POTUS or Prisoner; The '24 Trump Campaign Fvckery thread

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:picard: at that stock tanking like a rock.

Told mofos day 1 come back in a week or two and see where the stock is at

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Michigan Republican Candidate Caught Living in Florida​

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Republicans' Senate Hopes Stung As Democrats Lead Multiple Races

By Chloe Mayer

FOLLOW

A Republican hoping to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate suffered a setback to his campaign this week after facing allegations that he lives in Florida.

Former Congressman Mike Rogers, who has made much of his local roots in a bid to win over voters, faced backlash online after the staff of Democrat rival Elissa Slotkin released information on X, formerly Twitter, apparently proving he is still registered to vote in the Sunshine State.

The Republican Party hopes to retake the Senate on November 5 from the Democrats, who currently hold a slim majority. But polls released last month suggest that Democrats are leading the races in several states, including Michigan. One Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of 1,000 voters found that 41 percent said they supported Slotkin while 39 percent said they would vote for Rogers.

Rogers, a U.S. Army veteran and a former FBI agent, represented Michigan in the House from 2001 to 2015 and served as the chair of the House Intelligence Committee from 2011 to 2015. Previously, he served as a Michigan state representative and state senator. The 60-year-old was born in Livingstone County, Michigan, and has made much of his love for his home state.

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Former Rep. Mike Rogers speaks in New York in October 2015. The team of his Democrat U.S. Senate rival in Michigan revealed that he's registered to vote in Florida.LEIGH VOGEL/GETTY IMAGES

"I'm proud to be born and raised right here in Michigan. And I will be proud to serve my home in the U.S. Senate," Rogers wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.

But he was soon hit with disparaging comments from X users after Austin Cook, Slotkin's communications director, shared Rogers' post with the caption: "Fun fact: @MikeRogersForMI is literally registered to vote in Florida *right now*"

He attached a screenshot apparently showing that Rogers has been registered to vote in Cape Coral, Florida, since January 2022. His party is listed as the Republican Party of Florida, and his voter status was "active."

Rogers has not yet publicly commented on claims he is still registered to vote in Florida. Newsweek reached out to Rogers via email for comment on Tuesday.

In January, Michigan Advance said Rogers' campaign told reporters that he was staying at a home owned by his sister-in-law in Brighton, Michigan, pending renovations on a new property he had bought in White Lake Township. The outlet said Rogers owned a large, $1.7 million home in Cape Coral, Florida, which was reportedly his official residence until his decision to run for the U.S. Senate.

The allegations have left some voters disgruntled. Several people accused Rogers of being a "carpetbagger," a term for a candidate seeking election in an area where they have no local connections.

"Sounds like something someone from Florida would say when they are trying to run for Senate in Michigan," one X user said.

An X user posted, "Then why aren't you running in Florida? You live there, after all."

Another told him: "Nothing says 'proud Michigander' like someone who packed up, left, moved to Florida, and only came back to run for Senate!"
 

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Conservative operatives who targeted Black voters with robocalls could pay up to $1.25 million​

BY CHEYANNE M. DANIELS - 04/09/24 12:11 PM ET

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A gavel rests on several scattered $100 bills.

Two conservative operatives who attempted to stop Black voters in New York from voting by mail in the 2020 election have been ordered to pay up to $1.25 million in restitution.

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were found liable in 2023 for targeting Black voters with false and threatening messages intended to discourage voting. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said at the time that the two had violated multiple federal and state civil rights laws.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that Wohl and Burkman had conceded to a $1 million judgment to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and individual plaintiffs. James filed the lawsuit against the two defendants in May 2021.

If Wohl and Burkman fail to pay at least $105,000 by Dec. 31 and do not address the failure to pay within 30 days, the amount will increase to $1.25 million.

“The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy, and it belongs to everyone. We will not allow anyone to threaten that right,” James said in a statement Tuesday. “Wohl and Burkman orchestrated a depraved and disinformation-ridden campaign to intimidate Black voters in an attempt to sway the election in favor of their preferred candidate. Now they will pay up to $1.25 million to my office, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and the individuals who were harmed by their scheme. My office will always defend the right to vote.”

Burkman and Wohl pleaded guilty in October 2022 to a single count each of felony telecommunications fraud over the robocalls. They were sentenced in November 2022 to two years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and 500 hours of community service in a voter registration drive.

Wohl and Burkman used a fake organization called Project 1599 to reach approximately 5,500 New Yorkers during the 2020 election cycle. Targeted voters received calls falsely claiming that voting by mail would cause the voter to be tracked for outstanding warrants, credit card debt and mandatory vaccines.

According to the OAG, one such call from “Tamika Taylor” tells voters, “Mail-in voting sounds great, but did you know that if you vote by mail, your personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debts? The CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] is even pushing to use records for mail-in voting to track people for mandatory vaccines. Don’t be finessed into giving your private information to the man, stay safe and beware of vote by mail.”

One New York voter who received the robocall suffered “severe anxiety and distress” and ultimately withdrew his voter registration, according to James’s office.

As a result of the calls, the NCBCP redirected resources to address the false claims made in the call.

“These men engaged in a conspiracy to suppress Black votes in the 2020 general election,” said Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of NCBCP. “They used intimidation and scare tactics, attempting to spread harmful disinformation about voting in an effort to silence Black voices. Their conduct cannot and will not be tolerated. This settlement serves as a marker for those who seek to engage in such efforts. There will be consequences for their actions. They will pay for the harm they cause to our democracy.”

The OAG litigated the case, alongside co-plaintiffs of voters who received the robocall and the NCBCP. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP represented all plaintiffs, individual and institutional, in the case.

The settlement should send an “emphatic message” to those who want to prevent Black Americans from voting, said Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

“Voter suppression and voter intimidation are illegal, immoral, and anti-democratic,” Hewitt said. “Regardless of whether the perpetrators are government actors or private citizens, your actions will have consequences, and you will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. At a time when orchestrated voter intimidation and disinformation campaigns are on the rise, we must all remain vigilant in working to ensure that access to the ballot is fair, easy, and accessible.”

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She might as well get ready. Ukraine aid is something politicians on both side hold as high priority and their majority is super thin.

More foolishness from the House gop. :deadrose:

Maybe I'm giving her too much credit, because she is a moron, but I doubt even MTG is dumb enough to do this in an election year.
 
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