Trump Forced To Return Nearly $13 Million In Donations He Scammed From Supporters

Donald Trump has been forced to refund nearly $13 million that he scammed from his donors, with the RNC also having to pay back millions. This was part of the "opt in" scam, where Trump's campaign automatically signed people up for recurring donations, with most not even noticing that this was happening until it was too late. But even though they were busted scamming them, it doesn't seem to have turned donors away from him. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

Recent reports have revealed that the Trump campaign has had to refund nearly $13 million just this year to the supporters that they scammed at the end of last year. Now, in case you're not familiar with that story, here's what happened. Shortly before the 2020 election took place around the end of September, early October, the Trump campaign realized they were running low on money. So what they did is they changed the way they're donating part of their website worked and it automatically opted people in to recurring donations. So somebody would go in, not read the fine print at the bottom, because it was very confusing. It was obscured. You had to go through multiple different pages in order to opt yourself out of it. And of course, they put the button up there that guilt shamed you like, this is what the Democrats want. Are you sure you want to do this? So anyway, most people didn't even notice it was there. Didn't notice they were opted in. They gave their donation. Then the donations started happening every month and Trump's campaign was forced to refund some of the money.

There's also indication by the way that the Republican party itself was doing this as well. They have had to refund some money. So, so what, right? And that's the worst part of this story is the, so what, because it didn't scare any donors away. You know, your, your party, your candidate, your guy, your president, the guy you want re-instated intentionally ripped your off and you all are still sitting there like, well, I'm still going to give him money. I still like him. He freaking scammed your and not even that is enough to make you wake up and realize, wait a minute, maybe this guy, isn't all he's cracked up to be. Maybe I should be a little bit more skeptical. Maybe I shouldn't fork over money every single month to support the man who knowingly scammed me and had to refund my money. That's insane. But I do believe that is kind of what we're dealing with with most of these Trump supporters. You know, recently in salon.com, Chauncey DeVega had a phenomenal article, and actually reading it, I almost felt like it was directed at me. It wasn't, you know, Chauncey and I have known each other for many years. Very good close friends here.

But it said, Trump's supporters are not being conned. They know they're being conned. They just don't care. And I truly believe that he's right about this. You know, I've said they're being conned. They're being grifted. He is a grifter. They're being scammed. But at the end of the day, they all know that and they're making the decision to not care about it. They're making the decision to continue to, to support him even they know what is really happening. And that's a cult. That is 100% a cult because they know they're being taken advantage of. They just don't care. So I say Trump go ahead bleed them dry, man, take everything they've got, because if they know that you're scamming them and they still choose to support you, then I'd say they deserve that kind of discomfort. I have run out of empathy for these people. So do what you feel like doing with them, Trump, we've tried to warn them. But the warning times are over. They get what they deserve at this point.

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