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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,873 posts)
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:10 PM 22 hrs ago

Make an easy $100..attend JD Vance rallies

https://iowastartingline.com/news/politics/paid-attendees-nunn-jd-vance-rally-des-moines/

Reynolds-connected lobbyist recruited paid attendees for JD Vance’s Iowa rally on behalf of ‘an ethanol company’
An Iowa lobbyist was caught offering $100 cash payments—plus referral bonuses—to pack JD Vance’s Des Moines rally this week.

An Iowa lobbyist was caught offering $100 cash payments—plus referral bonuses—to pack JD Vance’s Des Moines rally this week.
Just hours before Vice President JD Vance took the stage in Des Moines, an ethanol lobbyist with deep connections in the Reynolds administration offered money to contacts willing to attend the rally.

“Gentlemen, Jake Swanson here,” he wrote in a text message. “I wanted to invite you to join me in seeing Vice President JD Vance this afternoon in Des Moines. I do some work for an ethanol company and so if you’re able to join, I will give you $100, and for anyone that you recruit, an additional $25. No limit on referrals, so if someone recruits a group of 20 to show up, that’s $500.”

Iowa Starting Line obtained the screenshot of the text message which was sent at 1:11 p.m. on May 5, just before a chartered bus was scheduled to depart for the Vance’s event. Iowa Starting Line confirmed its authenticity with one of its recipients.
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Make an easy $100..attend JD Vance rallies (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 22 hrs ago OP
Ugh... Sounds like a hard $100 to me. RockRaven 22 hrs ago #1
Is there a discount if you dress up in a seat cover? usonian 22 hrs ago #2
That's not pathetic at all. 🙄 Dave Bowman 21 hrs ago #3
Ya call that easy? johnp3907 19 hrs ago #4
Bring 20 DUers... add $500 BlueWaveNeverEnd 17 hrs ago #5
"I do some work for an ethanol company" jmowreader 15 hrs ago #6
Fake leader making fake news. Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #7
No thanks. But freaking pathetic anyone is paying for this. JFC LymphocyteLover 13 hrs ago #8
100 measly dollars? Soros is paying me $200 to stay home. perfessor 11 hrs ago #9
If I were deaf and brought a craft (like knitting) haele 11 hrs ago #10

jmowreader

(53,361 posts)
6. "I do some work for an ethanol company"
Mon May 11, 2026, 05:55 AM
15 hrs ago

That sounds to me like a version of what they tell you to try to get you to come to Amway meetings.

Kid Berwyn

(24,983 posts)
7. Fake leader making fake news.
Mon May 11, 2026, 07:36 AM
14 hrs ago

Manufacturing support is un-American.

Besides, only rich people like resource extraction executives and Peter Thiel can afford it.

haele

(15,571 posts)
10. If I were deaf and brought a craft (like knitting)
Mon May 11, 2026, 10:15 AM
11 hrs ago

And didn't have to look up.
The smell of the crowd might be horrible, though.

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