Trump PAC threatens his own supporters with ‘punishment’ if they don’t send money fast enough
President
Donald Trump escalated his fundraising rhetoric this week by warning his own supporters that they would be punished if they failed to send him money fast enough, a move that critics say blurs the line between political appeals and outright scam tactics as the president stares down a difficult midterm landscape.
In a fundraising email circulated Monday, Trump told supporters that Democrats would seize their so-called “tariff rebate checks” and hand the money to undocumented immigrants unless donors responded within an hour. “Troubles are BOILING OVER,” the message
declared. “Dems want to send your check to illegals if you don’t respond in the next hour!”
The email framed an immediate donation as the only way to stop catastrophe. “Only a massive and immediate response will do,” it continued. “I need YOU to help me hit my end-of-year fundraising goal by midnight tomorrow or EVERYTHING we’ve worked so hard to accomplish could go BYE BYE.”
The language closely mirrors the mechanics of common financial scams: urgency, fear, and the promise of money that will vanish unless the recipient acts immediately. Cybersecurity experts have long warned consumers that such pressure is a hallmark of fraud, a point echoed by critics reacting to Trump’s message.
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