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[-] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 107 points 10 months ago

Going broke, or having all of their money embezzled by senior leadership?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

What else is the Republican Party good for at this point?

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Taking away women's rights.

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[-] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago
[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I don't know why this phrase seems too long in Spanish. Isn't there a shorter way to say it?

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[-] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 64 points 10 months ago

In Arizona, the state GOP has just $14,800 left in the bank at the end of August, as reported by the Arizona Mirror.

They should be a lot more broke then that!

Remember the faux election audit in AZ, the one that hired fucking "Cyber Ninjas" to do the work, the company that had zero experience doing so?

Yeah that company was responsible for going over time and budget, grifting $6M from trump donors (good!), but also illegally corralling/storing/examining all of the largest county's voting machines (bad!):

Maricopa County also has sued the state to replace voting machines used in the audit, saying it would cost the county $2.8 million to replace the machines.

And that's just some of it. Here's a good timeline of how fucked up the AZ senate made things, and at the end of it all, the GOP ignored the results.

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago

This American Life had a great episode on the turmoil in the Michigan Republican Party.

After getting their ass kicked in 2022 for running on election conspiracy theories, they doubled down, electing an election denier that thought donors were sitting on the sideline because they weren’t denying the election enough.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 51 points 10 months ago
[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

Not woke go broke.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 26 points 10 months ago
[-] RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago
[-] JoShmoe@ani.social 7 points 10 months ago

Except that’s a lot of it! Almost a third of the image.

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

It's someone walking by a Trump merch table.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

And it was mandatory to use that picture because.....?

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Because it shows someone ignoring the GOP fundraising effort.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Bit of a stretch for reason to post some random woman's ass who probably didn't even know they were taking the picture

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Thread shows that the image works on multiple levels

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The Republican Party is ass?

[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago

I smell a 'poor us' fundraising ploy.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Did they really have to use that creepshot in the article? lol

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

TBF, this was probably a picture from a GOP event. Respecting a woman's consent and autonomy isn't exactly their forte.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This poster Southern Strategeries.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 15 points 10 months ago

There's no shortage of rightwing billionaires that will be willing to donate money to keep them afloat.

[-] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 10 months ago

According to the article, one reason for the lack of money is wealthy donors no longer supporting the Republicans due to the crazy maga stuff. So they can't count on billionaires any more.

[-] Breve@pawb.social 1 points 10 months ago

Well, even sociopaths can recognize that subsidies and tax cuts only go so far when the entire country becomes unstable and they definitely wouldn't want to be under the thumb of an actual dictator.

[-] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 14 points 10 months ago

Don't worry,they can just pull themselves up by their bootstraps!

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Did Trump siphon off all donations or have the donor class abandoned Republicans?

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

The MAGA crowd has taken over, so they will just put the money in their own SuperPACs and candidate committees rather than risk it on crazy. But they will still support Republicans.

[-] S_204@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Sheldon Adelson died. Whoever has the keys to his estate is quite likely not nearly as malevolent.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

But what about all that fiscal conservatism and hatred for wasteful spending they've been so loud and proud about? /s

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Lies, of course! But please, buy my strong pp pills. I need money!

[-] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

Money talks. I guess support is fading.

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

Must be all those damn sanctions.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Not to worry, Russia will send more.

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Could they be under-reporting funds to get a larger funding drive going?

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 points 10 months ago

This was my first thought. How do you get people on the fence about donating to donate? Tell them their party is so broke that your $100 will actually make a significant difference

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Actually, I'm more concerned with this state driving these people to make hasty deals with foreign states, large corporations, etc. If I'm right, we'll see a lot more money funnel in from PACs all of a sudden.

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[-] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I thought Sync picked a weird image for the thumbnail, but it's actually the image the article chose to show the, uh, merchandise:

https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/2332613/michigan-gop.webp?w=450&f=32a7617de04ef9fc67e1d08c25c51df2

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 7 points 10 months ago

Are they actually going broke, or are they still sufficiently useful to far-right dark money to be kept on life support indefinitely?

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

This is more like a mountain of pennies is still a lot of money. Basically the small donors add up, but now they give to Trump directly instead of the state party.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 10 months ago

The official state parties are going broke. That doesn't mean there isn't money being spent in politics, but it isn't going through the state parties.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Its going thru lawyers

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

This is awesome. The rich folk they've fed up have finally become too greedy to even spend their money on destroying the country more. It was inevitable, the entitlement, the arrogance and self-importance. So contemptible.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't be so smug, this just means they feel so secure in their position (via gerrymandering and the like) that they don't feel like they need to spend more.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Good first step in the fall.

[-] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Love to see it.

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