The Republican's campaign said it raised $34.8 million from small-dollar donors in less than seven hours following the historic verdict Thursday afternoon.

Key Points

  • The presidential campaign of Donald Trump said it raised a record $34.8 million from small-dollar donors in the hours after his criminal hush money case conviction in New York.
  • Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan Supreme Court jury of falsifying business records related to his scheme with Michael Cohen to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
  • The Republican is set to face President Joe Biden in November’s election, in a rematch of their 2020 contest for the White House.
  • Mostly_Harmless_Variant@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    This makes me think of the sunk cost fallacy. I figure they are so heavily invested at this point that they are doubling down. If they don’t have Trump to back their views, they might realize being a bigot isn’t cool.

  • MagicShel@programming.dev
    1·
    2 years ago

    Honestly, good. Squeeze those stupid motherfuckers dry. Because when they’ve given everything they have to Trump and they get nothing in return except deeper into poverty, that’s when they will feel the pain they deserve.

    But the depth of their devotion to someone who gives zero fucks about them is truly astounding.

    • Beetlejuice001@lemmy.wtf
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’ve subscribed to the theory white supremacists backed by Christian Nationalist Billionaires have fueled this entire conflict and culture war.

      First the pedophiles infiltrated the church, then the White Supremacy movement saw how easy it was and joined in.

      Purely speculative other then project 2025 as proof

      • MagicShel@programming.dev
        0·
        2 years ago

        A significant portion of America supported the fucking Nazis so yeah, I think it’s clear we didn’t learn shit. Not even the stupid fuckers who saw it happen in front of their eyes.

    • rauls4@lemm.ee
      0·
      2 years ago

      Honestly, I still wonder if I am having a really long bad dream. It just doesn’t add up. In the past elections have been close. This fucking asshole is despised by every democrat and a good deal of ex-republicans but he still is ahead in the polls. How does that square up?

  • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 years ago

    presidential campaign of Donald Trump said it raised

    The word “said” in that sentence is doing a lot of heavy lifting. They can say they raised eleventy brazilian dollars. It doesn’t make it true. The media is doing a heck of a job amplifying Trump’s lies.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    01·
    2 years ago

    You can’t buy more voters this election.

    You actually haven’t been able to buy voters in a while.

    People are locked in. It’s all about driving your base at this point.