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PACs have been doing these bulk buys for years to get people on the list. As the article mentioned, Mitt Romney did this.

Mike Pompeo did it as well. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2023/02/21/mike-pom...

Mike Pence https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2023/01/09/mike-pen...

Members of the Trump family did this multiple times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/books/donald-trump-jr-tri...

It's common practice for political parties and PACs to do these bulk buys and then sell them or give them away during events or conventions.

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Curious why you chose only conservative politicians. Do progressive politicians refrain from the practice?

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Jim Wright (D-TX), then Speaker of the House, got some grief over bulk purchases of his memoirs. The Wikipedia article on him mentions this.