Politicians do few things with the fervor and energy of a 12-year-old boy getting his first look at a Playboy magazine more than they do begging for money. Begging is the wrong term; lying and/or badgering is more accurate. They get worked up by it and don’t mind coming off as completely pathetic losers because the alternative would be to spend some of their own millions, which they often amassed while holding the office they are begging for money to maintain. It’s a vicious cycle few people with any sense of decency or shame would ever engage in.
I get emails all the time from Democrats crying about some random “mid-month” or “end of the week” deadline, neither of which is real. I’m sure Republicans do it too, but I’d rather not read their stupidity – what I suspect is bad enough, I don’t need to see the reality of it and find out it’s worse.
David Trone is one of the worst. He’s among the richest Members of Congress because he owns Total Wine and More. If you shop at one, stop.
Trone holds the record for the most money ever spent on a primary campaign in 2016 when he set $12 million on fire to lose to Jamie Raskin. Imagine being a loser to Jamie Raskin?! How do you live with yourself?
You move districts. Trone ran the next cycle in another Democrat-gerrymandered district next to Raskin’s and won. You spend enough money, and you can polish a turd.
The one thing I remember about Trone's various campaigns is his willingness to exploit his own family. In his first bid against Raskin, he ran ads saying he was for abortion because of his daughters. I guess he was implying they were either too stupid to understand how birth control works and they were super-friendly with people or he wanted to make sure they never reproduced. Whatever it was, it was gross. But not surprising. Or even the worst Trone would do to sniff power.
In the next cycle, Trone exploited the overdose death of his young nephew to claim he understood the opioid crisis. Imagine having to call your sibling because you wanted to use the worst day of their lives as your campaign prop. What kind of a scumbag does that? That is, of course, assuming he called to give his family a heads-up. Trone is so disgusting there’s a large possibility he just did it because what does he care?
Yet, this rich post-digested food exit port still begs for money from average Marylanders. Because what Napoleonic-complex suffering narcissist want to spend their own money when you can get some cash from our dupes?
Hilariously, Trone personifies the “white savior complex.” A guy who is worth a fortune spends a lot of time telling black people he’ll look out for them. Never mind the fact that his party is the reason so many black families suffer economically and from such high crime in the cities Democrats control.
Pandering to the point of parody, Trone got (probably paid, let’s be honest) Jonathan Jackson to appear in an ad for him. Don’t know who Jonathan Jackson is? You’re not alone. He’s the son of Jesse Jackson, who didn’t go to prison for corruption (Jesse Jackson Jr did).
Jonathan is in Congress, too, though he just got there and made literally zero impact. But he’s black, and his father is famous, so Trone got him. See, Trone’s opponent is a black woman, so David has to play the “I have black friends” card by digging up a Jackson, one of the few black people a rich, insulated white guy like David Trone could name in a pinch. Jesse Senior is too old, infirm, and has too many illegitimate kids to be an effective campaign endorser – especially if you want to appeal to anyone under 70.
Hilariously, Trone’s fundraising pitch is about as stupid as having a freshman Congressman do a TV ad for you because he’s black and has a famous dad. He claims Mitch McConnell and those dastardly Republicans are gunning for him. Trone is stupid, but he’s also a Democrat. Whoever the Democrats nominate will A) be stupid and B) will win – this is, after all, Maryland. No Republican, McConnell or not, will spend a penny here. But Trone is hoping his moronic supporters still give him money, thinking McConnell will. That’s a new level of dumb.
With Trone begging, just imagine what other Democrats in areas where their races will be competitive are doing? Just imagine how stupid you have to be to fall for any of it? Then realize that’s what we’re up against next year.