Roy Cooper Smashes Democrat Fundraising Record – Is Politics Just a Money Game Now?

For­mer North Car­oli­na Gov­er­nor Roy Coop­er raised a record-break­ing $3.4M in the first 24 hours of his Sen­ate can­di­da­cy, high­light­ing the mon­ey-dri­ven nature of mod­ern pol­i­tics. Cam­paign con­sul­tants and pro­cess­ing fees pock­et­ed hun­dreds of thou­sands, turn­ing cam­paigns into a lucra­tive indus­try. In Vir­ginia, Repub­li­cans face pan­ic as the RGA con­sid­ers aban­don­ing their guber­na­to­r­i­al can­di­date, out­fund­ed $15.2M to $4.5M. Mean­while, Trump secures a $350B trade deal with South Korea, but Canada’s Pales­tin­ian state­hood stance stalls talks. Migrant traf­fic through the Darien Gap has dropped to near zero, sig­nal­ing shift­ing migra­tion trends.

• Roy Coop­er is the for­mer two term gov­er­nor of North Car­oli­na. Roy Coop­er rais­es $3.4M in first 24 hours of his Sen­ate can­di­da­cy, set­ting a demo­c­rat can­di­date record. Can­di­dates need the mon­ey to run and what is hap­pen­ing is we now have a busi­ness. It is an indus­try of cam­paign con­sul­tants. You pick the cam­paign con­sul­tant that can bring the most donors to you. 
• In VA repub­li­cans are pan­ick­ing over the Governor’s race. The RGA (nation­al gov­er­nors asso­ci­a­tion that Bri­an Kemp is pres­i­dent of the orga­ni­za­tion) is about to pull out of her cam­paign. Her oppo­nent has raised $15.2 mil­lion to her $4.5 mil­lion. It is all about the mon­ey, not about sav­ing the repub­lic. When democ­rats raised $3.4 mil­lion and the pro­cess­ing cen­ter that processed it made 3.2% and the per­son run­ning the cam­paign made about 7% of it. Some­one made about $340K in 24 hours. It’s a mon­ey game. 
• Trump has made a deal with South Korea, $350B invest­ment and putting our prod­ucts on their shelves. Cana­da is still on the fence. Cana­da back­ing Pales­tin­ian state­hood makes any trade deal very hard. 
• Migrant traf­fic through the Darien Gap falls to near zero. No need to come here.