Donate to enter a contest to meet Trump’s cousin’s gardener
God, it’s almost funny. You know those fundraising ads that political candidates run? Saying donate to my campaign and get a chance to have a beer with the candidate? I’ve seen a lot of them from Warren. Trump must think they’re a cool idea, because he has lots of them too…but in his case it’s a fraud, because nobody ever wins. He cheats even at that. How hard would it be to meet with a fan? Not very, but he doesn’t do it, he just takes their money.
A heavily-promoted contest to win breakfast with President Trump in New York City on September 26 was a fraud. The purported winner of the contest, Joanna Kamis, did not have breakfast with Trump. Instead, she was invited to a breakfast at a New York City restaurant that Trump did not attend. Kamis was later permitted to take a photo with Trump.
The promise of breakfast with Trump was used in hundreds of Facebook ads to entice supporters to donate money. The ads were clear that donors would be entered into a contest to share a meal with Trump. “This is your LAST CHANCE to meet me this quarter, and I really want to discuss our Campaign Strategy for the rest of the year with you over breakfast,” Trump said in a Facebook ad in September.
There were also 20 million mailings, but no breakfast.
The revelation of the fraudulent contest comes two days after Popular Information released the results of an investigation of 15 contests the Trump campaign has held to win meals with Trump. While other campaigns enthusiastically promote photos of candidates dining with low-dollar donors, Popular Information could not find evidence that anyone actually won a meal with Trump.
If there were evidence, would they be sitting on it? Hardly. If the evidence can’t be found that’s because it’s not there.
Richard Painter, a former associate counsel in the Bush White House, told Newsweek that the failure to deliver on the promised meals with Trump could be criminal. “You’re raising campaign cash, you’re lying to people. If you obtain money from people through false pretenses that’s a violation of federal mail fraud and wire fraud statutes,” Painter said.
There’s even a law saying they have to disclose the winners, and they’re even breaking that law. It’s like a compulsion with this guy.
Under numerous state laws, the Trump campaign is required to provide the winner of each contest upon request. That’s why the Trump campaign’s official rules of each contest state it will do so if you send a self-addressed stamped envelope.
REQUESTING RULES, NAME OF WINNER, OR DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE: To receive a written copy of the Promotion rules, the name of the Promotion winner, or a description of the Prize, please send your request and a self-addressed and stamped return envelope to Trump Make America Great Again Committee, 138 Conant Street, 2nd Floor, Beverly, MA 01915.
(Some contests list a different address.)
But a New York Times reporter, Katie Rogers, revealed on Tuesday that she had sent “several letters” via this process but did not receive a response. The Trump campaign’s failure to respond likely violates state law.
Is needing to watch Fox News an alibi?
Well no shit, Sherlock. The answer’s right there in those three words: “low-dollar donor” (two words if the hyphenated pair count as one). You think he’s going to show up to breakfast with some nobody loser who can’t manage to inherit or swindle a huge fortune, or kill his way to the top of a brutal dictatorship? PahLEEEZ. Those yahoos are fine to wear the stupid red hats and cheer him on at the Nuremberg Rallies, but they’re not going to be invited to the Berghof for breakfast. Not even a goddam McDonalds or IHOP. Not gonna happen.
And if it ever did, he’d stiff his “guest” for the bill.
What an asshole. He can’t even be bothered do do this bare minimum thing that would be at least a tiny, token gesture towards propping up his bullshit “Man of the People” facade.
Hands down, sight unseen, word unheard, this person would make a better President.
Bonus points if the gardener’s Hispanic, and goes by the name of Jesus…(iknklast’s perfect president?)
Damn near anyone would make a better president. For example, the town dogcatcher of Swampville, Kentucky.
Picture Trump at the US Mint, stuffing his pockets with freshly printed money because he gave himself permission to do so. He’s that filthy greedy.
If Trump were a character in a satirical novel, you would say he was exaggerated. Evelyn Waugh produced people like him – his Lord Copper in Scoop for ignorant narcissism, Mrs Beaver in a Handful of Dust for ruthless greed and opportunism and vulgarity – but his view was fairly dyspeptic. I suppose we’re going to get further evidence of him torturing kittens.