Conservative highlights 'useful political issue for Democrats' that 'undermines' Trump
There's something rotten in MAGA country: some supporters are being scammed into donating funds beyond a one-time offering to bankroll former President Donald Trump's legal efforts.
Tim Miller, the former communications director for the Jeb Bush's 2016 campaign, appeared on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight" to suggest that some of these fervent backers of MAGA being suckered could help Democrats make their case in the upcoming election.
"They are making one donation and actually they are having a monthly withdrawal taken from their accounts," he said. "This has been happening over and over again so you know there are plenty of these supporters that are getting scammed and I think that this is potentially a useful political issue for Democrats, frankly, because it undermines a core message of Donald Trump that he cares about these people."
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Miller appears to be touching on a 2021 story in The New York Times exposing a so-called "money bomb" to squeeze out more money from an unsuspecting loyalists' contributions
The story suggested those taken sometimes for "thousands of dollars" in the maneuver were "retirees, military veterans, nurses and even experienced political operatives."
Ever since fleeing the White House for Mar-a-Lago in 2021 after suffering a defeat by President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump has burned through $100 million on lawyers and residual costs dealing with his many investigations, indictments and both civil and criminal trials, according to The Times.
It's estimated the 45th president is spending on average more than $90,000 a day in legal-related costs out of other peoples' money and has been doing it for three years running.
The Times found that Trump "has relied almost entirely on donations made in an attempt to fight the results of the 2020 election."
Miller noted that these supporters may be fine with backing his legal defense efforts, keep his jet fueled, or float his "fancy dinners at Mar-a-Lago."
He said, "they don't care because it's their way to give the middle finger to the people they don't like."
But there are others who are sore about it.
These "other people" Miller contends that are "donating really believed that that money was going to an election defense fund, that there was fraud in the election, that literally believe that the country is under threat; it's under some invasion and the little $10 donation they give is part of the effort to stop that vision and to support candidates that are going to put in policies that they care about."
He suggested this pool often are elderly with less internet savviness "who are literally getting conned."