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Emails with threats in the subject line
As is usual, the Republican Party is bombarding me with emails soliciting donations. I normally throw them in the trash and move on. Lately, however, they have progressed to using threats and disparagement. I wonder, do they think that threats, and admonishments will make me more likely to donate? Here are some subject lines in emails I have received in the past week.
Please don’t make us pass this on to another patriot.
Warning.
You have abandoned your conservative values.
Your ban will become permanent tomorrow.
Do they really think those subject lines will get me to donate today? Or do those subject lines make it more likely that I will refuse to donate ever again? This looks like increasing desperation to me, not a party that is confident that it has support all over the country and expects to win big in November. Are they acting like the losers they have always been? I think maybe they are. So, why would I donate to the party that sees itself as losers?
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Respond: “You are obviously Democrats in disguise, or you wouldn’t be alienating potential donors. You want the Republican Party to fail. I know your game.”
I’d be unsubscribing if it was me. What an insult.
If you keep deleting them unopened long enough, their mailer will give up. I know.
Some email systems allow you to send a “reply” that looks like an “email does not exist” error message from a server.
Wow. Could some of them be scams or phishing? A legitimate outfit with any sense should realize what a turn-off that sort of heavy-handedness is. I’m gathering that political and charitable PAC-scamming has been on the upswing the past few years, with donation solicitations looking completely legitimate being traced back to shady outfits pocketing the money. If they’re legit, what a bone-headed move.
You should see from the Left side.
You guys are coming to get them with your White Racist Ultra Maga minority.
I stopped donating to the GOP under Bush when they could not confirm judges.
I’d never donate now, when it is clear they hate me so much.
Those do look more like scams from Democrat operatives.
If you can retrieve them from the Trash folder, someone with a little internet savvy could inspect the email headers and message bodies for clues as to who is really sending them–and that might be revealing.
One thing. I am and have always been a Democrat. I sign up to no GOP / Republican email at this email address. I actually have one for Democrat and another for Republican. When I start getting nutty Republican stuff on my Democrat address, I sort of feel like it is a Democrat undercover operation. I have seen many of them over the years.
It’s a general thing, and I resent it too. Along with article headlines that tell me how I’ll feel after reading it. Just tell me what happened, and I’ll decide if I’m shocked, appalled, nauseated, or whatever.
I think they are probably real and I think they have a very low opinion of their potential donors.
I keep getting things from “Trump” threatening to cancel my connection and I think, “If only!”
I put “Trump” in quotes because they may be from one of his orgs or may be from some group battening on him. Who can tell?
I don’t bother reading anything – they go straight to the circular file. We donate money directly to individual candidates, not the national or even state party machines . . .
I don’t get threatening ones but I have noticed I keep getting on email newsletter lists that I haven’t subscribed to. I get several different emails raising money for Trump but ignore all. I can go to the official site to donate. The standard tactic in the ones I get arrive as a poll asking which issues are important to me with a request for money so they can fight for the issues. I resent those. They were elected to fight for the issues. If they want money for ads, say so.
Same here. I have no patience for professional money-raisers. They all sound alike.
Over the last few years I have been hearing more and more reports about the offensiveness of RNC e-mail and text solicitations. I think they’re legit. And legitimately awful.
@rushbabe49, do these mails purport to be from the national GOP, or the state party? If you hover your cursor over the sender’s email address, you may see a way to expand it to the full address. Seems to me I’ve left- or right-clicked to see the “real” sending address. I do this when I get phishing emails that appear to be from Amazon or PayPal, which are frequent.
I don’t get those type of emails from either the national or state GOP, and trust me, they have at least one of my email addresses.
A newsletter with local/state/national party news, meetings, events, and progress on major issues with a poll question on issues and a link at the bottom for donations might be a far better method of getting donations.
Remember all those Beltway scammers who created fake Tea Party organizations? Just to divert as many donations as possible into their pockets? I’m sure there are lots of fake Trump organizations, too.
Oh, definitely.
Yes. And Right-Click plus “View Message Source” can show you the raw message, allowing you to see any actual “http:” or “https:” links (not just where the message claims the links go to.)
And there are so many! Even the charities I donate to overdo their soliciting . . .
I’ve been getting those from Trump’s organization. I agree – they’re insulting and certainly don’t inspire me to give anything.
Hate is a powerful fundraiser for both sides.
Absolutely hate all RNC type advertising and won’t donate until they change it and themselves. Tell me what you are for, not the disaster that will befall us if you don’t sit pretty in Washington saying “No” when it doesn’t matter. I haven’t forgiven the Republican party for their betrayal after Trump was elected and they had both houses.
I see the same sorts of things on the TV every now and then. Shouty guy, makes it sound like End Times are just round the corner if I don’t call this number to support President Trump and donate, or add my name to the list, RIGHT NOW. Pretty sure they’re phony too.
I think this is the way to go.
What I get:
Uh huh. Sacramento.
I only donate to local state legislators. Number One on my donation list is Kevin Kiley.
(Or sometimes to specific individuals running in county elections.)
I gave up donating to larger interests, like US Senators, when monies I deliberately donated to a specific candidate ended up being “given” to the Party At Large.
Both Big Parties can bite me.