Evan Kilgore on Election Promises and Public Spending

Statements and actions by Evan Kilgore on this topic.

Disputes over campaign promises to provide public benefits, reduce taxes or distribute government funds, including their financing and electoral conditions.

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1 statement on this page. Dates: September 10, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: September 10, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: September 10, 2026

Evan Kilgore
Role at the time: Political commentator, on his own X account
September 10, 2026Condemned
Responding to
Trump promised a $5,000 payment to each adult American citizen if Republicans retained both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms.
"they're paying people with our own taxpayer money to vote for them... Sounds like communism..."
Why we used this label
Expressly criticizes the funding-and-election arrangement. His comparison to communism is recorded as his rhetoric, not the dossier’s description.
Evan Kilgore criticizes the pledge as paying voters with taxpayer money (opens in a new tab)

· Evan Kilgore

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Reply in the announcement thread. Kilgore criticizes the electoral use of taxpayer funds and compares it to communism; those descriptions are his own.

Read statement Trump’s $5,000 election pledge: policy dividend or vote-buying?