The book is just there as a gift within a grift.
The candidate “writes” the book and makes it available for sale. But not even their fans buy it.
The books are ordered at full price despite that by PACs to be given away at stuff like this.
This funnels money from PACs directly into the candidates pocket.
A couple years ago it was a big story, because one of them was strategically doing it thru the specific stores around NYC that were sampled for best seller list. They ended up pretty high up on the list for a couple weeks. Media even interviewed workers at the store who were really confused. Books come in on a schedule a couple skids at a time, all individually packed and not at bulk prices. And not even stay a day until picked up by another truck and shipped off again. At some stores this was more volume than every other book that went through the store normally.
They were burning money like crazy, because it was money laundering. The entire point is to move as much money around as possible.
I wouldn’t be surprised if one tried some bullshit with valuating the signature tho.
Have the PAC buy them, pay the candidate to sign them, and then give them out at events like this. That could double maybe even triple the money laundering, but I don’t know if they have the balls to do it.
The candidate “writes” the book and makes it available for sale. But not even their fans buy it.
The US has a shockingly high rate of functional illiteracy, and I’m going to guess that her supporters are disproportionately affected by this. Which is to say that they probably couldn’t read her book if they wanted to.
Not sure what you wrote, but somehow it feels offensive? Can you read your comment to me and let me know if it said something that would offend me?
It’s not really offensive, it’s just sad. There is a huge population of the United States which is under educated and the topic is largely ignored.
I for realsies work in education in Texas. We’re truly trying our best, but the challenges we’re up against are so pointless and only do harm.
Thanks for trying.
You just blew my mind.
I kept wondering why semi-literate politicians with fully-illiterate supporters would write books at all… who is the target audience? What makes it worth the trouble? Like I don’t agree with their priorities but I see them as perfectly effective at what they’re trying to do; why are they doing this weird thing? Why can I buy a book Matt Gaetz “wrote,” hardcover, on Amazon for $10?
This makes it make sense.
The cost to attend was $45 to $1,000 to meet Greene and "receive a signed copy of her book.”
These traitors never stop grifting, do they.
It’s it signed by her, or by the person that wrote it?
legit lol
Until I see evidence to the contrary, I will assume she doesn’t know how to write her name, so I will guess the latter.
Zing
That’s 100% on the venue. I mean let’s be honest, if it’s a Marjorie Taylor Greene event you should probably assume it’s got some Jan 6/white supremacy focus until proven otherwise.
Should’ve replaced her with Micky Rourke.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The event was set to be hosted by the Republican Party of Osceola County at the Westgate Resorts in Kissimmee.
It was originally pitched to Westgate as a small book-signing event featuring Greene, without mention of Jan. 6.
The cost to attend was $45 to $1,000 to meet Greene and "receive a signed copy of her book.”
Greene has long supported former President Donald Trump’s belief that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and she has downplayed the severity of the Jan. 6 attack — which left five people dead and about 140 police officers injured.
“Just another day in Florida where the local Republican Party in Osceola County is hosting an ‘anniversary’ event to mark January 6th and Marjorie Taylor Green is the ‘special’ guest,” Democratic state Rep. Anna Eskamani posted on X.
Osceola County Republican Party Chairman Mark Cross did not reply to a request seeking comment, so it is unclear whether the event has been rescheduled.
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Well there is a pleasant surprise from my home state.
