When Vice President JD Vance stepped on stage in Michigan on Monday, it was MAGA Inc. writing the check for the campaign event. It was a rare bit of spending in a battleground state from a powerful political organization that has mostly been missing in action this year.

With just over two months to go before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump is still sitting on most of his colossal war chest, and he’s been growing his money pile instead of spending it.

Even though the president and his team insist they’ll open their wallet soon, frustrations are growing as Republicans try to maintain control of Congress despite headwinds partially of Trump’s own creation. While the president remains the party’s best asset in turning out its base, he is historically unpopular, with low marks on his handling of the economy and the ongoing war in Iran that most Americans say was not worth fighting.

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    11 hours ago

    “With prom nearing, chess club nerds still waiting for cheerleaders to ask them to go”.

    Same energy…

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    He’s doesn’t have to fund any campaign, he plans to steal the election and make Congress a facade any way.

    This is the guy who said you’ll never have to vote again, along with his cockriders who wore Tshirts that said, “Dictator From Day One!”

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      Isn’t it a facade already? This dude should have been impeached 200 times over. Its literally being held captive by Nazis who refuse to take action.

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        We’re in a bubble. The nazis were too. It’ll pop and things will go back to the center.

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      If history serves them well, most dictators’ fate ends in demise.

      Would love to see an orange mussolini piniata! Would be so funny!

      But, Americans are weak to consumerism/capitalism and are just okay with complacency no matter what. The Party will take away and leave just enough to keep them complacent.

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        Doesn’t everyone’s fate ends in demise?

        Many dictators die of natural causes in a palace.

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      Don’t worry they will steal most all donated money for personal use then find some other suckers to pay the bills.

      I don’t think the president used any of his 800 million dollar was it fundraise to stop the steal in 2020, and the money went personally to him not a group.

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        If they control congress it does because then they can disregard the vote and decide it by a vote of the states, each state gets one vote. It’s one thing they tried last year in conjunction with their althernate electors (which was successfully used to steal the election of 1876,) and all the rest of their bullshit.

        Controlling congress would allow them to not certify/challenge the vote totals, or not recognized non certified state vote totals, and throw it to that one state one vote backup plan, that is in the constitution. Republicans control over 30 states.

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    Sorry! The nation isn’t doing so well today. You losers will have to lose on your own.

    Pans to Camera 2

    America (aka Me)has never been more prosperous!

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    He’ll make that face at them when they come asking for money, and then ask them to prove their loyalty by giving him money.

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    At this point if maga has a functioning brain cell they will pocket all the campaign funds and bounce.