The ex-president continued to whine over his rival’s presence in the GOP primaries

Following Nikki Haley‘s vow to fight on with her campaign after her second consecutive defeat to Donald Trump in the GOP primary race, the former president threatened anyone donating to his Republican rival.

A day after Trump’s win in New Hampshire, he took to social media to paint Haley as “very bad for the Republican Party,” and “not the one to take on world leaders.” His words appeared to contradict statements he made in 2017 while in office, after nominating Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations — a role that required the former South Carolina governor to work with world leaders.

Yet despite previously praising Haley as having a “track record of bringing people together regardless of background or party affiliation,” Trump resorted to name calling in his Truth Social post Wednesday night and claimed he would not accept funds from anyone donating to his opponent’s campaign. “Anybody that makes a ‘Contribution’ to Birdbrain, from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp,” Trump wrote. “We don’t want them, and will not accept them, because we Put America First, and ALWAYS WILL!”

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    We don’t want them, and will not accept them, because we Put America First, and ALWAYS WILL!

    Directed at members of his own party that don’t fall in line. That’s not fucking creepy at all. Nope.

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        If he grows a mustache, I’m going to undocumentedly immigrate to Mexico

        In any case, between the creepy-ass Trump campaign with all its supporters and the constitutional crisis, looks like we’re finally discovering that this country’s not so great, after all

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      he really thinks he can win anything by kicking out potential likely voters. especially when he got 7 million fewer votes than biden and advocates for less easier methods of voting.

      awfully bold strategy.

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      Never forget what that slogan actually means and what sort of people use it.

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    how’s he going to know?

    1. he’s a fucking idiot who’s brain is melting out of his ears. he doesn’t know who he’s running against and he doesn’t know today is thursday.
    2. he’s a removed. he will do anything for money. he will take anyone’s money who will give it to him.
    3. what do you have to do to be maga? send money to a po box and then get sent a certificate back saying you have officially joined maga? is he going to cross references haley donors and his mega maga member list?

    you have to be some kind of morAn to think you’re getting kicked out of a fan club that does not exist and trump supporters are a real special kind of morAn.

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    The media’s wall to wall non stop coverage that got him elected in 2016 hasn’t learned anything.

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      This is an excellent piece that’s related. It’s more about the Harvard president incident, but it applies all the same.

      The problem is that whenever a new huckster on then Right emerges, the New York Times falls all over itself to amplify his lies.

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      Why would it “learn anything”? The Media isn’t some hive-mind. It’s many private companies, all with their own biases and corporate agendas. And even among politically-similar organizations, they’re usually mostly concerned with viewership and profits.

      I believe in journalism and free media, but we can’t expect or trust it to be the guardrails of society.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Following Nikki Haley‘s vow to fight on with her campaign after her second consecutive defeat to Donald Trump in the GOP primary race, the former president threatened anyone donating to his Republican rival.

    A day after Trump’s win in New Hampshire, he took to social media to paint Haley as “very bad for the Republican Party,” and “not the one to take on world leaders.” His words appeared to contradict statements he made in 2017 while in office, after nominating Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations — a role that required the former South Carolina governor to work with world leaders.

    Yet despite previously praising Haley as having a “track record of bringing people together regardless of background or party affiliation,” Trump resorted to name calling in his Truth Social post Wednesday night and claimed he would not accept funds from anyone donating to his opponent’s campaign.

    His barrage of attacks against Haley intensified after her refusal to drop out of the race amid calls from Trump and some of his allies to stand behind him.

    On Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told MSNBC that they would be “completely eradicating” any Republican not willing to “adapt” Trump’s policies.

    Haley has said that she plans to stay in the race through March and take her bid to become the GOP presidential candidate back home to South Carolina, where she served as governor.


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    Donating to Haley is trying to move the party past MAGA. Saying they are permanently banned from the thing they are trying to stop is a little redundant. Like a “oh yeah well you can’t quit because YOU’RE FIRED!”

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      They’re donors. They’re the boss in this scenario. Trump trying to strong arm donors is like telling your boss “no, you’re fired!” when they might consider keeping you on board.

      You want less money? Ok. I’m sure that’s fine for a lot of Republican donors who can just give more to local politicians. A senator is probably cheaper to influence than a president.

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    Trump’s super pissed he has to spend his campaign money on campaigning and not himself or his legal defense.

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      I’m fine with this, still. Let the local and state parties go broke since everyone is giving it to Trump instead.

      Basically the GOP brand is self-destructing. They finally found their peacock and won’t take anything else.

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    How will he know? Do they keep a register of folks that donate?

    If so is that public knowledge? If it is… How do you keep redhats from getting it and locating folks that donate to her? Seems like this is a call to violent action from him.

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      It doesn’t need to make sense. It just needs to rouse nationalism in the hearts of fascists.

      And yes, violent action. Seems like that will certainly follow.

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      Nobody is checking the financials of everyone throwing $5 at his campaign, and he’s not turning down 1000’s of dollars from big donors. He’s talking out of his ass as usual, but his base won’t think that far, and love the tough-guy schtick.

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        Will they start outing each other? “That guy Bob down the street, he’s got a maga sign up. But last month he had a Haley sign. He can’t do that.”

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          They’ll leave a burning “T” for Trump on Bob’s front lawn. They’ve got the supplies already, just have to take a saw and cut off the cross above the horizontal beam.