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

submitted 9 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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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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[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 58 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean .. they are owed a refund for sure.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 51 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months 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.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 9 months 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! 🙄

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

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

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 42 points 9 months ago

(Fetterman’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.)

Surprise 🫢

[–] Mike85k@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is there a process to request a refund? Article was paywalled. I donated to him during his run against Oz, but he has completely changed from what we supported.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 16 points 9 months ago

According to a thread on r/Pittsburgh just email your request to press@johnfetterman.com.