• brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    Worth reading. Other Ds & Rs have debt. Also this…

    Some high-profile candidates saddled with debt get creative.

    Democrat Hillary Clinton, for one, paid down $22.5 million in campaign debt from her 2008 campaign through a multi-pronged approach that included selling leftover campaign trinkets, offering face time President Bill Clinton and renting the personal information of her campaign supporters to other Democrats and private data brokers. Clinton’s 2008 committee paid off its debts by 2013 — just in time for Clinton to announce another White House run in the 2016 election cycle.

    (emphasis mine)

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    Fkn hilarious if they could actually bankrupt this kkkunt. Not gonna happen, tho, since trump is her daddy.

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    This is one of the many reasons that private money shouldn’t be used for campaigns, even the candidate’s own money. Ironically, it would also be much cheaper for the taxpayer to just use public money, be it through a standard amount, or vouchers, for example.

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    Are you a vendor selling goods or services to political entities? Here is a handy guide.

    Democrat: Business as usual.

    Republican: Cash, up front and hide your children.

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    As spring turned to summer, Karoline Leavitt’s 2022 congressional campaign committee failed to pay off a penny of the $326,370.50 it owes across more than 100 creditors, according to a new disclosure filed with the Federal Election Commission.

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      Her husband is a multi-millionaire who owns a apartments and other properties. It’s probably a case of do we feel like paying for that, Trump wouldn’t

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    drain the swamp

    take those that are defrauding creditors to alligator auschwitz