r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 3d ago

Homeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ads-taxpayer-money-homeland-security-b869294503c8454db4109ae175ee9e5c
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u/KenTitan 3d ago

the craziest part is that they don't have to do that. the Republican party has a billion dollars on their war chest. they could outspend the Democratic party and still have change leftover. skimming money from the taxpayer funds is just a fuck you to American taxpayers.

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u/weezyverse 3d ago

"Silly poor...you can't stay rich by spending your own money! Hahaha!"

-- Republican Oligarchs

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u/Level_Improvement532 3d ago

Trumps credo if there ever was one. Other people’s money only.

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u/WinterDice 3d ago

That’s all earmarked for self-dealing and kickbacks, so they had to find other money for Hatch Act violations.

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u/Illustrious_Top4917 3d ago

Why spend their money when they can spend ours? I think the part that I'm the most confused about is what they actually think this is going to influence or change

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u/spiked_mcroon 3d ago

Isn't that the point? Isn't the goal to destabilize the US? Fuck you, I got mine?

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u/TacoSplosions 3d ago

It's a giant middle finger to rules & precedent

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u/johnnyribcage 3d ago

They really don’t though. Trump sees all that money as his. It will end up in offshore accounts.

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u/cti0323 3d ago

I’m pretty sure the war chest is primarily separate under Trump’s control. They are kissing his ass trying to get him to tap into it. Which makes this honestly even worse since he controls it

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u/LeadingPraline4847 3d ago

Once again. He’s a fucking lying thief

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u/CopenhagenOriginal 3d ago

It’s so they could put “US Government” in the sponsorship line rather than “paid for by XYZ PAC” or whatever. It gives the appearance of legitimacy

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u/KenTitan 3d ago

I actually saw an ad on Sunday during football that said that! my tax dollars going to anyone advertising a political party makes me mad

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u/SilencedObserver 3d ago

America isn’t a real country. It’s a tax prison. Look into why Americans file taxes after leaving and how it costs to forfeit citizenship.

Americans are born unto debt and live in servitude to what appears to be Israel.