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riversedge

(70,200 posts)
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 09:58 PM Mar 2022

Here's The Real Reason Why Melania Trump's Fundraiser Was Shut Down--She Must Be Freaking Out!

Melania hires sloppy firms--or she is crooked herself. maybe both.






Here’s The Real Reason Why Melania Trump’s Fundraiser Was Shut Down—She Must Be Freaking Out!




Maria Pierides - Mar 11



Melania Trump's 'Tulips & Topiaries' fundraising event that was due to take place in Naples, Florida on April 9th has been canceled, following reports that the charity she was said to be raising money for hadn’t undergone the correct registration required by Florida law! Yikes! According to reports, Trump was said to be raising money for Fostering the Future (an initiative of Be Best) but at the time of an investigation, the charity was found to not officially be registered with Florida authorities, which is required by law when such fundraisers are taking place. Florida officials found that Whip Fundraising, the consulting firm Trump had brought on to manage the donations, had not followed state law by registering.........


This is a little different to the narrative the former FLOTUS and her team are pushing, as they claim that the event isn’t canceled due to the aforementioned reasons. Instead, they are claiming that it is simply postponed due to overwhelming interest. "The event organizer is rescheduling to a future date due to the overwhelming support from individuals and charitable organizations," read a statement from Trump's office. ...................................








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Here's The Real Reason Why Melania Trump's Fundraiser Was Shut Down--She Must Be Freaking Out! (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2022 OP
Fostering Melania's Future. tanyev Mar 2022 #1
New kidneys aren't going to pay for themselves... Probatim Mar 2022 #3
A family of filth. dchill Mar 2022 #2
"overwhelming support" ... a Trumpian explanation worthy of MF45 himself. Eugene Mar 2022 #4
Rhymes with witch! Enter stage left Mar 2022 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author CurtEastPoint Mar 2022 #6
Hunting? SergeStorms Mar 2022 #20
Ugh Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #7
Anyone who believes that money is not going to her purse has not paid attention about that family Escurumbele Mar 2022 #8
Yep, some of that money was going to be siphoned off the top... brush Mar 2022 #15
When you are a Trump, you aren't bound by the laws made for others. Chainfire Mar 2022 #9
Wait. What? WinstonSmith4740 Mar 2022 #10
They probably want to move it to a larger venue,... LudwigPastorius Mar 2022 #13
Melania running a charity grift for money? LudwigPastorius Mar 2022 #11
Hope they find a way to fine her more than she takes in. KS Toronado Mar 2022 #12
Who's paying for Barron's schooling? FakeNoose Mar 2022 #14
Tney're all grifters MustLoveBeagles Mar 2022 #16
what feces these people are NewHendoLib Mar 2022 #17
I wonder how many of her donors thought that "Topiaries" means boobs? Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #18
It might be awful, but I just LOVE Malaria snark! Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #19
You are NOT alone, my friend. calimary Mar 2022 #21
Not sure who said it first because it's been attributed to several, Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #22
I've heard that one before, and can't remember who said it. calimary Mar 2022 #24
I've seen Dorothy Parker, Joan Crawford and Eleanor Roosevelt Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #25
I do remember reading something crediting Alice Roosevelt Longworth calimary Mar 2022 #26
Aha! Found something! calimary Mar 2022 #27
A fundraiser couldn't comply with Florida ethics laws? heckles65 Mar 2022 #23

Response to Enter stage left (Reply #5)

SergeStorms

(19,199 posts)
20. Hunting?
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 12:47 AM
Mar 2022

I smelled what you were selling, but you could get in a bunch of trouble around here if you took that tack.

Escurumbele

(3,389 posts)
8. Anyone who believes that money is not going to her purse has not paid attention about that family
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 10:37 PM
Mar 2022

They have no shame because so far they have been getting away with every little corrupt action they have taken, they fully understand that "some people are indeed above the law".

Where is Garland when we need him?

brush

(53,771 posts)
15. Yep, some of that money was going to be siphoned off the top...
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 11:07 PM
Mar 2022

just as some of the Inaugural Committee money was.

They're all grifting schemes, but they don't always work...like the recent NFT auction offering that found no buyers and had to be recalled.

And now this one.

Glad they got caught...again.

Chainfire

(17,536 posts)
9. When you are a Trump, you aren't bound by the laws made for others.
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 10:47 PM
Mar 2022

We don't need no stinking registration!

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
10. Wait. What?
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 10:48 PM
Mar 2022
Instead, they are claiming that it is simply postponed due to overwhelming interest.

How does something get canceled because of too much interest?

LudwigPastorius

(9,137 posts)
11. Melania running a charity grift for money?
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 10:49 PM
Mar 2022

I think not.

Next you'll tell me that she had sex with a repulsive reptile for a green card, and then married him for the money!

calimary

(81,220 posts)
21. You are NOT alone, my friend.
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 04:18 AM
Mar 2022

As they’d say in the old Almond Joy commercials: “Indescribably delicious!”

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
22. Not sure who said it first because it's been attributed to several,
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 10:27 AM
Mar 2022

but, when it comes to Malaria, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, come and sit here by me.”

She's earned every bit of ire headed her way.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
24. I've heard that one before, and can't remember who said it.
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 04:38 PM
Mar 2022

Somebody on the order of Bette Davis or another woman of distinction.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
25. I've seen Dorothy Parker, Joan Crawford and Eleanor Roosevelt
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:17 PM
Mar 2022

credited with this tidbit. All may have said it at some point, but no one seems to be sure who said it first. Smart women all...

calimary

(81,220 posts)
26. I do remember reading something crediting Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 07:54 PM
Mar 2022

for it. “Come sit by me!”

Whoever said it, it’s an all time classic line.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
27. Aha! Found something!
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 07:58 PM
Mar 2022
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/08/09/sit-by-me/amp/


Quote Investigator: The earliest evidence located by QI was published in a magazine profile of Alice Roosevelt Longworth titled “The Sharpest Wit in Washington” published in “The Saturday Evening Post” issue of December 4, 1965. Interestingly, the expression was not spoken; instead, it was embroidered on a pillow. Also, the word “good” was used instead of “nice”. Boldface has been added to excerpts:[1]

We walked to Mrs. Longworth’s upstairs sitting room, where she often reads until six o’clock in the morning. Books were piled everywhere on the tables and on the floor, and contemporary newspaper clippings were strewn on the side tables. Coyote skins were lying on the backs of two large, comfortable chairs, and on one of the chairs was a pillow with the words, IF YOU CAN’T SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT SOMEONE, SIT RIGHT HERE BY ME.

heckles65

(549 posts)
23. A fundraiser couldn't comply with Florida ethics laws?
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 01:52 PM
Mar 2022

That's like being too bigoted to join the Klan. You'd have to be really trying.

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