Ted Cruz's Georgia Runoff Fundraising Is Actually Going to His Campaign. He's Not Alone

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Ted Cruz's Georgia Runoff Fundraising Is Actually Going to His Campaign. He's Not Alone
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The runoff is a gold mine for politicians. And now that they can run Facebook ads in Georgia, they’re rushing for it.
Lachlan Markay, Reporter
Updated Dec. 30, 2020 11:37AM ET / Published Dec. 30, 2020 10:26AM ET



Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) needs your help to keep the U.S. Senate in Republican hands. So blared a handful of Facebook’s ads that Cruz’s campaign committee purchased this month. But none of them were actually raising money for the Republican candidates in Georgia. Instead, every penny donated went directly to... Cruz.

The Cruz campaign bought 15 separate ads on Facebook over the past two weeks, each featuring a video of the senator dramatically hyping the need to hold two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia runoff contests.

“Gun grabbing, tax hikes, open borders, and stacking the Supreme Court. That’s the radical Democrat agenda if they win the Georgia Senate elections,” Cruz declared.

He asked for $5 contributions to his new “Keep Georgia Red fund.” But Facebook users who clicked through to the online donation page—and read the fine print at the bottom—would see that the actual beneficiary was Cruz’s own campaign committee, not Sens. Kelly Loeffler or David Perdue, the two Republicans running for re-election in Georgia.

Cruz is just one of a number of elected officials of both parties using the competitive—and extremely expensive—Georgia runoff contests to raise money for themselves. Increasingly, those officials are doing so on Facebook, where a political ad ban instituted in late October was lifted this month, but only for ads in Georgia.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/ted-cruz-is-pocketing-the-money-hes-raising-for-georgia-gopers-hes-not-alone?ref=home

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1. A further demonstration of the contempt Republicans have for their supporters

Yeah, the coastal elites in the Democrat party are forever denigrating the rubes and bumpkins in flyover land. But who's actually picking their collective pocket, exploiting their ignorance?

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2. Trump is not the only grifter in the Republican Party

He’s just the most famous one.

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3. Just another grifter and ...

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4. No honor among thieves. nt

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5. I've seen a "split your donation" gimmick used before. I think it's dishonest.

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6. GOP the Grifters Only Party