Trump's Attack on ActBlue Just Blew Up in His Face

[Eugene]

Source: The New Republic

Trump’s Attack on ActBlue Just Blew Up in His Face

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Fri, April 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM EDT 2 min read

The Trump administration’s decision to target ActBlue has instead resulted in the left-leaning platform’s biggest fundraising day of the year.

On Thursday, Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the online donations platform, directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to look into Republican allegations that ActBlue had allowed “‘straw’ or ‘dummy’ contributions or foreign contributions to political candidates and committees.” ActBlue is a crucial fundraising tool for Democrats, as almost all party candidates use it in both primary and general elections.

The announcement inspired donors across the country to open their wallets, handing the Democratic Party a massive financial boost as some PACs more than quadrupled their fundraising within 24 hours of Trump’s memorandum.

“PACs that typically raise $3,000 to $6,000 on a message raised $25,000 and counting,” Turn Left PAC senior adviser Randy Jones told The New Republic Friday.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-attack-actblue-just-blew-195419746.html

[iluvtennis]

1. Awesome! n/t

[wordstroken]

2. Yessss! Let's keep it up!!!

[BOSSHOG]

3. "REPUBLICAN ALLEGATIONS"

Synonym for “Intentional Lies given widespread publicity for political ill gotten gains. Often used by those who can’t handle the truth.

The president ORDERED the justice department. Words that should never be heard in a democracy.

[SupportSanity]

11. It looks like we are now at that stage

Trump ORDERED the Justice Department.

SMH

[barbtries]

23. accusing them

of doing what they do. trump is the most corrupt president ever by far.

every accusation is an admission.

[emulatorloo]

24. And 'Republicans Allegations' equals 'Every Accusation is a Confession"

So I’m just assuming there’s a Republican fundraising organization laundering foreign money for Republican politicians so they are falsely accusing ACT BLUE of that in order to distract from what they have done

[BOSSHOG]

25. Blame your enemies for what you do. Goebbels.

You are right My Friend. I could not fathom living their lives.

[Cha]

4. Good on Patriots! Russian Agent Asshole is

trying to Wipe us OUT!

Fuck Mump

[NBachers]

5. When will Pukes start investigating their own "straw" or "dummy" candidates that they run as phony Democrats?

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Haven't you heard? ...

They already have and found no evidence of wrongdoing.

[NBachers]

7. The Democratic Party's been getting hammered lately, including by its own members. I have been lax in my contributions.

I'm inspired by today's landslide and made micro-contributions to:

Democratic National Committee (DNC)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)

Democratic Governors Association (DGA)

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC)

I've been ignoring the dozens of appeals coming in via emails and texts for a couple of years now. It's way past time to get re-engaged.

[MayReasonRule]

10. For Those That Don't Have Dollars Even For Micro Transactions... Keep In Mind... Vote With Your Feet When You Shop!!!

Vote with your feet, show up at Town Halls.
Vote with your feet, show up at City Council Meetings.
Vote with your feet, show up at Commissioner Meetings.
Vote with your feet, show up to Cast Your Vote.

Vote with your feet, Make Your Voice Heard, keeping always in mind that ultimately it is our actions that speak louder than our words.

Voting with your feet has a value beyond that of our dollars for it is what people see us do that closes the deal.

Every time.

[aggiesal]

8. This tells me that Mierda47's campaign accepted foreign money. This is purely projection. n/t

[Iggo]

9. Every accusation is a confession.

[Hornedfrog2000]

12. He probably wants the data...

I bet they want to know who their enemies are. As in who is donating to them. I fully believe they will start hacking/targeting local officials, and smaller private persons to blackmail next.

[ihaveaquestion]

13. I did it... I made a monthly donation to my local county democratic committee. n/t

[Beartracks]

14. Allegations from Trump, or Republicans in general, are always projection.

Any allegations from Republicans that Democrats receive ‘dummy’ or foreign contributions to political candidates and committees explicitly means that Republicans are receiving ‘dummy’ or foreign contributions to political candidates and committees.

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[mahina]

15. Gotta love those unintended consequences

Psych!

[GP6971]

17. You donated to Bernie???? Really???

Doesn't sound like you.

[William769]

18. Act blue holds it's on on DU.

And I do not believe you were double charged. Your credibility is in shreds here.

[William769]

20. gibberish is what you get when dealing with you.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

21. We had a lot of fun with her yesterday,

she seems to be a glutton for punishment.

[William769]

22. She's accused me of being here all the time & she's right.

That's why her visits are always short. We have a crack team.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. I have gotten a good number of texts and emails on ActBlue

Here is the statement of the President of Act Blue

Link to tweet

[ewcordon]

27. A Confession

With the republicans every allegation is a confession.

[bdamomma]

28. Good

I'm going to donate now to Act Blue. Is AOC on Act Blue???

[littlemissmartypants]

29. Yes...❤️

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/alexandria-ocasio-cortez