https://www.businessinsider.com/tru...t-increased-bidens-victory-margin-2020-11?amp Trump spent $3 million for a vote recount in Wisconsin's largest county to support his baseless claim of ballot fraud but lost by even more than initially thought Sophia Ankel Nov 28, 2020, 6:23 AM President-elect Joe Biden gained votes in Wisconsin's largest county on Friday after Trump's election campaign demanded a recount earlier this month. The Trump administration spent $3 million to request two recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties after the president lost Wisconsin to Biden by over 20,000 votes. But county election officials in Milwaukee County completed their recount on Friday and found that Biden actually made a total net gain of 132 votes out of nearly 460,000 votes cast. This further boosted Biden's margin of victory, who overall gained 257 votes to Trump's 125. Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said on Friday: "The recount demonstrates what we already know: that elections in Milwaukee County are fair, transparent, accurate and secure," according to Reuters. Dane County is expected to announce its recount results on Sunday. Both Milwaukee and Dane are two of Wisconsin's most populous counties and have a large number of Democrat voters. Trump is still expected to mount a legal challenge to the overall result in Wisconsin, but the window of opportunity is slowly closing as the state is due to certify its final result on Tuesday. Certification is done by the Democratic chair of the Wisconsin Election Commission, which is bipartisan Trump has carried on pushing unproven claims of widespread voter fraud as his election campaign continues to file legal challenges in several states. A US chief election administration official, who was appointed by the president, previously told Insider in an interview that there is "no evidence of widespread voter fraud" and that the president's claim "hurts the fabric of our nation." Trump's legal team suffered another defeat in Pennsylvania on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected the campaign's latest attempt to challenge the state's election results, the Associated Press reported. Meanwhile, in the key swing state of Georgia — which Biden won — the president's baseless claims have concerned fellow Republicans who feel his comments could hinder the party's efforts to retain control of the Senate
Trump initially wanted a statewide recount but the cost would have been about 7 million dollars. He then changed his request to two specific counties with a high vote registration of Black voters and Indigenous voters...saving him about 4 million for the recount. Traditionally when there's a few strange ballot voting such as by "dead people"...its been from a few individuals (not widespread) in rural areas in which a spouse assumed in error that he / she can cast a vote ballot of a recently dead spouse. Regardless, Trump just paid 3 million dollars to learn he gave Biden +100 more votes...hilarious. wrbtrader
#ArtOfTheDeal Why would you pay for a recount if the allegation is there's a ton of illegal votes you'll count again? #StableGenius
I usually have sympathy for victims of fraud,but not these dumb ass Trump supporters giving him money.I hope these idiots are mortgaging their houses to donate. (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump seeks to discredit last week’s election with baseless claims of voter fraud, his team has bombarded his supporters with requests for money to help pay for legal challenges to the results: “The Left will try to STEAL this election!” reads one text. But any small-dollar donations from Trump’s grassroots donors won’t be going to legal expenses at all, according to a Reuters review of the legal language in the solicitations. A donor would have to give more than $8,000 before any money goes to the “recount account” established to finance election challenges, including recounts and lawsuits over alleged improprieties, the fundraising disclosures show. The emailed solicitations send supporters to an “Official Election Defense Fund” website that asks them to sign up for recurring donations to “protect the results and keep fighting even after Election Day.” The fine print makes clear most of the money will go to other priorities. A large portion of the money goes to “Save America,” a Trump leadership PAC, or political action committee, set up on Monday, and the Republican National Committee (RNC). Under Federal Election Commission rules, both groups have broad leeway in how they can use the funds. The Trump campaign, the RNC and Trump’s new Save America PAC did not respond to requests for comment. Leadership PACs such as Save America are often set up by prominent political figures to spend money on other candidates, while also paying for personal expenses, such as travel and hotel stays. The disclosures would allow Trump and the RNC to channel the donations into other political causes or campaigns, such as the two high-stakes January Senate runoff races in Georgia that could determine control of the Senate and are likely to rank among the most expensive races in U.S. history. Trump’s solicitation website carries a banner headline that says “OFFICIAL ELECTION DEFENSE FUND” and “CONTRIBUTE NOW.” Scrolling down the page would take a donor to the fine print, which shows that donations are split between “Save America,” which gets 60% of the money, and the RNC, which gets the other 40%. None of the money flows to Trump’s official “recount” committee fund until Trump’s Save America share reaches the legal contribution limit of $5,000, according to the disclosures. That means that, before a dollar goes into the recount fund, Save America would receive $5,000 and the RNC around $3,300. Donations to the recount committee are legally limited to $2,800. If a Trump donor gave $500, for instance, $300 would go to Trump’s Save America PAC, $200 would to the RNC - and nothing would go to his election defense fund. One Republican political strategist said Trump is misleading supporters who might give small donations to whatever cause he approves. “It’s important to be up front with people - especially those who are digging deep into their pockets to come up with $25,” said Michael DuHaime, a former political director at the RNC. “If you tell them it’s going for legal fees, well then it should go for legal fees.” Darrell Scott, an Ohio pastor who helped found the National Diversity Coalition for Trump and served on the president’s 2016 transition team, says he sees no problems with diverting the money to the leadership PAC or the RNC. “I see this as two pockets on the same pair of pants. It doesn’t matter if it goes into the left or the right pocket,” Scott said. “In the end, the money will be used for a legitimate purpose that his supporters will get behind.”
TRUMP SUPPORTERS PLEASE DONATE TO FIGHT THE FRAUD!!!! Sell your houses,sell your clothes,raid the kids college funds!!!!!
I think at this point... Trump and his wannabe monarchy believers are just going to do just fund raisers to raise as much money as possible prior to leaving office and they help steam roll any social media blitz on Biden for the next 4 years... They then realize in 2023 they spent it all on bad mouthing Biden and forgetting that Harris most likely will be running for President. Very similar to their wasted time spent on Obama while believing Biden couldn't win if he ran for President. Most likely the Republicans will has smarted up within a year to see the Trojan Horse that Trump really represented as a reformist from the Reform Party. The Republicans will be working behind the scenes to find other more suitable candidates that are true republicans and can cater to the old Trump base...+73 million folks. wrbtrader
For all of you poor Democratic need-a-handout people, 3 million to Trump is like $3 to him which is probably the same amount of your allowance from your mommy.