Republican strategist claims Trump is raising money off 'people that don't have expendable incomes'
Republican strategist and conservative commentator Alice Stewart joined Don Lemon Tonight Thursday, where she spoke about former President Trump’s fundraising efforts since losing the 2020 election. Trump raised hundreds of millions of dollars falsely claiming that the election was stolen.
“Money is being raised from people that don’t have expendable incomes, or people on fixed incomes that are giving their hard-earned money to Donald Trump to help in this process. The problem is, it’s all based on lies,” Stewart said. “It is based on his ill-conceived notion that there was widespread election fraud, and he actually won the election. That is the travesty here, is that we’re still, a year and a half later, still litigating the 2020 election.”
Money from those fundraising efforts is reportedly being used to pay legal fees for some witnesses testifying before the January 6 Committee, raising questions about witness tampering.
“We do need to find out what happened and led up to January 6th. We need to hold people accountable to that,” Stewart said. “But the fact that good people with good intentions that are strong Republicans are still buying into this ill-conceived notion of widespread election fraud.”
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ALICE STEWART: Money is being raised from people that don't have expendable incomes-- or people on fixed income-- that are giving their hard-earned money to Donald Trump to help in this process. The problem is it's all based on lies.
- On "Don Lemon Tonight" Thursday, conservative commentator and Republican strategist Alice Stewart spoke about former President Trump and his political organizations covering legal costs for the witnesses testifying before the January 6 committee. The money used is reportedly from funds the former President raised while pushing the false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen.
ALICE STEWART: It is based on his ill-conceived notion that there was widespread election fraud and he actually won the election. That is the travesty here, is that we're still-- a year and a half later, still litigating the 2020 election.
- Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson was originally represented by lawyers allegedly paid for with fundraising money before she got independent counsel and delivered a bombshell testimony to the January 6 committee earlier in the week.
ALICE STEWART: We do need to find out what happened [? and ?] led up to January 6. We need to hold people accountable to that. But the fact that good people, with good intentions, that are strong Republicans, are still buying into this ill-conceived notion of widespread election fraud.
