There’s a diary about how most GOP (63%) voters are OK with the RNC money going to pay tRump’s legal bills. Now, polling has not been that reliable lately, but this is a Civiqs poll, so we hope it’s better than most.
One example of how enthused the GOP base is about funding tRump’s legal bills was given by Lara tRump, who also talked about how there was a gofundme set up for the same problem. Here are the supporting details (Feb 22, 2024, By Jake Traylor, Matt Dixon, Olympia Sonnier and Summer Concepcion, NBC News)
After speaking at the former president’s South Carolina campaign headquarters Wednesday evening, Lara Trump was asked by NBC News if she thinks the RNC paying for his legal bills is something that would be of interest to Republican voters.
“Absolutely. That’s why you’ve seen a GoFundMe get started,” she said in remarks to a gaggle of reporters, referring to a GoFundMe page set up by Trump’s supporters in response to his multiple legal battles. “That’s why people are furious right now and they see the attacks against him. They feel like it’s an attack, not just on Donald Trump, but on this country … So I think that is a big interest to people. Absolutely.”
Let’s take a look at that GoFundMe.
The goal is to reach 355 million dollars, to pay for the NY state judgment for the tRump organization’s fraud case (I know, we have so many cases to track, it can be confusing). Also, you may have seen the number 454 million, or thereabouts, because that’s what’s really due, because of interest.
The page originally had a comment page that could be seen by all. It has been disabled, because many people were donating $5 in order to point out what a lying bag of merde tRump is. Maybe those who donate can still see the comments. But then I thought it would be fun to look and see how the collection is doing from day to day.
Now, I didn’t start until Feb 25. So the first number is the average per day for the initial period.
Time |
Date |
Total |
Per Day |
4:45 pm MST |
2/25/2024 |
1,233,056 |
137,006 |
4:45 pm MST |
2/26/2024 |
1,255,756 |
22,700 |
4:45 pm MST |
2/27/2024 |
1,271,312 |
15,556 |
6:45 pm MST |
2/28/2024 |
1,284,065 |
12,753 |
7:50pm MST |
2/29/2024 |
1,296,480 |
12,415 |
8:45pm EST |
3/1/2024 |
1,298,774 |
2,294 |
3:00 pm EST |
3/2/2024 |
1,308,000 |
9,226 |
8:45 pm EST |
3/3/2024 |
1,319,775 |
11,775 |
8:45 pm EST |
3/4/2024 |
1,327,361 |
7,586 |
6:08 pm MST |
3/5/2024 |
1,329,217 |
1,856 |
6:08 pm MST |
3/6/2024 |
1,330,814 |
1,597 |
6:00 pm MST |
3/7/2024 |
1,333,585 |
2,771 |
8:30 pm MST |
3/8/2024 |
1,340,309 |
6,724 |
5:45 pm MST |
3/9/2024 |
1,343,031 |
2,722 |
5:45 pm PDT |
3/10/2024 |
1,346,171 |
3,140 |
5:30 pm PDT |
3/11/2024 |
1,348,832 |
2,661 |
5:45 pm PDT |
3/12/2024 |
1,349,493 |
661 |
It’s not always the same time of day, because, you know, I’m busy. and it does perk up on weekends, and once or twice it was distorted by a large donation. It perked up the day after Presiden Biden’s great SotU.
But yesterday they collected $661. Yes, only 3 figures.
Is that a sign of enthusiasm? Of people being willing to have their money go to tRump’s legal bills? Or perhaps the GOP voters don’t care, because, for the most part, they view it as “OPM” (other people’s money).
I hesitated about bringing this up, because I didn’t want to show them how poorly they’re doing. But, they’re letting go of 60 staffers at the RNC, so I expect they have gotten rid of the people who can do math.
Anyway, too much fun not to share!
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