Trump Solicits Foreign MPs And Triggers FEC Complaint

Following up on the bizarre story of UK MPs being bombarded with fundraising requests from the Trump campaign, it now appears that the British politicians are not alone. Government officials from Iceland, Denmark, Finland, and Australia have all received similar appeals. It is illegal to knowingly solicit or accept campaign contributions from foreign nationals so a couple of consumer watchdog groups have filed an official complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over these fundraising appeals. You can bet the Trump campaign will say this is just a simple mistake and they really had no intention to solicit these foreigners and that is actually believable when you see how disorganized the campaign is. In addition, the FEC is really a toothless tiger that will probably just level some puny fine sometime after the election that will hardly effect the Trump campaign in any way. But it is just another signal to down-ballot Republicans that the Trump campaign is just not ready for prime-time. You can hear the rumblings within the party every day – Mitch McConnell just yesterday said the Trump was not yet a serious and credible candidate.  With his poor organization and weakening poll numbers, you wonder just how long Republicans can stick with Trump or simply abandon him to save their own elections.