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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Several senior Republican officials are concerned that Donald Trump’s expected takeover of the RNC will ultimately pave the way for the committee to once again cover his legal bills.

Those fears come in the aftermath of Trump endorsing a trio of officials, including his daughter-in-law, to take on top roles at the RNC. While those endorsements have been well-received by many committee members — who note that it is customary for a presidential candidate to put his imprint on the party’s main campaign apparatus — others fear a potential misallocation of party resources.

Henry Barbour, a Mississippi committeeman, said he believed “most RNC members will go along” with Trump’s vision for the committee, “unless there is a play to use RNC funds for President Trump’s legal bills.”

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[-] LdyMeow@sh.itjust.works 77 points 9 months ago

lol of course he will? Are they dumb?

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago
[-] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

Beyond measure and remediation, short of a dual cranial hemispherectomy.

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 67 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Subjugating yourself to a grifter and then whining about being grifted is just so Republican.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

They have no choice. The tail is wagging the GOP dog.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

The asshole is wagging the dog.

[-] Potatofish@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

They thought there would be enough grift for all of them.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

This is a disturbingly accurate comparison.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 49 points 9 months ago

Henry Barbour, a Mississippi committeeman, said he believed “most RNC members will go along” with Trump’s vision for the committee, “unless there is a play to use RNC funds for President Trump’s legal bills.”

lmao, as if.

They'll kiss his ring faster than Lindsey Graham when he comes knocking for the RNC to cover his legal bills.

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

“Ring”.

Is that what we’re calling assholes now?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Actually been slang for asshole for decades if not centuries 🤷

[-] PorradaVFR@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nonsense. He won't tap the RNC coffers. Please.

He will shanelessly gorge himself at the trough. He will decimate their finances completely to try to save his skin with no concern whatsoever for other candidates, policies, goals or anything else beyond his own ass.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

He’s not gonna tap it, now. He’s gonna slam it like a fat family slams those cakes at the all you can eat Chinese buffet joint.

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

The cheats and cowards in the GOP know exactly what to do to stop the orange idiot. They just won't do it because they have less moral courage than inert dust.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

They won't do it because they care more about their jobs than their country. The Republicans who gave a damn were forced out.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

Good. Let him bankrupt the party before the general. Let's see how they do without their war chest.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm actually pretty happy Trump exists. He's literally destroying the Republican party from the inside because he's so incredibly greedy.

I'm also furious at this p.o.s as he heads the "party of personal responsibility" and goes on and on about evil socialism while essentially benefitting from a type of socialism... Redistribution of wealth to him is not only a good thing, but expected. Redistribution of wealth to help needy Americans is literally worse than the Holocaust...

[-] cheesebag@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm actually pretty happy Trump exists.

Good to know you're not one of the many women he's sexually abused. Good to know you're not a pregnant child being forced to give birth to her rapists baby after Roe was overturned. Good to know you're not one of the million+ Americans who've died of the pandemic Trump bungled.

I'm glad you're privileged enough for the Trump administration to not have devastated your well-being.

Fuck accelerationism.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

Oh come on... It was a joke.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

Good thing Susan Collins assures us he's learned his lesson.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 19 points 9 months ago

He’s trying to install his daughter as the head of the RNC, and she’s basically said as much. Come on, republicans. This is not a hard formula to solve: if you don’t want him to take all your money, you need to stop dealing with him.

[-] agentsquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

if you don’t want him to take all your money, you need to stop dealing with him.

Not gonna happen. The GOP is what we call in poker "pot committed."

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

Say what you want about the RNC and Republicans, but they have a lot of sway over their base and are much better at messaging than the DNC. They could dump Trump with a unified effort (and naturally have some temporal fallout), but the fact that they haven't really tried says that they like being his cucks.

[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 4 points 9 months ago

The RNC has the far right on lock because the quiet part is largely out loud now. Meanwhile, the DNC needs everyone else but actively tells anybody further left than mid right or so to fuckin shove IT. Even Democrat voters are more hostile to leftists than they are Republicans/MAGAts.

As long as the DNC is capitalist first and political second, they're just rolling over for Trump.

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Is the temporal fallout radioactive? Where in the timeline would the radiation be strongest? If it's in the future, it's probably something I could live with since I'll never have to experience it. But in the past, I might not be born.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

I'm fine with this I hope the RNC has to declare bankruptcy and dissolves.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

note that it is customary for a presidential candidate to put his imprint on the party’s main campaign apparatus

Yes, except he isn't the nominee yet. Imagine a world where Trump is convicted quickly and Republicans decide he's unelectable and Nikki Haley pulls out the win...and then Trump's daughter in law pays Trump's legal bills anyway.

You don't have to wait until all the states have had their primaries but it seems prudent to wait until a candidate has a majority of delegates. Even just wait until Super Tuesday in 3 weeks after which 40% of delegates will be assigned.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[-] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 16 points 9 months ago

“Does a pope shit in the woods? Is the bear Catholic?”

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Can a catholic bear shit in the pope’s woods?

[-] melodious_thunk@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

Eh, it's fitting for trump to do this--he is the Republican party now.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Senior republicans can choke on a fat syphilitic russian dick.

[-] rdyoung@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

And they can't get enough of it.

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I'm sure Putin will be willing to bail them out for all the help they've been providing.

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Can’t wait to see that money trail lol.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Marks afraid that the con man will con them… again.

[-] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It's not even a con, his daughter said that's exactly the plan.

Weirdly, they panic over a con when this is literally the game plan.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

My parents used to have my sisters and I hide our wallets and valuables when one of my dad's cousins used to come over. Maybe he should be in charge of the RNC, too?

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What's stopping them from just shutting down the primary schedule and declaring Trump the GOP candidate?

Nothing is.

The same goes for the DNC.

They are private corporations not behelden to the American Public.

https://www.observer.com/2017/05/dnc-lawsuit-presidential-primaries-bernie-sanders-supporters/amp/

[-] Flumpkin@slrpnk.net -1 points 9 months ago

The cynical view would be that a big part of US democracy is the media spectacle and election extravaganza to make people think they have a meaningful impact.

[-] renedescartes@literature.cafe 8 points 9 months ago

It is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.

[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago
[-] twistypencil@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Expecting verdict in ny civil tomorrow, could be expensive!

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Something something leopards

Something something believe them the first time

Ad nauseam

-the GOP

And a nice dollop of bad faith plopped on everything they serve.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Of course he will. Using other people's money is his SOP.

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