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Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - hal - 03-12-2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/11/trump-pac-new-orleans-contest-winner/
Former president Donald Trump’s political group sent at least 15 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.”
Another pitch promised a full suite of perks. “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.”
A third pitch said: “He REALLY wants to meet you, Friend, which is why he’s holding (1) spot on the entry list for YOU only.” Some of the emails came from an account labeled “Dinner with Trump” that was set up by the former president’s leadership PAC, Save America.
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.
“President Trump has awarded more than 100 prizes to contest winners across America, but due to an administrative error in this individual circumstance, the contest winner was not properly notified for last weekend’s event in New Orleans. Consistent with the rules of the sweepstakes, a substitute prize will be awarded to the winner,” Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said Friday, when asked why no winner was chosen.
He did not say what the substitute prize was, but the fine print of the contest rules say the organization can substitute a prize of “greater or equal value.”
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, or receiving commemorative memorabilia — such as a football signed by Trump and Walker, a College Football Hall of Famer.
The PAC declined to comment, but said it had selected “more than 100” winners in the past, and some Trump advisers say they have met winners at previous events. Some winners have been publicly identified in news stories.
A few minutes ago Trump put out a new statement:
Trump now says there will be a dinner for the winner: "A winner from Save America PAC WAS chosen for dinner and that winner, and family, will soon be coming to Palm Beach, Florida."
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - SteveG - 03-12-2022
hal wrote:
A few minutes ago Trump put out a new statement:
Trump now says there will be a dinner for the winner: "A winner from Save America PAC WAS chosen for dinner and that winner, and family, will soon be coming to Palm Beach, Florida."
I didn't know there was a McDonald's in Palm Beach
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - PeterB - 03-12-2022
Dump should NOT have come here. Frack him and the horse he rode in on!
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - steve... - 03-12-2022
Steve G. wrote:
I didn't know there was a McDonald's in Palm Beach
miley-laughing001:
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - RgrF - 03-12-2022
How much longer can he keep fleecing his flock?
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - Dennis S - 03-12-2022
RgrF wrote:
How much longer can he keep fleecing his flock?
Ignorance is infinite.
(Hmm. Etymologically, “ignorance” and “ignore” must be related.
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - Carnos Jax - 03-13-2022
Dennis S wrote:
[quote=RgrF]
How much longer can he keep fleecing his flock?
Ignorance is infinite.
(Hmm. Etymologically, “ignorance” and “ignore” must be related.
This is what I wonder too. He's like those televangelists who tells his supporters that God told him they need to buy him a jet. What a fuckwad, how do they not see this shit?! He gleefully takes full advantage of them.
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - hal - 03-13-2022
Carnos Jax wrote:
[quote=Dennis S]
[quote=RgrF]
How much longer can he keep fleecing his flock?
Ignorance is infinite.
(Hmm. Etymologically, “ignorance” and “ignore” must be related.
This is what I wonder too. He's like those televangelists who tells his supporters that God told him they need to buy him a jet. What a fuckwad, how do they not see this shit?! He gleefully takes full advantage of them.
I hope you said this not realizing that Trump has recently been asking for donations for his new jet, Trump Force One - because that makes it funnier
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - Lux Interior - 03-13-2022
First prize was one dinner with Trump
Second prize was two dinners with Trump.
Re: Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans. But no winner met him. - Ombligo - 03-13-2022
Trump heard about Putin's food tasters.. and then got these folks to pay for the privilege to be his.