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“It is unacceptable that he made a commitment and failed to live up to it. He said he raised $6 million for veterans and claimed to have done so, and yet there has been no accountability for that money.”
He continued: “He has failed to show where a lot of that money went. And he failed to raise as much as he claimed to have raised. And it is unacceptable for Donald Trump to try to take advantage of the goodwill that American voters feel for our men and women in uniform to try and get votes while failing to live up to his own commitments.”
Lewandowski also said he did not know whether a $1 million pledge from Trump himself was counted as part of the $4.5 million total. He said Trump has given that amount, but he declined to identify any recipients.
In recent weeks, Trump and his campaign repeatedly declined to give new details about how much they have given away.
“Why should I give you records?” Trump said in an interview with The Post this month. “I don’t have to give you records.”
Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said Trump’s refusal to divulge how much of the money he had distributed raised questions about whether the candidate intended the fundraiser primarily as a public-relations effort for himself.
“That’s just shady. Right? No matter how you cut it, that’s just shady,” Rieckhoff said. “If he was going to make it right, a couple of weeks before Memorial Day would be a good time to do it. It behooves him, not just politically but ethically, to come forward and account for this money.”
Did Trump make good on his promise to give from his personal funds?
“The money is fully spent. Mr. Trump’s money is fully spent,” Lewandowski said.
To whom did Trump give, and in what amounts?
“He’s not going to share that information,” Lewandowski said.
The newspaper contacted 19 of the 22 veterans’ charities to which Trump promised to donate the proceeds, and found that only about $2.4 million of the $6 million raised has been distributed.
This will add another 100,000 votes to his November total
The protest came on the heels of a Washington Post report published Saturday, in which Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said the fundraiser only brought in about $4.5 million. Trump held the Jan. 28 fundraiser instead of participating in a Fox News GOP debate that evening. At the time, he said the network was treating him unfairly. At the event, Trump announced that it had raised $6 million. Lewandowski attributed the fundraising shortfall to donors who reneged on promises to participate. “There were some individuals who he’d spoken to who were going to write large checks [and who], for whatever reason … didn’t do it,” Lewandowski told the Post.
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: xuenchen
You think so?
If this is even remotely true, and some of it, at the least, probably is, he's lost the votes of many in my circle...most of whom are vets. Do you think they'll be the only ones?
originally posted by: UKTruth
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: xuenchen
You think so?
If this is even remotely true, and some of it, at the least, probably is, he's lost the votes of many in my circle...most of whom are vets. Do you think they'll be the only ones?
Cool story. I can see the headline : 'Trump loses Veteran's Support because he raised $4.5m for them instead of $6m"
Might be a good article on The Onion or in some alternate universe where helping people is a bad thing.
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
a reply to: Indigo5
As always...I get that Trump supporters just don't care
Trumps Chumps.
originally posted by: Joecanada11
a reply to: xuenchen
If you actually think this will add to his votes you really are foolish. Not surprised though this seems to be the only thing you can say when a story brings up Don the Cons true character.