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Small-Dollar Donors Are Asking John Fetterman for Their Money Back (theintercept.com)

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Close to 100 people have requested their money back from the campaign of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.

Refund requests can be routine part of campaigns, either because donors decide for some reason that they want a refund or they accidentally donated over the legal limit for contributions.

The Fetterman campaign has issued more than 1,700 refund requests since 2021 from more than 1,000 donors, totaling more than $780,800, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. That includes more than 200 refunds last cycle. At least seven political action committees also received refunds. (Fetterman’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They purchased defective goods that didn’t work as advertised.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, they knew about the brain damage before the general election. He's not great, but he is surely better than "Dr" Oz. Cut the loss and get rid of him next election.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, they knew about the brain damage before the general election

To be more fair, they had no way of knowing how much it would change him and/or how much of a raging hatebeast he secretly was already.

He's not great, but he is surely better than "Dr" Oz.

That bar is so low that you'd need specialized drilling equipment to reach it.

Cut the loss and get rid of him next election.

Yeah, because nobody is hurting for money right now and defrauding donors is a-ok! 🙄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They're never going to get that money back. That's not how donations work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's not how donations IN GENERAL work, but political donations ARE refunded sometimes.