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A series of email pitches to small-dollar donors offered up what any loyal Trump supporter would undoubtedly appreciate. Well cover your flight. Well cover your very nice hotel. Well cover your dinner, one email read. All you have to do is enter.
Its unclear how much money the pitches raised for Save America PAC, the former presidents political action committee, or how many people donated. But similar contests brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars, people involved with them told the Post. A Trump spokesperson chalked up the lack of a winner in this contest to an administrative error. 😂
Trump shady fundraising tactics dont end there. Trump and the Republican Party were forced to refund millions of dollars they acquired last year through deceptive email blasts, specifically by having donors unwittingly opt in to recurring payments. The recurring donation box was pre-checked earlier this week, as well, when Save America PAC solicited supporters to fund a new private plane for the former president.
Do you remember Trump Force One? the pitch read. Before becoming the greatest President of all time, I traveled the Country in my plane, known as Trump Force One. I have a very important update on my plane but I need to trust that you wont share it with anyone: my team is building a BRAND NEW Trump Force One.
The email blast came shortly after it was reported that Trumps plane out of New Orleans on Saturday was forced to make an emergency landing.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fundraising-donor-dinner-new-orleans-con-1320246/
Captain Zero
(6,801 posts)This guy is the biggest turd ever in the punch bowl.
Vinca
(50,261 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)happened to tbe plane in the pictures.
Last I saw, his old plane, a 757 was in pieces at Stewart Airport looking for rebuild. At least one engine was shot and sitting on tbe ground. He can't afford to fix it, so as long as he's got to beg, why not beg for a new one?
He's been borrowing corporate jets from backers since he left office, but that's not unusual. Every President alive today except Jimmy Carter has flown private jets. Usually not their own.
The gummint picks up the tab for private jets up to a certain amount if for a political function. No word yet on Bloviated Pumpkin's costs.
Turns out Trump Orgowns a Cessna that he doesn't use. It's the only aircraft in his "fleet" that's operational.
Chainfire
(17,530 posts)I have it, from a good source, that Don Jr. won the prize, and that he enjoyed his free stay and his dinner. So there, it was not a scam at all...