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https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/08/trump-isnt-paying-for-wisconsin-recount/Trump Isnt Paying for Wisconsin Recount
November 8, 2020 at 11:14 am EST By Taegan Goddard
It is an indication that theyre not super serious about pursuing one and that their announcements are mostly for show.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)That should be the response to the LOSER if he wants a recount.
dsc
(52,161 posts)rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)AleksS
(1,665 posts)So if they wait much longer it might not be their choice left to make.
LiberalFighter
(50,927 posts)It looks like November 17th.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,423 posts)Will they pay for the recount in Georgia? I think the 9,100 vote margin might be just outside of the .25% threshold for State paid recount.
Liberal In Texas
(13,552 posts)And if I were Wisconsin I'd make sure to get all the money up front before one ballot is recounted.
SmartVoter22
(639 posts)and if more is needed; the state can stop it until another deposit is made to cover the costs.
If money is left over? Maybe they can use it to pay for all the police costs, Trump never paid for during the 2016 campaign.
That would burn his whiskers for sure.
marble falls
(57,081 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)wnylib
(21,450 posts)for charges he will face after he leaves. Or, to make a getaway.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)a nice "parting grift" for Donald.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Ponietz
(2,969 posts)TigressDem
(5,125 posts)But he probably is waiting to see how his "go fund me" site is going.
still_one
(92,190 posts)AllyCat
(16,187 posts)still_one
(92,190 posts)AllyCat
(16,187 posts)What a scam. I, like many, SOOO wanted to stop 45 that we thought she would help us. Years ago I voted Green. never vote for a Green again.
still_one
(92,190 posts)obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)And she attacked folks who told her Stein would scam the money.
Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)His announcements are for show - definitely. But the failure to commit to pay for the recount signals nothing.
But the deadline for requesting a recount is as late as 5 PM on November 18. (It's a bit fuzzy, since he has to request the recount before 5 PM after the last county results are received by the state. Those are due November 17 - but if all are submitted early the deadline for requesting a recount could be earlier.)
In addition, while Wisconsin can require him to pay for the recount before it begins, it isn't imposed automatically - and the payment is due before the recount begins - at least 3 days after it is ordered.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)And no. Rubles are not accepted as currency.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Those creatures would steal their mothers' eyes to stay in power.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Looks like none
Statistical
(19,264 posts)If they want to waste that money go ahead. Less money they can spend in Georgia. Less money they have in the bank for the midterms.
pazzyanne
(6,552 posts)Deuxcents
(16,202 posts)Make sure the check funds before they start.
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)dragonlady
(3,577 posts)Our hard-working election staffs have been through more than enough this year. After observing every day at a couple of recounts in the past, I remember how much work and stress it involves.
Blue Owl
(50,362 posts)CrispyQ
(36,464 posts)He likes the rallies & the attention, & he likes that being prez keeps his orange ass out of jail, but other than that, I think he'd rather resign & go back to Florida & start his media empire that I think is what he really wanted all along when he first announced his run for president.
Who knows? Maybe when Rush croaks the Con will get his time slot.
BarbD
(1,192 posts)wnylib
(21,450 posts)plus the money he can siphon off the government.
GopherGal
(2,008 posts)I'll be curious to see if he mounts a '24 campaign just for some ego-boosting rallies, if and when coronavirus restrictions loosen.
wnylib
(21,450 posts)Trump to be in prison, in a mental hospital, out of the country, or dead.
He does not age well physically like Biden does.
GopherGal
(2,008 posts)He'll start a '24 campaign so he can
1) Raise campaign funds to grift from for his businesses
2) Hold his "narcissistic supply" super spreader events if there are still enough morans around to feed his ego.
wnylib
(21,450 posts)or a mental hospital? More likely, some new leader will rise up in his name to lead his followers.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)was a parking lot?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)as an obstacle to democrats. Now it is biting Trump in the ass.
kiri
(794 posts)As I understand, if the recount changes the results, your $3 million is refunded.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)electoral system.
Solly Mack
(90,766 posts)LMAO
Grift to the very last second.
wnylib
(21,450 posts)calling for recounts and lawsuits. Magas will get suckered into believing that their donations will help Trump overturn the election and stay in office.
Solly Mack
(90,766 posts)And those idiots will happily pay.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)payment up front, before work commences, and greatly increased the cost of requesting a recount. They did this after the several recounts that were initiated by Dems/left groups failed to change the outcome of the elections. No money, no recount! Cant break the law now can we.
JI7
(89,249 posts)I asked them why Trump doesn't just pay for it himself since he has billions of dollars.
They said something like the recount was for the public to know results not just Trump.
The whole thing just seemed sad to me.
cayugafalls
(5,640 posts)When they do lose as publicly as he did, it is a humiliation on a grand scale, he most likely is lashing out at those close to him and making their lives unbearable right now. He will never accept it was his character flaws that caused his defeat, he will place it on those around him.
Melania wore that jacket and was on recordings complaining about Christmas. Jared fucked up the PPE, Ivanka got tied to China, Steven Miller eats babies for breakfast....all of these things will be used to deflect from the truth, Trump SUCKS and the People of the United States rejected him and his lies.
titanicdave
(429 posts).....The....Party's....OVER !!!!
AllaN01Bear
(18,205 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)What's one more broken law? He's going to go out big.
SWBTATTReg
(22,122 posts)and other locations for hosting his campaign rallies. Deadbeat.
DeeDeeNY
(3,355 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,844 posts)(soon to be former) President Nazivomit would never part with $3,000,000 that he will desperately try to get his grubby little hands on for himself. The schemes and scams will be going into super-ultra-mega overdrive in the next 70 or so days. I can't wait for he and his entire grifting family to be sent to prison.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)F him and f the ground he's standing on.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)dlk
(11,566 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Like everything Trump says and does, it's for a target audience.
gibraltar72
(7,504 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)In some sort of effort to sow doubt.
Bad bet, boys!