Why Big-Money Donors Can't Reel In GOP Rebels

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Why Big-Money Donors Can’t Reel In GOP Rebels

January 6, 2023 at 11:59 am EST By Taegan Goddard 40 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/06/why-big-money-donors-cant-reel-in-gop-rebels/

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“Big Republican donors haven’t been much help in pushing California Rep. Kevin McCarthy over the finish line in his bid to become speaker of the House of Representatives,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The reason: His dissenters don’t need them.”

“About half the Republicans opposing Mr. McCarthy’s bid for House speaker fund their campaigns through small, online contributions instead of counting on major donors and corporate political-action committees, a Wall Street Journal review of Federal Election Commission reports found.”

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[erronis]

1. And perhaps a few unreported cash donations from other disruptive sources?

Hard to imagine that anyone wants to disrupt democracy as the libertarians, but there are some that despise the common people as much as trump.

[SunSeeker]

3. The Chaos Caucus MAGAts are Putin's favorite people.

Putin has been helping them with massive propaganda flooding on the internet. And dark money donations. That's why they don't need the GOP Country Club set.

[erronis]

4. I don't understand how so much of this influence/money is untrackable.

I'd think that fairly large transfers of money (or other assets) would be known to our trusted multi-national police.

Unless the tentacles of corruption are deep within our trusted law enforcement agencies...

[mitch96]

6. Money laundering.. It passes thru many hands before it gets to the freedumb caucus from

Putin... Thats my thought...
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[Genki Hikari]

9. Many small donations are less likely to get attention

You can have scads of $50 or $100 donations coming from a bunch of seemingly real accounts (that are actually coming from Russia or from some other oligarch here in America), or pay it in bitcoin, and no one's the wiser.

The FEC is woefully behind on all of the ways that scumbags will cheat the system.

[Mr.Bill]

2. Another side-effect of gerrymandering.

District is so stacked with one party that they hardly need to run a campaign. And the opposing party won't waste money on it.

[PortTack]

5. Small donors and don't need the money? Oh pleazzzzz! That is laughable

They are on the take no doubt. If it was all small donors why did booobert almost lose her seat?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

7. Big money donors

Need a swift kick in the ass.

Every rich motherfucker that resents the new deal support this shit. They hide whom they support.

The new deal has been a thorn in the side of the greedy.

They need to be exposed and forced to say what they think about the new deal publically in front of the other rich motherfuckers.

Never trust rich people.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

8. Big money donors

Need a swift kick in the ass.

Every rich motherfucker that resents the new deal support this shit. They hide whom they support.

The new deal has been a thorn in the side of the greedy.

They need to be exposed and forced to say what they think about the new deal publically in front of the other rich motherfuckers.

Never trust rich people.