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Elise Stefanik: This is the biggest political corruption scandal of my lifetime and it's not going away


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4 minutes ago, Steve753 said:

So he didn't donate it like he said he was going too 

His tax returns proved that he did.  But it was unclear yet in 2020 as you can roll that forward.  You read the article.

This is not the first time Trump has donated his salary to an agency facing an urgent problem. Since taking office, Trump has directed his $400,000 annual salary to a different agency each quarter.

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Just now, racer254 said:

His tax returns proved that he did.  But it was unclear yet in 2020 as you can roll that forward.  You read the article.

 

Knowing Trumps history of not paying for things, it's safe to say he didn't donate all of his salary.

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1 minute ago, racer254 said:

Now do the same for biden and obama and show the forum that you allow it when your democrats do it.

Obama not running for president. I'm not a Democrat so I don't care what Biden does.

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It is not uncommon for presidential and congressional candidates to run up millions of dollars in campaign debt, debts that can take (especially in the case of unsuccessful candidacies) many months, or even years, to repay — if they're paid off at all. As of August 2008, for example, Senator Hillary Clinton was still "trying to raise money to pay off roughly $13 million in campaign debts,"

That same article did state that Senator Biden was one of several 2008 presidential candidates still owing (as of June 2008) significant campaign debts:

 

On the Democratic side, in addition to Clinton and Kucinich, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware owes $1.2 million, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut owes $380,000 and Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico has $317,000 in debts.

 

Republican debtors include former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who owes $3.6 million. A Giuliani spokeswoman said repaying the money is "Giuliani's No. 1 priority outside of helping to elect John McCain as president."

Technically, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads all debtors with $44 million in obligations. But most of that debt represents money he loaned his own campaign with the expectation he would not get it back.

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1 minute ago, Steve753 said:

Obama not running for president. I'm not a Democrat so I don't care what Biden does.

Both sides run up campaign debt.  Only one side donated their POTUS salary during office though.

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1 minute ago, racer254 said:

It is not uncommon for presidential and congressional candidates to run up millions of dollars in campaign debt, debts that can take (especially in the case of unsuccessful candidacies) many months, or even years, to repay — if they're paid off at all. As of August 2008, for example, Senator Hillary Clinton was still "trying to raise money to pay off roughly $13 million in campaign debts,"

That same article did state that Senator Biden was one of several 2008 presidential candidates still owing (as of June 2008) significant campaign debts:

 

On the Democratic side, in addition to Clinton and Kucinich, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware owes $1.2 million, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut owes $380,000 and Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico has $317,000 in debts.

 

Republican debtors include former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who owes $3.6 million. A Giuliani spokeswoman said repaying the money is "Giuliani's No. 1 priority outside of helping to elect John McCain as president."

Technically, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads all debtors with $44 million in obligations. But most of that debt represents money he loaned his own campaign with the expectation he would not get it back.

Trumps a billionaire though.

 

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Trump was having Rallies while he was president. No one was even campaigning yet on the Democrat side for 2020 potus.

:lol:

 

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6 minutes ago, racer254 said:

It is not uncommon for presidential and congressional candidates to run up millions of dollars in campaign debt, debts that can take (especially in the case of unsuccessful candidacies) many months, or even years, to repay — if they're paid off at all. As of August 2008, for example, Senator Hillary Clinton was still "trying to raise money to pay off roughly $13 million in campaign debts,"

That same article did state that Senator Biden was one of several 2008 presidential candidates still owing (as of June 2008) significant campaign debts:

 

On the Democratic side, in addition to Clinton and Kucinich, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware owes $1.2 million, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut owes $380,000 and Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico has $317,000 in debts.

 

Republican debtors include former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who owes $3.6 million. A Giuliani spokeswoman said repaying the money is "Giuliani's No. 1 priority outside of helping to elect John McCain as president."

Technically, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads all debtors with $44 million in obligations. But most of that debt represents money he loaned his own campaign with the expectation he would not get it back.

What real billionaires do.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/23/bloomberg-vows-to-refuse-donations-and-presidential-salary.html

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