Opinion: How a scam that angered Trump reveals the right wing’s inner workings
President Trump. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 8 at 2:40 PM If anyone ought to be able to appreciate a clever, small-time con, it’s President Trump. After all, he’s the creator of Trump University, the Trump Network, the Trump Institute and any number of other schemes to separate gullible people from their money.
The statement by Trump’s campaign Tuesday makes no mention of the president’s former deputy campaign manager, David N. Bossie. But people close to Trump told The Washington Post that it is specifically aimed at Bossie and the organization he founded in 2005, Presidential Coalition. [...] What Bossie’s group did was send out mail solicitations that looked a lot like they were seeking donations for the Trump campaign, or at the very least political activities that would benefit Trump, but much of it apparently went into Bossie’s pocket.
For instance, here’s a story about Dick Morris getting nearly $2 million in donations to fight Barack Obama, virtually none of which went to fighting Barack Obama. Here’s a story about tea party groups paying prominent conservative radio hosts to promote them, and using the proceeds to keep paying the radio hosts. Mike Huckabee uses his email list to hawk scam “biblical” cancer cures. Herman Cain will help you cure your erectile dysfunction. Ben Carson sold “glyconutrients.
From time to time, a conservative will raise an objection to these endless cons that course through their movement like a virus , but the critiques are few and far between. And Bossie has been part of that world for some time.
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