Fun fact: the president of MTG’s publisher, Sergio Gor, is a former Rand Paul aide who traveled to Moscow with Paul when Paul delivered that letter from Trump to Putin’s administration. 1/
Sergio Gor co-founded the publishing company, Winning Team Publishing, with Don Jr. Washington Examiner excerpt: 2/
3/ Rand Paul and Sergio Gor in Moscow. wbur.org/npr/636982295/…
4/ h/t 👇
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6/ Backup.
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8/ Links for post 7 are in my latest article. While researching it, Rand Paul and Ron Paul (Rand’s dad) unexpectedly (to me) came to the fore. buckscountybeacon.com/2023/10/trump-…
9/ Three whole RTs. It’s going to take a lot of rubles to make MTG’s book into a “bestseller.”
10/ Same publisher. I think we get the idea now.
11/ 🙄
12/ In MTG’s defense, she has a book to sell.
13/ Ditto.
14/ Good Gawd.
15/ As one might expect, Sergio Gor is tight with Matt Gaetz too.
16/ h/t @Loveon999 👇
17/ The plot thickens… #SergioGor intelligenceonline.com/corporate-inte…
18/ Good Lord, check out Sergio Gor’s employment history. In addition to Trump & Rand Paul, he’s worked for Michelle Bachmann & Steve King. Gor’s Russia trip was funded by the Cato Institute. legistorm.com/person/bio/143…
19/ Trump’s book published by Sergio Gor. forbes.com/sites/zachever…
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21/ Sergio Gor & Don Jr launched the MAGA book publishing company in Nov 2021. politico.com/news/2021/11/3…
22/ Interesting that the guy who traveled to Moscow w/ Rand Paul (where Paul hand delivered Trump’s letter to Putin’s administration) later joined the Trump campaign’s finance arm. And that he’s now making MAGAs $$$ by publishing their books. courier-journal.com/story/news/pol…
26/ “Gaetz, 39, and Luckey, 26, were wedded by Sergio Gor, a former staffer for Republican Sen. Rand Paul…” foxnews.com/politics/rep-m…
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28/ Is this why Sergio Gor (Gaetz’s buddy) decided to launch his own publishing house with Don Jr in Nov 2021? queerty.com/sales-figures-…
29/ Weird how Sergio Gor’s book publishing company refused to provide data to back up their alleged sales figures. forbes.com/sites/zachever…
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31/ @TheRickWilson
@TheRickWilson 32/ It seems that Sergio Gor collaborated with Matt Gaetz on Gaetz’s book (before Gor opened his own publishing company with Don Jr). Gaetz did not initially disclose his royalties. thedailybeast.com/lauren-boebert…
@TheRickWilson 33/ Again, Sergio Gor opened his own book publishing company after he collaborated w/ Gaetz on this lemon. thedailybeast.com/matt-gaetz-fai…
@TheRickWilson 34/ comicsands.com/gaetz-fails-di…
@TheRickWilson 35/ “Rand Paul spokesman Sergio Gor did not respond Tuesday to several inquiries about [Jesse] Benton, who managed the younger Paul's 2010 Senate campaign in Kentucky.” 9/3/14
@TheRickWilson 36/ motherjones.com/politics/2023/…
@TheRickWilson 37/ omny.fm/shows/the-char…
@TheRickWilson 38/ Sergio Gor previously held the trademark for Gold Standard Publishing. documentcloud.org/documents/2387…
@TheRickWilson 39/ opensecrets.org/campaign-expen…
@TheRickWilson 40/ Sergio Gor’s old company. 👀
@TheRickWilson 41/ Sergio Gor’s old company:
@TheRickWilson 42/ Sergio Gor’s old company.
@TheRickWilson 43/ forbes.com/sites/zachever…
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@TheRickWilson 46/ thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/epic-v…
@TheRickWilson 47/ “GOP operative [former Rand Paul aide, Jesse Benton] found guilty of funneling Russian money to Donald Trump” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…
@TheRickWilson 48/ Jesse Benton had previously received a pardon from Trump re: another alleged crime bc of course he did.
@TheRickWilson 49/ It’s fair to wonder to what extent MAGA uses smoke and mirrors to inflate book sales.
@TheRickWilson 50/ Yes, the publishing company founded by Sergio Gor and Don Jr (Winning Team Publishing) has published a book by Charlie Kirk.
@TheRickWilson 51/ “In 2020, Turning Point paid Donald Trump Jr. $333,000 through his company Pursuit Ventures. Kolvet said the money was used to purchase copies of a book he wrote that was offered as a gift during a fundraising drive.” 10/10/23 h/t @JaneMayerNYer apnews.com/article/electi…
@TheRickWilson @JaneMayerNYer 52/ The AP article doesn’t identify which Don Jr book was purchased by Charlie Kirk for $333,000 in 2020. But the company founded by Sergio Gor & Don Jr (Winning Team Publishing) credits itself w/ a book by Don Jr. called “Liberal Privilege” that was published in Aug 2020.
@TheRickWilson @JaneMayerNYer 53/ Which is odd given that Winning Team Publishing wasn’t founded until Nov 2021. politico.com/news/2021/11/3…
@TheRickWilson @JaneMayerNYer 54/ My guess is that Don Jr’s book was originally published by Sergio Gor’s old company, Gold Standard Publishing, which was then folded into the newer company, Winning Team Publishing.
@TheRickWilson @JaneMayerNYer 55/ And my guess was correct: Don Jr’s book was originally published by Sergio Gor’s old company. Seems it was a “bestseller.” Having Charlie Kirk buy $333K worth of books wld be one way to make that happen. My God these people are so phony. So much deception.
56/ Sergio Gor founded Gold Standard in Aug 2020, a few weeks before Don Jr’s book was released.
57/ Reminder:
58/ This could be part of the reason…
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