In order to raise funds, 554 emails and 195 text messages were sent, Since the U.S. election on November 3, by President Donald Trump’s campaign to his supporters, the CNN.
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In the communications of the last days people are asked to donate at least $ 30 “To receive the Trump 2021 calendar,” according to the American media.
It’s not the first time Trump has asked his supporters for money. In accordance with Los Angeles TimesFor the days after the election, before the victory of Democrat Joe Biden was confirmed, messages were also sent, which they appealed to the so-called Official Fund for Electoral Defense and which were signed by the current US President. U.S., his children or Vice President Mike Pence.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
“There are ridiculous discrepancies in votes across the country, so my father has formed the Electoral Defense Task Force to FIGHT AGAINST THIS CORRUPTION,” was one of the messages signed by Eric, Trump’s son, sent by at the time, the California media reported.
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For Michael Malbin, a professor of political science at New York State University, “anger and rejection (….) are powerful motivators” for supporting, in this case financially, a cause in particular.
And it is that, in its fight to deny its defeat, the U.S. president went so far as to pay $ 3 million for a vote count in two counties in the state of Wisconsin. But that figure may seem small.
It is estimated that in nearly a month, from Nov. 3 to Dec. 4, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $ 207,500,000, according to data published by the magazine. Forbes.
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* With information from AFP
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