Hi, I think that here "Comfort" has another meaning that is usual one ?
"As the patrons of two generations of Democratic politicians for whom they’d raised stacks of cash, providing aid and comfort on the path to prominence."
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'Aid and comfort' is a set phrase. AID AND COMFORT . The constitution of the United States, art.
— Mister Micawber
'Aid and comfort' is a set phrase.
AID AND COMFORT .
The constitution of the United States, art.
8, s.
3, declares, that adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort, shall be treason.
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AID AND COMFORT. The constitution of the United States, art. 8, s. 3, declares, that adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort, shall be treason. These words, as they are to be understood in the constitution, have not received a full judicial construction. They import, however, help, support, assistance, countena