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Jul 27 2023

Donald Trump Raises 4X More Money From Small Donors Than Joe Biden – Meanwhile 83% of DeSantis Money Comes From Big Donors and Corporations


Posted originally on the CTH on July 26, 2023 | Sundance 

An Axios article is delivered to present the contrast between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis around small donor contributions to highlight the scale of grassroot support for Trump over DeSantis.   However, there’s a buried lead in there.

According to the article, “82% of the total raised from individual contributions by Trump’s campaign since the start of the year came from small-dollar donors — amounting to more than $44 million, according to FEC data.” A few paragraphs later, “Biden’s re-election campaign raised roughly $10 million during the second quarter from donors giving less than $200.”  Put another way, President Trump has four times as many small donors than Biden.

CTH has previously pointed out the strength of support within the MAGA working and middle class for President Trump.  Indeed, it was when former RNC Chairman Reince Priebus first saw the scale of the Donald Trump campaign data in June 2016, when all professional party opposition to his campaign disappeared. It wasn’t just the amount of money that stunned Chairman Priebus, it was the number of donors. The largest number of donors to a Republican political campaign ever recorded.

The data shows what most people now have started to accept.  The voting base supports Donald Trump (82% small donors, 18% big donors).  The Wall Street and multinational corporations support Ron DeSantis (17% small donors, 83% big donors).

Trump’s Main Street supporters are the inverse of DeSantis’ Wall Street supporters. There’s the distinction.

(Via Axios) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is lagging far behind former President Trump on a crucial metric for the longevity of a presidential campaign: small-dollar donations.

Why it matters: Donations of $200 or less are one of the clearest signals of grassroots enthusiasm behind a candidate. These donors are able to give more than once, while wealthy donors often max out on their contributions early in the campaign.

While the full picture of Trump’s campaign finances isn’t clear, his filings so far signal strong grassroots support. The broader political world is grappling with a decline in the small donor dollars that drove recent cycles, Politico reports.

By the numbers: 82% of the total raised from individual contributions by Trump’s campaign since the start of the year came from small-dollar donors — amounting to more than $44 million, according to FEC data.

DeSantis has brought in just 17% from small-dollar donors — while 71% has come from people donating $2,000 or more. (read more)

Jul 25 2023

Have You Ever Noticed This?…


Posted originally on the CTH on July 25, 2023 | Sundance 

At first blush, the following question might seem like a sideways throwaway snark at the professionally political. However, at the heart of it, there’s a truth in the question I am genuinely curious about.

Have you ever noticed that Donald Trump supporters have a better sense of humor than the supporters of all other political candidates?

I mean, it’s just a truthful observation.  Trump supporters are just plain funnier, have a fun disposition and are humorous people.

Like many of you, I’ve followed politics for a long time, and this is just one of those random observations that I have noticed.

The people who support President Donald Trump just have a much greater sense of humor.   Why is that?

Jul 24 2023

Trump: I Want Everyone to Stop Dying


Armstrong Economics Blog/War Re-Posted Jul 24, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

Trump seems to be the only one concerned about the casualties of war. When I went to Mar-a-Lago in March 2020, Trump stressed the fact that he was tired of calling mothers and telling them that their sons had been killed in Afghanistan. Granted, he would have devised a better strategy than Biden of simply leaving, but we avoided war under Trump.

“Do you want Russia or Ukraine to win the war?” the clueless CNN reporter kept asking Trump as if she were asking him who he wanted to win the World Cup or Super Bowl.

No one wins in war. People say they want to see Ukraine decimate Russian troops, perhaps even all of Russia. Do they realize what they are saying? The people on the battlefield are not the decision-makers. They are young men and women who have barely had enough time to experience this world. They have no say in politics or the logistics of warfare. Many do not even wish to be there but have no choice. Every time you hear of soldiers dying, those are someone’s children, grandchildren, cousins, friends — you get the picture.

Trump said he could create peace within 24 hours. I would be interested to hear his proposal. It is a shame that everything Trump says is controversial. It is amazing how wanting peace and preventing mass murder is now a controversial statement. You’re on the wrong side of history for not wanting more people dead on one side. The Neocons are mass murderers. Prigozhinm, while a bit crazed, accurately stated the people who are waging these wars are not sending their children to the battlefield to die. Yet those same leaders are willing to sacrifice a generation of young men to play as toy soldiers in their depraved war games.

Jul 24 2023

Trump Leads with DeSantis Falling to Third Place in Latest South Carolina Poll


Posted originally on the CTH on July 23, 2023 | Sundance 

This poll seems to align with the previous forecast predictions.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has spent a great deal of time in South Carolina over the past two weeks.  The result, he’s dropped from second to third place.  The more voters get to see DeSantis, the lower his in-state polling becomes.

DISCLAIMER – South Carolina is an open primary, vulnerable to Big Club shenanigans.

President Trump has a clear lead in the Palmetto state at 48% according to the latest Fox (Shaw Research) poll [DATA HERE]. Nikki Haley has entered first loser position at 14%, followed closely by Ron DeSantis at 13% and Tim Scott at 10%.

Candidate I Don’t Know (4%) is now ahead of Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson. While Gas Station Sushi is polling ahead of Doug Burgum, Larry Elder, Will Hurd and Francis Suarez

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At 48%, President Donald Trump is 16 points higher in the polls than he was when he won the South Carolina primary in 2016.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK – The latest Harvard Harris national poll [DATA HERE] shows Donald Trump beating Joe Biden 45% to 39%, which includes President Trump holding a massive 18-point advantage with independent voters 45% to 27%.

Meanwhile the New York Times is reporting the controversial anti-Trump attack ad portraying Ron DeSantis as the slayer of the alphabet people was actually created by the campaign, likely inspired by the direction of Ms. Christina Pushaw who has been conspicuously quiet since the rebranding huggy phase began.

[…] One recent move that drew intense blowback, including from Republicans, was the campaign’s sharing of a bizarre video on Twitter that attacked Mr. Trump as too friendly to L.G.B.T.Q. people and showed Mr. DeSantis with lasers coming out of his eyes. The video drew a range of denunciations, with some calling it homophobic and others homoerotic before it was deleted.

But it turns out to be more of a self-inflicted wound than was previously known: A DeSantis campaign aide had originally produced the video internally, passing it off to an outside supporter to post it first and making it appear as if it was generated independently, according to a person with knowledge of the incident.  The DeSantis campaign declined to comment on specific questions about its spending, the candidate’s travel and the video. (link) 

The DeSantis campaign has turned to the Utah Mormon community looking for financial assistance.

Politico – Top officials on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign acknowledged to donors on Sunday that they’d spent too much money and that further changes would be made as they look to recover from a disappointing start, according to three people who were present for the discussion.

Appearing before around 70 of the campaign’s top contributors at the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah, DeSantis’ campaign manager Generra Peck said money had been spent on operations that had turned out to be ineffective and that the campaign would move to a leaner, “insurgent” posture going forward. Among the changes being made were to “expose” voters to DeSantis more, said Nick Iarossi, a Florida-based lobbyist and fundraiser who was at the event. (read more)

The following picture shared to social media is apropos of the Ron Desantis Utah visit in a humorous Dennis Miller style of funny:

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It’s the economy stupid

Jul 23 2023

Michigan Poll – “Not Sure Yet” Closing in on Ron DeSantis


Posted originally on the CTH on July 22, 2023 | Sundance 

In the latest Michigan Poll [DATA HERE] candidate Not Sure Yet is closing in on candidate Ron DeSantis for first place loser.

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According to numerous sources in the region, team Undecided has been blasting DeSantis for weeks.  Meanwhile, with Not Sure Yet surging, the Super PAC supporting I Don’t Know is rumored to be gearing up for a major push.

It’s anyone’s guess because the Michigan primary is a long way off, but a neck and neck four-way race between Not Sure, Undecided, DeSantis and I Don’t Know, could make things really interesting.  Keep watching…. and don’t forget, Maybe is the dark horse.

Jul 22 2023

President Trump Lead in Florida Widens Over Homestate Governor Ron DeSantis


Posted originally on the CTH on July 21, 2023 | Sundance 

Before getting to the details of the latest Florida Polling, I want to draw attention to the hands controlling the strings on the DeSantis puppet.

By now, readers here are very familiar with the Sea Island group, the billionaires, multinational Wall Street entities and DC Republicans who first assembled in Sea Island, Georgia, at the 2016 conference for how to eliminate Trump.  That same group has never changed their intention and is the same group behind the 2023 push to use DeSantis as the fake $100 bill on a fishing string being dragged through the MAGAhood.

In the article about the failing DeSantis campaign completely changing strategies, you might note this quote: “Cody Hall is joining the campaign as a senior communications adviser. He will remain a top political adviser to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, having also served as communications director after he worked on his 2018 campaign for governor.”

While most casual political observers will miss it, this is another data point in the Sea Isl construct.  This is the worldview of the new DeSantis campaign senior communications advisor as expressed in 2017:

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The pro-intervention, neocon, establishment Republican worldview of foreign policy, is the perspective of Cody Hall.  The same corporatist worldview of Brian Kemp, and the same establishment worldview of Ron DeSantis.  These alignments are not accidental, they are purposeful. This is the authentic nature of who the people controlling the DeSantis campaign are.  OK, point made, moving on.

Florida Atlantic has done a new poll showing how President Trump is widening the gap amid the electorate that knows Ron DeSantis best, the Florida voters.  Not only does the Florida electorate know DeSantis, but they are also subject to feeling the outcome of DeSantis policies as advanced by the control agents behind him.

Florida voters do not support Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump.  Do not underestimate the importance of this, as THIS POLL comes at the exact same time the DeSantis campaign is saying they will stop talking about Florida. “There will be more of a national focus than constant Florida references,” yeah, because the people of Florida are fodder in the wake of the governor’s career.

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is now trailing former President Donald Trump by 20 percentage points among Florida voters in the upcoming 2024 Republican Presidential primary, according to recent poll numbers.

New polling results from Florida Atlantic University show Trump with the biggest lead over DeSantis of all major GOP primary polls conducted in 2023.

The poll asked registered Republican voters, “If the GOP Presidential Primary were held today, which candidate would you vote for?” 50 percent of polled voters chose Trump, while 30 percent chose DeSantis. 7 percent of voters were undecided, and the remaining 13 percent were divided between other GOP candidates, including Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, and Mike Pence.

DeSantis did not fare much better in a hypothetical one-on-one matchup with Trump.

When the poll asked voters which of the two candidates they’d vote for if the primary were today, 54 percent chose Trump and 37 percent chose DeSantis with 8 percent being undecided. (read more)

~ POLL PDF HERE ~

Jul 21 2023

Ramaswamy Leaps Ahead of Shrinking DeSantis in National Republican Poll


Posted originally on the CTH on July 20, 2023 | Sundance 

Many people said it was likely to happen and indeed it has.  Vivek Ramaswamy has now overtaken Ron DeSantis to become the top loser to Donald Trump in the GOP primary race.  According to a Kaplan Strategies poll [LINK HERE] Ron DeSantis has now dropped to third place in the presidential preference polling.

KAPLAN – “Vivek Ramaswamy, biotech investor, has made significant strides in his political journey, tying with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the latest national GOP poll. Both candidates claimed the support of 12 percent of likely GOP voters, coming second to President Donald Trump, who maintains a dominant 48 percent lead.

Doug Kaplan, founder of Kaplan Strategies, the firm that conducted the poll, highlights the rising popularity of Ramaswamy in the face of nine competitors. “Ramaswamy outperformed six other hopefuls by more than double, marking a significant surprise in this poll,” Kaplan comments.

While DeSantis remains a top-tier candidate amongst non-Trump choices, he now shares this status with Ramaswamy. The reactions of these camps in the face of this new dynamic are anticipated with interest.

Despite DeSantis’ favorable rating of 59 percent amongst GOP voters, Kaplan suggests that Ramaswamy may have the potential for a higher ceiling, as he is less well-known amongst Republican voters, with a 27 percent Uncertain rate.

Meanwhile, the poll underscores the unwavering support President Trump holds within the GOP, despite the crowded field challenging him. Trump boasts a combined 69 percent favorability rating, leaving little room for uncertainty.” (MORE)

Jul 19 2023

Sean Hannity Interviews President Trump During Iowa Town Hall


Posted originally on the CTH on July 19, 2023 | Sundance 

President Trump was campaigning in Iowa Tuesday and appeared for a Town Hall event/interview with Sean Hannity.  The two segments are below:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OL8NDU16Ex8%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=3pc6mEmJht0%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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Jul 18 2023

TRUTH is DOMINATING the AIRWAVES! Trump, Tucker combo deliver knockouts! PRAY!


And We Know posted Posted originally on Rumble on: Jul 17, 1:23 pm EDT

Jul 15 2023

Rupert Murdoch Panel Struggles to Cope, as Looming Godzilla Trump Eats New York Harbor


Posted originally on the CTH on July 14, 2023 | Sundance 

As Rupert Murdoch begins retreating from the failing Ron DeSantis his team is struggling and destabilized.  The Fox News panel spends entire segments dedicated to group coping and counseling without a clear direction on what is going to happen next.  {Direct Rumble Link}

The transparency of their struggle and visible anxiety is quite humorous, and while it is not my intention to deliver any credibility to their organizational mission, it is genuinely funny to watch them trying to cope.  They are completely flummoxed on what to do next, devoid of direction, feeling abandoned and confused as the quaking footprints of Godzilla Trump can be heard in the background crushing all the buildings and closing in. Furrowed brow Brian Kilmeade is particularly destabilized. WATCH: