Whatever that will happen to his presidency, we can say at least this about Donald John Trump: He is a very interesting man who thinks several moves ahead of his opponents.
On January 19, I did a post, "Trump already has his 2020 campaign slogan!," which received little commentary from FOTM's readers. Two days before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump already had the slogan for his re-election campaign in 2020, "Keep America Great!," which he has trademarked.
It turns out he had done this before. In 2012, within a week of Mitt Romney's loss to Obama, Trump trademarked "Make America Great Again" for a $325 fee.
But Trump didn't just trademark his 2020 campaign slogan. He filed a notice (FEC Form 99) with the Federal Election Commission of his intention to run for reelection in 2020 — and he did this on January 20, 2017, the day of his inauguration.
This was discovered by a group of rabid anti-Trump feminists called The Resisterhood (h/t Jim Stone).
On January 28, The Resisterhood @resisterhood tweeted a screenshot of the FEC Form 99 that Trump filed with the FEC on January 20, 2017:
However, as Trump stated in his letter to the FEC, he filed a Form 99, "Miscellaneous Report to FEC," because he had "reached the legal threshold for filing FEC Form 2". That might explain why, after conducting numerous searches on FEC.gov, I could not find a record of Trump's Form 99.
Resisterhood's tweet sent the anti-Trumpers into sputtering, foaming-at-the-mouth outrage.
Why is that?
Because, as Resisterhood pointed out, by registering himself as a 2020 political candidate, Trump is tying the hands of non-profit opposition groups by silencing their criticisms and blocking their political activities, such as protests and demonstrations.
According to IRS rule, non-profits (Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations) are prohibited from intervening in political campaigns, unless they want their tax-exempt status revoked.
On January 19, I did a post, "Trump already has his 2020 campaign slogan!," which received little commentary from FOTM's readers. Two days before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump already had the slogan for his re-election campaign in 2020, "Keep America Great!," which he has trademarked.
It turns out he had done this before. In 2012, within a week of Mitt Romney's loss to Obama, Trump trademarked "Make America Great Again" for a $325 fee.
But Trump didn't just trademark his 2020 campaign slogan. He filed a notice (FEC Form 99) with the Federal Election Commission of his intention to run for reelection in 2020 — and he did this on January 20, 2017, the day of his inauguration.
This was discovered by a group of rabid anti-Trump feminists called The Resisterhood (h/t Jim Stone).
On January 28, The Resisterhood @resisterhood tweeted a screenshot of the FEC Form 99 that Trump filed with the FEC on January 20, 2017:
However, as Trump stated in his letter to the FEC, he filed a Form 99, "Miscellaneous Report to FEC," because he had "reached the legal threshold for filing FEC Form 2". That might explain why, after conducting numerous searches on FEC.gov, I could not find a record of Trump's Form 99.
Resisterhood's tweet sent the anti-Trumpers into sputtering, foaming-at-the-mouth outrage.
Why is that?
Because, as Resisterhood pointed out, by registering himself as a 2020 political candidate, Trump is tying the hands of non-profit opposition groups by silencing their criticisms and blocking their political activities, such as protests and demonstrations.
According to IRS rule, non-profits (Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations) are prohibited from intervening in political campaigns, unless they want their tax-exempt status revoked.
Read more at http://www.dcclothesline.com/2017/02/01/trump-card-trump-filed-for-2020-reelection-with-sec-thereby-gagging-non-profits/.
