Former President Donald Trump on Monday attacked the New York Times for publishing a story about refunds issued to people who claimed to have inadvertently signed up as recurring donors to his campaign.
Trump said in an e-mailed statement that the article was a “one-sided and completely misleading attack piece” that sought to demean him.
“In another highly partisan story, the failed New York Times wrote a completely misleading unilateral attack article this weekend that attempted to depreciate our record fundraising operation during the 2020 campaign,” said Trump.
“Except for major electoral fraud, this was a campaign that was easily won by your favorite Republican president, me! Our support in 2020 was so great – never seen before (it received more votes than any incumbent president in history, by far) that it became a major threat to the Democratic Party, which explains why the New York Times immediately rushed in. defend your Allies from the radical left. “
Trump, whose allegations of electoral fraud have failed in court, continued: “Before our two campaigns, 2016 and 2020, Republicans would always lose small donations in dollars. Now we win, or we do very well, because we are the American Workers’ Party and we beat the Democrats at their own game. ”
The Times article reported that the refunds issued by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee were higher than those issued by the campaign by President Biden and Democratic groups.
In the final two-and-a-half months of 2020, the Trump campaign and the RNC reportedly issued more than 530,000 refunds totaling $ 64.3 million. Biden and the Democratic allies reportedly issued 37,000 repayments that totaled $ 5.6 million.
Trump said his campaign effectively raised large amounts of money by replicating Democratic strategies.
“We learned from the liberal ActBlue – and now we are better than them! In fact, many people were so enthusiastic that they gave up indefinitely and, in certain cases when they gave a lot, we promptly reimbursed their contributions. Our overall dispute rate was less than 1% of total online donations, a very low number, ”said Trump.
“This is also done by Dems. The New York Times knew this, but it buried these details in its history – they did not, however, talk about how deceived Democrats bypassed state legislatures (approval required by the United States Constitution) in the Swing States to rig elections presidential elections, or how Democrats paid for votes in many urban centers, in a little thing called ‘money walking around’, how Democrats threatened union members with the loss of their jobs if they didn’t vote for Democrats, huge fake ballots by correspondence, illegal immigrants and dead people who voted (in Democrats) and more. “
Trump added: “Our fundraising efforts, working together with the Republican Party, were all done legally, and all with the aim of ensuring that my government could continue to make America Great Again. The election, on the other hand, has been massively manipulated and stolen – and now look at what is going on in our country, and in particular on our southern border. If you are one of the 75 million record-breaking Americans who voted for me, donated or volunteered, THANK YOU! The best is yet to come!”