Just before polls officially closed for the New Hampshire primary elections, a fundraising message signed by Donald Trump reprised the same scare tactic his campaign used in Iowa last week: suggesting the former president will end his campaign.
This time the message came from the campaign committee for former Republican presidential candidate and potential Trump running mate, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), but bore the verbatim message:
“The Hate America left thought I would’ve dropped out of the race by now, and at this very moment, we’re going to send them a message they’ll NEVER forget,” said the email paid for by Tim Scott for America.
It’s the exact fundraising approach Trump used last week in the hour before he won the multi-candidate Iowa primary with a commanding 51 percent of the vote, sending two fundraising texts that said “suspend my campaign?”
Trump’s New Hampshire primary email featured the subject line "End my campaign."
The message itself began: “Drop out of the race?”
He then quickly pivots: “The party has just begun!” and proceeded to ask “ONE MILLION PRO-TRUMP PATRIOTS” to chip in to show their support of Trump.
Screen grab of fundraising text message from President Trump, paid for by Tim Scott for America campaign committee
The linked WinRed donation page featured the same “ALERT” image used in last week’s Iowa fundraising messages, showing Trump wearing a red Make America Great Again hat in front of billowing flags with “ONE MILLION TRUE MAGA RESPONSES NEEDED” emblazoned over the image. Donation buttons ranged from $25 to $3,300.
Trump, who is facing 91 felony charges across four criminal cases, and was found civilly liable for sexual abuse and defamation against writer E. Jean Carroll, said in the message he would “NEVER SURRENDER” — noting that two impeachments, a mugshot from his Fulton County Jail booking and disqualification from the ballot in states such as Maine and Colorado could not compel him to exit the race.
It’s hardly the first time Trump’s fundraising tactics have been questioned.
In April, U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith submitted a batch of subpoenas investigating whether Trump scammed donors with false claims about election fraud, The Washington Post reported. Smith scaled back his inquiry, withdrawing two of the subpoenas as of October, according to The Post.
Other Trump fundraising come-ons over the years have likewise been misleading or outright lies.
The Republican presidential primary is effectively down to two candidates, with only former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley offering serious competition.
The Associated Press called New Hampshire for Trump early in the 8 p.m. ET hour.
Trump’s campaign did not respond to Raw Story’s request for comment.
