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634-5789

(4,175 posts)
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 08:27 AM Mar 2022

Fat Orange Grifter Held a Contest for Small-Dollar Donors to Have Dinner With Him..... No One Won

A series of email pitches to small-dollar donors offered up what any loyal Trump supporter would undoubtedly appreciate. “We’ll cover your flight. We’ll cover your very nice hotel. We’ll cover your dinner,” one email read. “All you have to do is enter.“

It’s unclear how much money the pitches raised for Save America PAC, the former president’s 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 don’t 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 won’t share it with anyone: my team is building a BRAND NEW Trump Force One.”

The email blast came shortly after it was reported that Trump’s 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/

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Fat Orange Grifter Held a Contest for Small-Dollar Donors to Have Dinner With Him..... No One Won (Original Post) 634-5789 Mar 2022 OP
Winner Winner, there's no fucking dinner ! Captain Zero Mar 2022 #1
Next up - "Would YOU like a ride on Donald Trump's new plane? For only $10, we'll enter you . . . " Vinca Mar 2022 #2
I got one of those letters, and my first thought was what... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #3
Oh, yea of little faith Chainfire Mar 2022 #4
His followers are too stupid to know they are being conned! Emile Mar 2022 #5

Vinca

(50,261 posts)
2. Next up - "Would YOU like a ride on Donald Trump's new plane? For only $10, we'll enter you . . . "
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 08:58 AM
Mar 2022
I've been dying to use that thumb smilie.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. I got one of those letters, and my first thought was what...
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 09:08 AM
Mar 2022

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)
4. Oh, yea of little faith
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 09:36 AM
Mar 2022

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...

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