/biden-raked-in-more-than-170-million-in-dark-money-in-2020-election-almost-7-times-more-than-trump-report/ Biden Raked in More Than $170 Million in Dark Money in 2020 Election, Almost 7 Times More than Trump: Report Weird how billionaire Mike Bloomberg spent $400 million of his own money to fund his ill-fated campaign, yet no one - not the dark money investors, not trump himself - would invest in his 2020 campaign. 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 27 minutes ago, knapplc said: Weird how billionaire Mike Bloomberg spent $400 million of his own money to fund his ill-fated campaign, yet no one - not the dark money investors, not trump himself - would invest in his 2020 campaign. Weird how you bring up Michael Bloomberg since he wasn’t mentioned. Since you did.....he spent over $900 million according to NYT not $400 million. 2 Link to comment
knapplc Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Archy1221 said: Weird how you bring up Michael Bloomberg since he wasn’t mentioned. Since you did.....he spent over $900 million according to NYT not $400 million. A man with billions who invests in himself. Isn't that what we were promised with trump? And yet his financials show a fraction of Bloomberg's money donated to trump's own reelection efforts. Weird. Link to comment
funhusker Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 41 minutes ago, Archy1221 said: https://www.mediaite.com/news/biden-raked-in-more-than-170-million-in-dark-money-in-2020-election-almost-7-times-more-than-trump-report/ Biden Raked in More Than $170 Million in Dark Money in 2020 Election, Almost 7 Times More than Trump: Report This paragraph is crazy: "Notably, it was the first time in history the spending benefitted Democrats in a presidential race more than Republicans. About $174 million went to supporting Biden’s campaign, while former President Donald Trump benefited from about a seventh of that, or $25.2 million." Not only did a democrat benefit for the first time, but did so by so much is pretty indicative of how a lot of even wealthy Americans were desperate to see Trump go. 3 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, knapplc said: A man with billions who invests in himself. Isn't that what we were promised with trump? And yet his financials show a fraction of Bloomberg's money donated to trump's own reelection efforts. Weird. Not really. What was weird is bringing up Michael Bloomberg. 2 Link to comment
knapplc Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Just now, funhusker said: This paragraph is crazy: "Notably, it was the first time in history the spending benefitted Democrats in a presidential race more than Republicans. About $174 million went to supporting Biden’s campaign, while former President Donald Trump benefited from about a seventh of that, or $25.2 million." Not only did a democrat benefit for the first time, but did so by so much is pretty indicative of how a lot of even wealthy Americans were desperate to see Trump go. Exactly. Nobody - not even trump - was investing in trump 2020. If trump were remotely as wealthy as he claims to be, he'd have gone the Bloomberg route and self-funded in amounts that would dwarf Biden's dark money numbers. A good friend of mine says Bloomberg spent nearly $900 million of his own cash on his election. trump? Not even a fraction of that. Weird! 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 50 minutes ago, Archy1221 said: https://www.mediaite.com/news/biden-raked-in-more-than-170-million-in-dark-money-in-2020-election-almost-7-times-more-than-trump-report/ Biden Raked in More Than $170 Million in Dark Money in 2020 Election, Almost 7 Times More than Trump: Report The Democrats passed legislation in the House to eliminate dark money. Are the Republicans going to support that? Seems disingenuous to act outraged over this when it's his party trying to eliminate it. 3 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: The Democrats passed legislation in the House to eliminate dark money. Are the Republicans going to support that? Seems disingenuous to act outraged over this when it's his party trying to eliminate it. You do this quite often. Darn near every time I share an article you claim I’m acting outraged. I understand that you may use posting articles as a way to show outrage, however, it’s also possible that others share articles for informational purposes like normal rational people tend to do. As far as the legislation passed goes, was it a standalone bill specifically related to dark money? I believe the answer is no. 2 Link to comment
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