Donald Trump Jr. Mocked For Most Head-Spinningly False Claim About His Dad Yet
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Donald Trump Jr. made a claim about his father, Donald Trump, that’s wild even by his lofty standards.
“He doesn’t need their money,” Trump Jr. said on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) when asked about his father’s appeal to the grassroots vs. the corporate interests.
Other politicians, he said, are beholden to donors “if they want that money to continue.”
Junior is asked by Bannon at CPAC why the grass roots people in the party should favor Trump over other candidates: “Because he doesn’t need their money.” pic.twitter.com/sOTxyixpBv
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 3, 2023
Trump Jr.’s father entered politics in 2015 by claiming his wealth meant he didn’t need anyone else’s money and vowing to self-fund his campaign.
But he’s since raised hundreds of millions of dollars, including half a billion since he lost the 2020 election, according to OpenSecrets.
While Trump Jr. may have been referring specifically to big-money donors and corporate interests, the ex-president has had plenty of those on his side as well as grassroots contributors.
In 2020, MarketWatch reported that Trump raised five times more than President Joe Biden from S&P 500 CEOs, and Forbes identified 133 billionaires or billionaire spouses who contributed to Trump in that election cycle.
Some of Trump’s donors’ money ends up in his own pockets, and some has been used to pay his attorneys.
Twitter critics chimed in:
Between the August 8th search of Mar-a-Lago and August 17th of last year, Trump supporters received more than 100 fundraising emails.
But ok.— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) March 3, 2023
Cool. So no more donations, right?
— RadicalOldWoman (@RadicalOldWoman) March 3, 2023
Why has he been asking for their money everyday for the last two years?
— colette flanigan (@FlaniganColette) March 3, 2023
Yeah, he just made those nft trading cards because he loves to cosplay
— Doug Gray (@HeyDougGray) March 3, 2023
That’s what he said in 2016, several hundred million dollars in grifts ago.
— Kyle Keegan (@realKyleKeegan) March 3, 2023
It just used $10 million from donors to pay for its lawyers
— Todd🏳️🌈🇺🇸 (@toddlombardo) March 3, 2023
“Because he doesn’t need their money.”
Both Trump and his son will be fundraising off this statement in 3..2..1...— BruceGoldberg (@bgoldbergpdx) March 3, 2023
Then why is he always asking for it? https://t.co/Wx6sc2vWw3
— Elizabeth Ann Large💙💙💙☮️🌊 (@ElizabethAnnL16) March 3, 2023