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Hillary Clinton's Campaign Creates Way To Make Money From Donald Trump's Tweets (adweek.com)

Hillary Clinton's campaign has created a new fundraising tool called Troll Trump that lets supporters sign up to automatically donate money to the campaign when Donald Trump tweets. Adweek reports: The tool's landing page populates a new Trump tweet each time the site is refreshed to offer a sampling of the candidate's social media style. "Show Donald that his unhinged rhetoric comes at a cost," according to the Clinton campaign's website. "Sign up to donate to Hillary's campaign every time Donald tweets!" The idea was apparently inspired by a tweet by Matt Bellassai, a former BuzzFeed editor and social media star, who made a joke on Twitter threatening to donate to the campaign every time Trump tweets. (When the tool went live, Teddy Goff, a digital strategist with the Clinton campaign, tweeted Bellassai a thank-you.)

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  1. DO NOT give Hillary your credit card info. by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll
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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  2. Re:Campaign Finance Laws anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Clinton broke campaign finance laws by having her campaign work closely with her Super PACs, as seen on multiple videos now. I'm sure you've noticed the lack of FEC doing anything or the DOJ charging anyone.

    The reason campaign finance laws exist is to enforce them on people not in power and censor THEIR speech. Incumbent party does not even pretend to follow such laws and tells the DOJ to not prosecute, hence we have Clinton.

    Forcing her to break "even more laws" still won't bring up charges. If her paying people to riot and hurt people at Trump political events doesn't cause charges, donations won't.