In case you missed it, President Trump decided to meddle with Oklahoma politics on Friday when he announced on Truth Social that he was endorsing former State Senator Mike Mazzei – the goofy right-wing investment manager guy – for Oklahoma governor.
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I have to admit, that’s a mild surprise.
This year’s GOP governor’s race has been a massive Trump-off, with each of the four mainstream candidates spending millions on TV ads to prove they stand with President Trump the mostest. Instead of staying neutral, Trump landed on Mazzei – a one-time long shot – for the coveted prize.
Then again, maybe it’s not that surprising.
Endorsements in a corrupt regime aren’t cheap, and according to campaign finance records, it appears Mazzei’s campaign has funneled $65,000 over the last six months to an LLC owned by Trump confidant Roger Stone for him to serve as a “Senior Campaign Advisor.”
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Yep, nothing to see here!
We just have Mike Mazzei paying famed Trump huckster Roger Stone $65,000+ to serve as a “Senior Campaign Advisor.” I think Stone’s advice was probably “Hire me and I can get you a presidential endorsement?”
Roger Stone would probably agree:
For what it’s worth, this isn’t the first or only time Stone has been involved in Oklahoma politics. He was associated with Paul Bondar and Jackson Lahmeyer, and we once spotted him mingling with Crazy Carol Hefner.
Anyway, isn’t $65,000 piad @ $7500 a month kind of cheap price to be christened the chosen one by Trump?
With the money each of the candidates is spending on the race, don’t you think a coveted presidential endorsement would run at least a million or two? For example, I bet Chip Keating would have tripled the rate and thrown in an extra Trump Energy Center of Excellence to score Trump's endorsement.
Seriously, the other candidates have to feel sick for not spending more to secure the backing of Trump. Then again, maybe the rest of Stone's "consulting" payment is off the books, or paid via other quid pro quo favors! Who knows?!
Even though the endorsement was a not-so-obvious obvious pay-to-play political tactic, the other candidates ignored that Stone connection and took the high road, kissing Trump’s ass for giving another guy a rose instead of them:
Yep, they basically all went with the sad, canned cuck response. I guess that’s not a surprise. Even when Trump helps dig your political grave, the first rule of Republican politics is to thank him for the shovel.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see how Trump’s endorsement affects the race. You’d think it would all but seal the deal for Mazzei to become our next governor – lucky us, huh? – but it also puts him under a bigger microscope, invites more scrutiny, and paints a bigger target on his back. Can he survive the scrutiny and still keep all the other Trump-worshipping rich guys from ganging up on him? I guess we’ll learn in a few weeks.
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