Trump faces MAGA backlash over $5K election offer
Economists say the one-time payout could cost up to $1.35 trillion as some Republicans call it welfare or vote-buying.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump pledged a $5,000 "Trump dividend" to every adult American at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, contingent on Republicans maintaining control of Congress in November.
- Economists estimate the one-time payout would cost between $1.2 trillion and $1.35 trillion, far exceeding tariff revenue the administration floated to cover it. Congress must authorize such federal spending, not the executive branch alone.
- Conservative commentator Matt Walsh called the proposal "welfare" and "idiotic," while Former Republican Rep. Bob Good labeled it "a socialist vote-buying scheme that would cost nearly $1 trillion." Walsh criticized the timing as "shameless" given Republicans control Washington.
- While some Republicans like Rick Hunt praised the strategy as "good for the American people," Thomas Massie mocked the offer, writing on X he cannot "in good conscience accept a penny less than 10k" due to inflation concerns.
- Republican committeewoman Nina Webber hopes the proposal drives voter turnout, though some Republicans remain skeptical, asking "Why would he do that?" Violet Spell, a Texas precinct chair, said she is "looking forward to see if it happens.
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MAGA star lobs grenade at Trump over 'shameless' election-year 'bribery'
A prominent MAGA commentator has turned his fire on President Donald Trump's newest campaign promise, branding it welfare and "flagrant bribery."Daily Wire host Matt Walsh unloaded Thursday on the $5,000 "Trump dividend," the payout Trump vowed at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas to send ...
Right Wing Site Rages: Trump Is “Embracing Bribery”
The National Review reports: Painfully aware that, once the midterms are over, he risks being gradually consigned to irrelevance, President Trump has hit once again upon a Hail Mary plan for political success. That plan is bribery. Last night, after vocally condemning the rise of socialism in the United States, Trump pledged some of his … The post Right Wing Site Rages: Trump Is “Embracing Bribery” appeared first on Joe.My.God..
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