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2981 sats \ 26 comments \ @nym 6 Nov Politics_And_Law

Mr. Musk almost single-handedly funded an effort that cost more than $175 million. His canvassers knocked on close to 11 million doors in presidential battleground states since August, including about 1.8 million in Michigan and 2.3 million in Pennsylvania, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Another $30 million was spent on a large direct-mail program, and about $22 million on digital advertising, including on Trump-friendly mediums like Barstool Sports.

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425 sats \ 13 replies \ @freetx 6 Nov

This is all peanuts......

Kamala had 3x the money that Trump did....she spent nearly $1B on the campaign.

25 sats \ 10 replies \ @Bell_curve 7 Nov

25 sats \ 8 replies \ @freetx 7 Nov

I wonder how that works? Who foots the bill for the debt?

I mean can you pass the hat to the supporters and say "hey sorry we loss and we're useless to you now, but can you put up $20M for us to pay off our debt?" Or does the DNC somehow pick it up?

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 7 Nov

@Cje95

Who pays for all the devs compiled by a campaign?

57 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 7 Nov

I just first want to say how FUCKING WILD it is that she raised OVER $1 billion and STILL ended up in debt. That should be the first sign that the campaign was bad.

As for who will make up this debt it will likely be the National Democrat Party itself. Members of Congress have to pay dues plus they are consistently fundraising. Push come to shove some billionaire will cover it for her.

27 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 7 Nov

FUCKING WILD it is that she raised OVER $1 billion

Yeah, in a sense you can back-engineer it and it proves they knew they were losing at the end. Desperate Hail Mary and going for broke (literally).

37 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 7 Nov

When I first saw that last night I just went... wtf did I see and then moved on cause tbh I am finally burning out from the election cycle lol

6 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 7 Nov

Debt not devs

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 7 Nov

I have a friend who would know the answer. I will ask him and relay … brb

Still waiting for his response.

While I am waiting… https://www.perplexity.ai/search/kamala-harris-campaign-20-mill-i_xuZUy4SnWPWl3CJtU32w#2

27 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 7 Nov

According to Breitbart:

As a result of being $20 million in debt, Rob Flaherty, the deputy campaign manager for Harris’s campaign is reportedly “currently shopping around the Kamala fundraising email list to anyone who wants” to try to raise the money back for the campaign, the staffer told Breitbart News.

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/11/06/kamala-harris-campaign-fell-20-million-debt-final-week/

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 7 Nov

Actually makes sense I guess....the fundraising list is probably the largest value they own.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 7 Nov bot

https://xcancel.com/watcherguru/status/1854366744652997061

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 7 Nov

I guessed the article was New York Times before clicking on archive link

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @oliverweiss 6 Nov

How much did Trump spend on his campaign since he announced his candidacy? I bet the figure is somewhere close to one billion dollars too.

48 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 7 Nov

This is how it works. The real story is that there is a group of people willing to align themselves publicly with Trump. My guess is this is a group of elite that have been waiting for their moment and took it.

I think many are missing what is going on here. The money is not the story. It's a shift in influence and this group obviously wants to set up Vance to be their guy.

This is much bigger than Trump