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[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

It just means it sold a number of copies, there is zero judgement on the content. Sometimes a campaign will launder money directly to a candidate by purchasing many copies of that candidate's book to give away. It is somehow legal.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee -4 points 3 months ago

He did it before he became a Veep candidate.

[-] Rinox@feddit.it 2 points 3 months ago
[-] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes. The book itself was published in 2016, was on the bestseller list for over a year, and he basically renounced like 75% of the contents when he started running for his first political office in 2022.

It was the book's success that made him a politician, not his political connections making his book a success.

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