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Laura Loomer and the Illusion of the Useful Fringe Candidate
From Trump’s perspective, of course, there is a different calculus: How Loomer affects other Republicans is of far less interest to him than his own campaign. Florida is a must-win state in the presidential race that he carried by 1.2 percent of the vote in 2016. (Georgia is likewise a battleground.) Most voters already know that Donald Trump has no standards in whom he associates with, and most conventional voters are going to show up anyway. If Loomer brings out a handful of loons and conspiracy nuts to the polls, that could help Trump — if the presidential race is competitive, a big if at this juncture. From Trump’s perspective, to the extent he’s not just running on his raw instinct, that would seem to be the logic behind congratulating a candidate who really should have no business on a ballot. But she could have given him just the same benefit if he simply kept his mouth shut.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/laura-loomer-and-the-illusion-of-the-useful-fringe-candidate/
From Trump’s perspective, of course, there is a different calculus: How Loomer affects other Republicans is of far less interest to him than his own campaign. Florida is a must-win state in the presidential race that he carried by 1.2 percent of the vote in 2016. (Georgia is likewise a battleground.) Most voters already know that Donald Trump has no standards in whom he associates with, and most conventional voters are going to show up anyway. If Loomer brings out a handful of loons and conspiracy nuts to the polls, that could help Trump — if the presidential race is competitive, a big if at this juncture. From Trump’s perspective, to the extent he’s not just running on his raw instinct, that would seem to be the logic behind congratulating a candidate who really should have no business on a ballot. But she could have given him just the same benefit if he simply kept his mouth shut.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/laura-loomer-and-the-illusion-of-the-useful-fringe-candidate/
Top Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested in connection with ‘We Build the Wall’ crowdfunding scheme
Federal prosecutors alleged that Bannon and three others “orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors” in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $25 million to build a wall along the southern border of the United States.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/f...ve-bannon-arrested-in-fraud-scheme-2020-08-20
Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, Timothy Shea "and others orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors," according to prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...heme-stemming-we-build-wall-campaign-n1237436
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Federal prosecutors alleged that Bannon and three others “orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors” in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $25 million to build a wall along the southern border of the United States.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/f...ve-bannon-arrested-in-fraud-scheme-2020-08-20
Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, Timothy Shea "and others orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors," according to prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...heme-stemming-we-build-wall-campaign-n1237436
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Alexei Navalny: 'Poisoned' Russian opposition leader in a coma
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53844958
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53844958
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