We’ve run a number of reports on accusations that the Democrat fundraising giant ActBlue launders illegal donations by ascribing them to unsuspecting and often poor senior citizens. But even worse is when Democrats bilk seniors into giving up their own money.
Using FEC data, Stanford University political science professor Adam Bonica discovered that Democratic spam PACs are targeting the elderly with solicitations while paying themselves millions and living like kings. Since 2017, these spam PACs
have raised $1.4 billion. Nearly half of that (49%) came from just 1% of Democratic donors: those with an average age of 75.
There are some heartbreaking examples of this abuse, including an elderly Indianapolis woman in assisted living who donated $250,000, money that was supposed to go for her own care.
How bad are the study’s findings? Here’s a clue: Bonica was originally working on it in collaboration with the New York Times. But after they got a call from Democrat superlawyer Marc Elias’ Law Group, they killed the story.
It finally appeared on Bonica’s Substack page.
Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer said, “It’s really become a protection racket precisely for those who are against Donald Trump, If this was about the Republican Party, I think they would have run this piece, and they should have run this piece.”