Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Alleged pro-Trump Great America Super PAC goes after small donors and will share proceeds with RNC-Washington Post

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Update: 5/31/16, "Adelson aides in talks to set up pro-Trump super PAC," Politico, Isenstadt. "The need to establish a muscular centralized super PAC as opposed to having a multitude of competing ones."...

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Great America Super PAC "is specifically going after small contributors via a fundraising account called the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, which will split those gifts 80 percent to 20 percent with the Republican National Committee. An email seeks donations of $35."...

May 31, 2016, "Trump super PAC’s new political guru must wait to do work," AP via Washington Post,

"Great America (Super PAC) had raised about $1 million through the end of April. That’s not enough to cover all of its planned expenses, leaving it more than $200,000 in the hole.

The group has taken an unusual approach to raising money.

Traditionally, super political action committees go after big money because they face no contribution limits....Yet Great America has raised a majority of its money from people giving $200 or less. Just 6.3 percent of its contributions are coming from donors giving more than $200, according to campaign finance documents through April 30.

In television ads meant to generate fundraising, Great America asks Trump supporters to dial a telephone number. Those callers are told a pledge of $50 to $75 would be used for “building the financial and grassroots organization needed to win the White House.”

Likewise, in emailed fundraising solicitations last week, Great America asks for a “generous contribution of $25, $50, $75, or even $100 or more” to the super PAC.

That means Great America is potentially cannibalizing from the same pool of donors who could be giving to the Trump campaign directly.

The campaign is specifically going after small contributors via a fundraising account called the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, which will split those gifts 80 percent to 20 percent with the Republican National Committee. An email seeks donations of $35."...



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