Lawmakers demand details of a Mar-a-Lago dinner where Trump promised to ease regulations on the oil industry while asking executives to steer $1 billion to his 2024 campaign.

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    7 months ago

    If democrats wanna go after trump for soliciting bribes, maybe they should work on outlawing those bribes and stop accepting them themselves.

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        7 months ago

        Im not just calling out hypocrisy, i mean it literally, they cant do anything about this because laws are very lenient for campaign donations. So if they actually want to stop this, they do actually need to make legislative changes.

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      7 months ago

      Lol, a little difference between lobbying, and offering services for specific dollar amounts, that just happens to be SURPRISE!!! ILLEGAL. Shocker right? I know, republikkklowns just look the other way, rules for thee not for meeeeeeee.

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        7 months ago

        Lol, a little difference between lobbying, and offering services for specific dollar amounts,

        nope

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          7 months ago

          Give me money to potentially sway my vote in a way that helps you. Ok.

          I tell you give me a million and i’ll make that vote happen. Illegal and not ok.

          I’m sure at this point you’re just a troll, but there is a difference there.

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            7 months ago

            Sway your vote? Man lobbyists hand you the whole prewritten legislation to sponsor for their money. Legal because its going to your election campaign instead of directly to you.

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      7 months ago

      Fortunately for them, Drumpf is dumb enough to break the few laws we do have so they don’t need to reign anything in to get him.

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      7 months ago

      Lobbying donations are legal in order to keep the money exchange transparent, specifically so officials can be held accountable for “tit-for-tat” exchange. What Trump reportedly said was exactly what’s not legal, promising eased regulations or financial assistance in exchange for donations.