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Trump Campaign Exploits Los Angeles Protests for Fundraising

Strategic Insights

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Protests in Los Angeles sparked by a series of immigration raids have provided a pretext for the Trump campaign's fundraising arm to solicit donations from supporters. The campaign, using a "breaking Trump alert" email, promotes the president's sweeping ban on entry from over a dozen countries and asks recipients to complete a "citizens only survey" to demonstrate support for the policy. The email's subject line reads: "Looking really bad in LA!" and features a photograph of Trump surrounded by the words "BREAKING TRUMP ALERT." The campaign has sent over 1,000 fundraising emails since the president's inauguration, with some messages featuring Trump's mugshot and branding his image on products.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Trump National Committee Joint Fundraising Committee has sent over 1,000 fundraising emails since the president's inauguration.
  • The latest email, sent on June 9, uses the protests in Los Angeles as a pretext to solicit donations and promotes the president's sweeping ban on entry from over a dozen countries.
  • The email features a "citizens only survey" that asks recipients to demonstrate support for the policy.
  • Joint fundraising committees, which allow donors to make large contributions shared across entities, have been used routinely by campaigns supporting the president to raise millions of dollars.
  • Trump's scandals, including his criminal indictments, have been featured in hundreds of campaign fundraising messages.

Statistics:

  • Over 1,000 fundraising emails have been sent by the Trump National Committee Joint Fundraising Committee since the president's inauguration.
  • The campaign has used Trump's mugshot and branded his image on products in hundreds of fundraising messages.
  • The president's attacks against "activist" judges who delivered court rulings against his administration's immigration enforcement decisions have been included in dozens of recent emails.

Sources:

  • "By Alex Woodward", [author unknown], June [no listed date]
  • "By Alex Woodward", [no listed publication]
  • [No other sources mentioned]

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