{"id":2259550,"date":"2024-06-04T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-the-money-trump-just-raised-wont-matter-if-its-not-spent-turning-out-voters\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T13:48:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:48:48","slug":"all-the-money-trump-just-raised-wont-matter-if-its-not-spent-turning-out-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-the-money-trump-just-raised-wont-matter-if-its-not-spent-turning-out-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"The raised funds by Trump are crucial for voter turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fall-the-money-trump-just-raised-wont-matter-if-its-not-spent-turning-out-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2259550&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text \u2063discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hits-iowa-airwaves-early-as-he-looks-to-fend-off-nikki-haleys-rise\/\" title=\"DeSantis takes to Iowa airwaves to counter Haley's ascent.\">rapid fundraising success<\/a> of Former President Trump and the RNC following legal challenges. Despite the \u200dsubstantial donations, the focus remains on mobilizing voters effectively.\u200b It highlights the \u200bstrategic initiatives\u200c like the &#8220;Trump Force 47&#8221; program to engage volunteers in targeted voter \u2064outreach and counters Democratic efforts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorsed-michael-whatley-launches-bid-to-lead-rnc-after-ronna-mcdaniels-departure\/\" title=\"Michael Whatley, endorsed by Trump, seeks to lead RNC after Ronna McDaniel's exit\">driving voter turnout<\/a> for the \u200dupcoming \u200delections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Former President Donald Trump and the RNC raised more than $50 million within 24 hours after the left-wing, Soros-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/crime-and-justice\/commentary\/washington-post-fact-checker-should-try-checking-facts-about-soros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funded<\/a> Manhattan district attorney used lawfare to secure a conviction against the former president. But the money means nothing if it\u2019s not spent turning out voters.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign \u201ctogether with the RNC\u201d said they brought in $141 million in donations for the month of May. Of that total, more than <a href=\"https:\/\/djt.nucleusemail.com\/amplify\/v\/G42DCrpmjn?hids=48wPfAlA29&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=240531-24_hours_later_almost_53_million_raised_online&#038;utm_content=ncl-2Ug5AYhTUY&#038;_nlid=2Ug5AYhTUY&#038;_nhids=48wPfAlA29\">$50 million<\/a> was brought in within 24 hours of the conviction. An additional $150 million was raised by \u201corganizations supporting\u201d the former president in May, according to the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1440950335\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-72a7b531ca4d4da8ef9cbd2e39d4efc3 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-72a7b531ca4d4da8ef9cbd2e39d4efc3\"><\/div>\n<p>The fundraising haul is impressive and surely indicates a surge of support for the former president, but Trump still isn\u2019t a shoo-in for November. This election will require intense and targeted voter turnout \u2014 not just general enthusiasm \u2014 to offset Democrats\u2019 massive ballot schemes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Is the Money Going?<\/h2>\n<p>RNC co-chair <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4698795-rnc-co-chair-lara-trump-fundraising-donald-trump-legal-fees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lara Trump<\/a> told CNN that the donations would be used to \u201censure that the right thing happens on November 5\u201d when asked how much of the donations would go toward covering Trump\u2019s legal fees. Trump is currently fending off several other lawfare cases, which are meant in part to financially bankrupt him and drain resources from Team Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/02\/legal-battle-2024-election-begun-biden-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Sunday that Trump\u2019s team \u201cis more focused so far on building a sprawling network of \u2018election integrity\u2019 lawyers and poll watchers than on rounding up organizers and door knockers to reach voters.\u201d The corporate media outlet cited an unnamed \u201ccommittee official\u201d who indicated that the \u201cRNC plans to hire more people for the operation than for any other department it has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump campaign spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez told The Federalist that Axios\u2019 reporting should not be believed and pointed toward the RNC\u2019s new joint \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/djt.nucleusemail.com\/amplify\/v\/wTwKrzqBGh?hids=gn2xfXEXn7&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=240531-team_trump_launches_trump_force_47_in_the_wake_of_rigged_biden_trial_in_new_york&#038;utm_content=ncl-FfQNxe3V8t&#038;_nlid=FfQNxe3V8t&#038;_nhids=gn2xfXEXn7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump Force 47<\/a>\u201d initiative which will work with grassroots organizations to \u201crecruit, train, and organize volunteers who are assigned to turn out specifically targeted voters in their own precinct.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-92719fcd6c3e7197e5dbb902d344b375 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-92719fcd6c3e7197e5dbb902d344b375\"><\/div>\n<p>In a press release, Political Director James Blair said the program \u201cprioritizes many volunteers doing a few high-impact tasks each instead of old models which devolved to a few volunteers trying to do many low-impact tasks each.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTrump Force 47\u201d initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpforce47.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prompts<\/a> volunteers to choose from several activities like calling targeting voters and engaging in \u201ctargeted voter outreach\u201d in their neighborhoods, as well as poll watching and delivering yard signs.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Team Trump also announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/swampthevoteusa.com\/?utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=240604-president_donald_j_trump_and_trump_force_47_announce_launch_of_swamp_the_vote_usa&#038;utm_content=ncl-KsU7Xj5FVC&#038;_nlid=KsU7Xj5FVC&#038;_nhids=LGNYTZRJep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launch<\/a> of \u201cSwamp The Vote USA,\u201d which is part of Trump Force 47, that seeks to \u201cpromote the use of absentee and mail ballots and early in-person voting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump Force 47 program incorporates Swamp The Vote USA into its organizing model by using personalized voter contacts to generate new absentee or mail ballot registrations and early in-person voting commitments,\u201d the press release states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-99c027bd4846b0fc1fa87c6338e1bd4f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-99c027bd4846b0fc1fa87c6338e1bd4f\"><\/div>\n<p>When asked how much of the millions that Trump and the RNC fundraised after the show trial conviction would be invested in the \u201cTrump Force 47\u201d initiative, Alvarez told The Federalist \u201cenough,\u201d adding those numbers are never provided to the media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/trump-campaign-launches-canvassing-verdict-00161075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politico<\/a> cited an anonymous \u201cperson familiar with the effort\u201d to report that the effort will be headed by \u201cpaid staff\u201d in battleground states who will organize \u201cunpaid\u201d grassroots activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Force 47\u201d is in addition to the RNC\u2019s efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/press-release\/trump-campaign-and-rnc-unveil-historic-100000-person-strong-election-integrity-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> in April that focused on recruiting poll watchers and observers as well as lawyers. When previously asked about their ground game in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing states<\/a>, the RNC and Team Trump directed <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/14\/rnc-has-few-operatives-on-the-ground-in-swing-states-local-gop-leaders-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Federalist<\/a> to its poll watcher volunteer effort.<\/p>\n<p>But what good are poll watchers and observers if the ballots aren\u2019t there? <\/p>\n<p>In Arizona for example, organizations like the Arizona Free Enterprise Club are working on get-out-the-vote efforts and voter outreach. But the RNC\u2019s involvement has been apparently minimal. President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club Scot Mussi told The Federalist in May that \u201cit feels like here in Arizona, the Left is pouring in millions of dollars into \u2026 their own ground game and it doesn\u2019t seem, at least what we\u2019re seeing on the ground, that there\u2019s the same emphasis from a lot of these national groups, and that includes the RNC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In battleground Pennsylvania, on-the-ground Republican leaders also expressed hope the RNC would soon increase its involvement. When pressed by The Federalist at the time, the RNC also did not provide details about what the organization is doing between now and November to increase voter registration, support mail-in ballot initiatives, and increase voter outreach.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Democrats Are Playing To Win <\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democrats have been cultivating on-the-ground efforts to drive voter turnout \u2014 on top of engaging with partisan hacks like Marc Elias to upend the judicial system in favor of lax election laws.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Democratic Party, for example, set up more than a dozen offices across the Keystone State in conjunction with the Biden campaign back in March, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/penncapital-star.com\/campaigns-elections\/democrats-open-coordinated-campaign-offices-across-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania Capital Star<\/a>. The offices are reportedly set to \u201chost training sessions for volunteers, canvassing kickoffs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-has-few-operatives-on-the-ground-in-swing-states-local-gop-leaders-say\/\" title=\"Local GOP leaders report that the RNC has limited operatives in swing states\">volunteer recruitment events<\/a>,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>But the Biden campaign and Democrats aren\u2019t just using donations to turn out voters. In addition, Democrats are using your taxpayer dollars to boost their chances via \u201cBidenbucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/07\/south-carolina-agency-the-feds-force-us-to-give-voter-registration-to-foreign-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina Agency: The Feds Force Us To Give Voter Registration To Foreign Nationals<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden signed <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/30\/members-of-congress-and-state-election-officials-ask-scotus-to-stop-bidenbucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive Order 14019<\/a> in March of 2021 that, as my colleague Shawn Fleetwood has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/18\/elections-chief-probes-bidenbucks-in-mississippi-wont-accept-forms-collected-by-unlawful-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a>, \u201cdirected hundreds of federal agencies to interfere in state and local election administration by using U.S. taxpayer dollars to boost voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrat state-level officials are also spearheading taxpayer-funded efforts to turn out Democrat-favorable voter blocs such as young voters \u2014 including in key swing states. For example, Arizona partnered with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge to increase voter turnout among students in accredited universities statewide, as Fleetwood <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/01\/swing-states-are-using-taxpayer-money-to-turn-out-democrat-leaning-young-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. ALL IN is part of Civic Nation, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swing-states-are-using-taxpayer-money-to-turn-out-democrat-leaning-young-voters\/\" title=\"Swing states fund efforts to mobilize young Democratic voters with taxpayer money\">left-wing nonprofit headed<\/a> by a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Universities who partake in the initiative are eligible for \u201cawards based on voter turnout and registration rates\u201d for the Nov. 5 election. Federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law<\/a> prohibits making or offering \u201cexpenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote,\u201d as Fleetwood notes.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada and Michigan likewise launched task forces targeting youth voter participation.<\/p>\n<p>Voters between the ages of 18-29 broke for Democrat House candidates during the 2022 midterms nearly 2-1 when compared to Republican candidates, <a href=\"https:\/\/circle.tufts.edu\/latest-research\/millions-youth-cast-ballots-decide-key-2022-races\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to estimates from the Center for Information &#038; Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Department of Education, in compliance with the \u201cBidenbucks\u201d order, issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/fsapartners.ed.gov\/knowledge-center\/library\/dear-colleague-letters\/2024-02-26\/use-federal-work-study-funds-voter-registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memo<\/a> in February announcing Federal Work-Study funds could now be used to employ students at government agencies for work like \u201csupporting broad-based get-out-the-vote activities, voter registration, providing voter assistance at a polling place or through a voter hotline, or serving as a poll worker.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a494a67f219e17f21b5c7b4604976298 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a494a67f219e17f21b5c7b4604976298\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump and the RNC swiftly amassed over $50 million after legal actions targeted him. However, the significance lies in utilizing these funds effectively to mobilize voters. 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