Trump held a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him.
Former president Donald Trump’s political group sent emails in recent weeks
offering small-dollar donors the chance to win a coveted prize if they gave money:
dinner with Trump in New Orleans last Saturday.
“We booked you a plane ticket,” one of the pitches said, complete with a photo of Trump superimposed in the French Quarter, beneath the dangling trademark ferns. “Contribute ANY AMOUNT RIGHT NOW to be automatically entered to have dinner with President Trump in New Orleans.”
“We’ll cover your flight. We’ll cover your very nice hotel. We’ll cover your dinner,” the email promised, along with a picture with Trump. “All you have to do is enter.”
“He REALLY wants to meet you, Friend, which is why he’s holding (1) spot on the entry list for YOU only.”
But no such winner was flown to New Orleans last weekend, according to four people familiar with the matter. No flight or “very nice” hotel was booked.
Trump had no individual meeting with a small-dollar donor, instead only privately greeting a handful of Republican Party donors who gave large checks, taking pictures with some of the party’s most well-heeled members and speaking to a larger group of donors who each gave tens of thousands of dollars. The email pitches probably raised a sizable sum for Save America.
Some similar contests to meet Trump have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to people involved.
The Washington Post asked Save America to provide winners for other contests it has held, which included meeting the president at a rally in South Carolina this weekend, meeting Trump at his palatial Florida club last year, playing golf with Trump and Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker in Palm Beach.
The PAC declined to comment.
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