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威斯康星州国会候选人、肖恩·达菲的女婿在带有玩笑性质的付款备注走红后，向支持者发起5美元捐款呼吁
作者：阿什利·J·迪梅拉 福克斯新闻
发布于 2026年8月19日 美国东部时间下午1:10
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保守派人士嘲讽对交通部长肖恩·达基的女婿、共和党国会候选人迈克尔·阿方索的批评，称其旧Venmo付款记录中的暗示性备注被过度解读。阿方索则称这些批评“极其不诚实”，并将此事转化为筹款宣传。
民主党全国委员会（DNC）社交媒体账号FactPost本周发布的一条帖子走红，该帖子指出阿方索此前的Venmo付款备注为“脱衣舞娘”和“高级物资”。阿方索随后分享了付款截图，并表示这些备注只是玩笑。
“刻意不提‘脱衣舞娘’其实是5美元的付款，这太不诚实了——做好心理准备——显然那不是真的脱衣舞娘。你完全可以在Venmo备注里写任何内容。这叫玩笑——而毫无幽默感的左翼人士根本理解不了，”他写道。
特朗普背书的迈克尔·阿方索在激烈共和党初选中获胜，拿下岳父曾担任的威斯康星州国会席位
“爱国者们：我非常感激您能捐赠5美元或任何力所能及的金额。所有筹款都不会用于脱衣舞娘或高级物资——只会用于在11月击败激进左翼，”他写道。
这场争议引发了关于Venmo付款备注以及用户可能为付款添加玩笑或非正式描述的广泛讨论，保守派认为阿方索的批评者过度解读了这些备注内容。
“我不知道这里面有没有问题，但我敢肯定，我的男性朋友没有一个——从来没有——给我发过Venmo付款时的备注不是玩笑的，”《国家评论》编辑查尔斯·C·W·库克说道。
“居然有人把Venmo备注当成真实的审计线索，”威斯康星州众议员卡尔文·卡拉汉写道。
年轻保守派揭示共和党与民主党争夺“无望”的Z世代选民时的核心议题
“是啊，因为要是真给脱衣舞娘付钱，绝对不会在Venmo里如实写，”一位网友说道。
“重磅新闻：婴儿潮一代终于发现Venmo评论区存在了，”《纽约邮报》记者莉迪亚·莫伊尼汉写道。
“这简直是典型的Z世代‘丑闻’，我要笑死了。准备好吧，因为每一位30岁以下的新任国会议员，Venmo历史里恐怕都会有类似‘海洛因——1美元’的内容，”阿方索的妻子埃维塔·达菲-阿方索写道。
“左翼既不会玩梗，也不会开玩笑，然后他们还纳闷为什么在选举中不断失去年轻男性选民，”她补充道。
两起众议院选举成为焦点，保守派政治行动委员会启动数百万美元打击科技巨头计划
“有一次我妻子用Venmo给我们一群朋友转共享Airbnb的分摊费用，配了低俗的备注，结果被平台封号了，不得不联系客服解释只是玩笑。和媒体不同，Venmo听懂了，就解除了限制，”《每日 Wire》分社社长蒂姆·赖斯分享道。
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‘Stripper’ Venmo ‘scandal’ makes Dems the punchline as Trump candidate flips script on viral DNC post
2026-08-19T13:10:44-04:00 / Fox News
The Wisconsin congressional candidate and Sean Duffy’s son-in-law asked supporters for $5 donations after joke payments went viral
By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News
Published August 19, 2026 1:10pm EDT
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Conservatives mocked criticism of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s son-in-law, Republican congressional candidate Michael Alfonso, over old Venmo payments with suggestive captions, arguing the notes were being taken too literally as Alfonso called the criticism “wildly dishonest” and turned it into a fundraising pitch.
A post from the DNC’s social media account, FactPost, went viral this week after highlighting Venmo payments Alfonso made with notes reading “The strippers” and “High supplies.” Alfonso responded by sharing screenshots of the payments and saying the captions were jokes.
“It’s wildly dishonest to leave out the part where the ‘strippers’ were $5 because—brace yourself—they obviously weren’t actual strippers. You can write literally anything in a Venmo note. This is called a joke—something the humorless left is incapable of comprehending,” he wrote.
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First lady Melania Trump, Michael Alfonso, President Donald Trump and Evita Duffy-Alfonso are seen in this photo. On Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, Alfonso won the Republican nomination in the race for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District.(Alfonso for Wisconsin)
“Patriots: I would be very grateful for $5 or any amount you can contribute to my campaign. None of the proceeds go to strippers or high supplies—only toward defeating the radical left in November,” he wrote.
The exchange sparked a broader discussion about Venmo payment captions and the joking or unserious descriptions users may attach to payments, with conservatives arguing that Alfonso’s critics were reading too much into the notes.
“I have no idea if there is anything here. I do know that literally not one of my male friends has ever—ever—sent me a Venmo payment with a description that wasn’t a joke,” said National Review editor Charles C.W. Cooke.
“People thinking the Venmo comment line is an actual audit trail,” wrote Wisconsin State Representative Calvin Callahan.
YOUNG CONSERVATIVES REVEAL WHAT’S TOP OF MIND AS GOP, DEMOCRATS BATTLE FOR ‘HOPELESS’ GEN Z VOTERS
Michael Alfonso, Republican U.S. congressional candidate for Wisconsin, attends a roundtable with President Donald Trump at Custer Farms Inc. in Chippewa Falls, Wis., on Friday, June 5, 2026.(Steven Garcia/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Yeah, because people who pay strippers totally put that truthfully in Venmo,” said one user.
“BREAKING: boomers have discovered the Venmo comment section exists,” said New York Post correspondent Lydia Moynihan.
“This is such a Gen Z ‘scandal’ I’m dying Buckle up, because every incoming member of Congress under 30 is going to have something like ‘heroin — $1’ in their Venmo history,” Alfonso’s wife, Evita Duffy-Alfonso, wrote.
“The Left can’t meme, can’t take a joke, and then wonders why it keeps losing young men at the ballot box,” she added.
TWO HOUSE RACES TAKE CENTER STAGE AS CONSERVATIVE PAC LAUNCHES MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR BIG TECH PUSH
Sean Duffy, U.S. secretary of transportation, left, and Michael Alfonso.(Ryan Collerd/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images)
“One time my wife Venmoed a bunch of our friends for their share of an Airbnb with risqué captions, got banned from the app, and had to call customer service to explain it was just a joke. Unlike the media, Venmo understood and let it go,” shared Daily Wire bureau chief Tim Rice.
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The 26-year-old congressional candidate advanced Aug. 11 in a crowded GOP primary and is set to face Democrat Fred Clark in November.
Fox News Digital reached out to Alfonso for comment.
Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.
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