Tim Pool
Role at the time: Host, Tim Pool
Condemned
Statement summary
Tim Pool said the $5,000 pledge amounts to politicians bribing voters with public funds.
“...constitutional democracy will exist up until the politicians realize they can bribe the voter with public funds. And this is where we are at.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Tim Pool short on Trump's $5,000 pledge
Tim Pool short reacting to Trump's $5,000 election-linked pledge.
Why we used this label
Pool directly frames the pledge as politicians bribing voters with public funds, an express condemnation of the pledge as vote-buying rather than a genuine policy dividend.