Biden campaign calls Trump ‘Broke Don’ after he lags in fundraising

President Biden’s reelection campaign is pouncing on former President Trump’s fundraising numbers, dubbing its political rival “Broke Don” on Thursday.

“Not a Winning Campaign: Broke Don Hides in Basement,” the campaign wrote in an email. “Trump can’t raise money, isn’t campaigning, and is letting convicts and conspiracy theorists run his campaign.”

Election filings made public Wednesday showed Trump’s 2024 campaign brought in $10.9 million last month, while his joint fundraising committee raised nearly $11 million. It has about $42 million in cash on hand.

Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign operation raised roughly $53 million in February, which gave it $155 million in cash on hand entering March.

bradorsomething,

“Better Woke Than Broke.”

agoseris,

“I know not everyone’s feeling enthusiasm. The other day a defeated man … came up to me and said, Mr. President I’m being crushed by debt, I’m completely wiped out,” Biden said. “I had to say, ‘I’m sorry Donald, I can’t help you.’”

thehill.com/…/4548133-biden-digs-trump-debt/

This is pretty funny too. I hope Biden keeps saying stuff like this lol

JohnnyH842,

Serious question, why add fuel to the fire? It seems like calling attention to it could…call attention to it? Isn’t this how we got here in the first place?

nao,

Sounds like a nickname he would come up with

CharlesDarwin,
@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world avatar

I guess tiny d needs to sell more gaudy golden sneakers and pictures of him with muscles.

bomberesque1,

How dare you use my magic against me potter

frunch,

I think one of his biggest fears is being realized recently: he’s not worth anything close to what he claims he is, and it’s on full display for everyone to see

skozzii,

Dumpster Diving Donny.

FenrirIII,
@FenrirIII@lemmy.world avatar

“Dumb Don” has a ring to it.

EatATaco,

Destitute Donny

Son_of_dad,

He’s broke and asking his supporters for money, he’s literally a bum.

A bum isn’t a homeless person. A bum is that guy who probably has a home, but he doesn’t work, doesn’t follow rules, always asks you for cigarettes, always borrowing $5 he’s never going to pay back. The leech, the parasite who contributes nothing. Trump is a bum.

dirthawker0,

Let’s call him Wimpy: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamberder today.”

grue,

That’s an insult to Wimpy, but OK.

rmuk,

There used to be a chain of burger restaurants in the UK named after that character. They had a burger called the Bender.

Edit: apparently still going, but they rebranded the Bender as the Bendy for… reasons.

cokeslutgarbage,

Can we bring back “scrub”?

RealFknNito,
@RealFknNito@lemmy.world avatar

Defunded Donald

mozz,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

Lmao

youngGoku,

Lol @ the name calling. We are on a fast track to Idiocracy.

S_204,

Brawndo! It’s got electrolytes!

crusa187,

Sadly, that film was quite prophetic.

CharlesDarwin,
@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world avatar

Even the Crocs.

AngryCommieKender,

Well we haven’t had fast food and electrolyte drink wars, yet.

Confused_Emus,

At least one fast food joint tickled the idea of Uber-style surge pricing for their food before going back on it from the backlash. Fast Food wars are just a matter of time.

irreticent,
@irreticent@lemmy.world avatar

In related news:

…one day later…

Confused_Emus,

Exactly who I was thinking of. I just cannot believe they thought that would go over well. Someone surely got fired over that idea.

EmpathicVagrant,

I’m glad I missed your other comment until now, or I’d have not known about this yet!

Glad some companies understand failure instead of doubling down.

Soggy,

We had the Chicken Sandwich War.

OldWoodFrame,

Trump has brought a lot of terrible things to the forefront of American politics but the name calling is probably the most annoying, even if it’s not the most damaging.

verdantbanana,
@verdantbanana@lemmy.world avatar

obvious from the comments why better candidates will never win

people would rather vote for a system that consistently fails them and then blame other voters for why the country is in the shape it is in

Trump definitely should not win but that alone should not qualify Biden

wonder what would happen if all the other people like myself who are not allowed to vote and participate in this “democracy” were just for the sake of argument able to vote

Feel confident placing a wager that Trump and Biden both would lose by landslides in that scenario

Good reason why US makes sure that the dissidents here are unable to vote and participate

mozz,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

Fuck's sake not this again

I'll just post a link to some factual debunking from yesterday of this little Goebbels-presentation. As happens every time, you weren't able to say any of it wasn't accurate, and abandoned the conversation when it got too much into boring "this is what happened and what didn't happen" land.

KevonLooney,

boring “this is what happened and what didn’t happen” land.

Lol. It’s funny because people literally say “Biden didn’t do anything”. No, it’s Trump that didn’t do anything (except cut taxes on the rich).

Trump literally stopped spending on a plan to fight a pandemic, right before it actually happened. He’s so broke and stupid (and fat).

grue,

No, it’s Trump that didn’t do anything (except cut taxes on the rich).

Hey now, don’t forget that he also fucked up the economy by starting a trade war with China.

And badgered the Fed to cut interest rates in 2019 because the previous two things mentioned were about to start a recession all on their own, which meant there wasn’t as much room for lowering them when we really needed it due to the pandemic (which he also made worse by firing the pandemic response team).

Really, the more you think of it the more you realize Trump did lots of stuff – it’s just that all of it ranged from self-serving to incompetent to malicious.

Mirshe,

Don’t forget that after the pandemic started, rather than simply giving money to hospitals to fund them buying extra PPE, his Department of Health was seizing PPE shipments literally right off the trucks and “redistributing” them at a significant markup. It got bad enough that some states started flying in shipments at remote airports in the dead of night like they were dealing cocaine in the 80s.

Theprogressivist,
@Theprogressivist@lemmy.world avatar

Good reason why US makes sure that the dissidents here are unable to vote and participate

Oh cry me a fucking river. You’re not being persecuted for your beliefs. The victimization from you is insane.

Krudler,

Why can’t you vote? Is it because you are a felon?

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

wonder what would happen if all the other people like myself who are not allowed to vote and participate in this “democracy” were just for the sake of argument able to vote

Now hold up there… why can’t you vote?

Disenfranchisement is a pretty serious issue and it doesn’t happen lightly.

Some states ban felons from voting, some don’t. But other than that, so long as you haven’t done something silly like renounce your citizenship, you should be able to vote!

Boddhisatva,

After careful consideration of their debate style, I’ve come to the conclusion that they cannot vote because they are, in all likelihood, about 12-15 years old.

nao,

Feel confident placing a wager that Trump and Biden both would lose by landslides in that scenario

Who would win in that case?

mozz,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

“Delinquent Don” was right there though

Or “Deadbeat Don”

Biden’s mean-nickname game is bullshit

AdamEatsAss,

I definitely think Delinquent Don would beat Presy Joe in a yo mamma competition.

CharlesDarwin,
@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world avatar

Thing is, tiny d would have to have his mic cut to trade barbs in a fair way. He has a habit of interrupting everyone and dumbasses tend to think he’s doing Sick Burns just because of his Gish Gallops…

AbidanYre, (edited )

Delinquent is way too long a word for Trump.

agent_flounder,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.world avatar

His followers would think it is a compliment. Or just beat you for using “them fancee ass collijj werds”

Witchfire,
@Witchfire@lemmy.world avatar

Just tell them it means elegant, they’ll never know the truth

mozz,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

Trump definitely knows the word. He used it in reference to NATO recently.

Why he know the word so familiarly when it is indeed a little above his usual reading level is left as an exercise for the reader. That’s why I think it would get under his skin so, so thoroughly; he’s heard it before and it speaks to the little part of his brain that likes to whisper things to him about himself that he cannot bear to hear said.

jaybone,

He came up with DeSanctimonious 🤷‍♂️

AbidanYre,

You got me there.

nilloc,

Plus “Broke Don” can read as a play on “broke down”

Donnie Rotten, kinda as a nice ring, but doesn’t speak to the finances as well.

GardenVarietyAnxiety,

Biden’s mean-nickname game is bullshit

This made me laugh out loud… 😝

meleecrits,
@meleecrits@lemmy.world avatar

I’d have gone with “Donnie two pennies” myself.

AngryCommieKender,

As RealFknNito said up thread (for me):

Defunded Don

EtherWhack,
@EtherWhack@lemmy.world avatar

How about, Del. Do?

UnculturedSwine,

I would suggest Dementia Don but mocking someone’s disability is Trump’s mo

BradleyUffner,

Dimwit Donald

Zier,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

Let's see how much money trumpty dumpty has on March 25th?
FatDonnie is the perfect example of "too big to fail", he believes his wealth can protect him from everything, but his fake facade keeps falling off.
I can't wait to see the utter mess before the election.

Zaktor,

This feels like exactly the sort of thing that will cause Trump to lose his shit.

Theprogressivist,
@Theprogressivist@lemmy.world avatar

Good.

IphtashuFitz,

This AND forfeiting properties next week. 🤞🤞🤞

CharlesDarwin,
@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world avatar

I’d love to see it. The amount of butthurt he, as well as many of his sympathizers, had when the feds showed up to - checks notes - retrieve classified documents that he stole - was epic and I cannot imagine how much weeping and wailing there will be if tiny d starts getting assets seized.

CileTheSane,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

Calling out now: someone is going to get arrested for showing up at one of the properties with a gun to “defend it.”

Trump will do nothing to de-escalate the situation, (will probably make it worse) and then will distance himself from it when the guy gets shot.

CharlesDarwin,
@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world avatar

That’s a fair point. I’ve seen how concerned the rabid right wing was for property (over life) during the BLM protests; imagine if that property was attached to tiny d.

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