Posted on 04/23/2016 6:35:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of Trump’s most enduring and arguably most endearing campaign lines has been his promise to treat American vets better. When Trump dropped out of a Fox News debate in January he held a separate event at which he raised money for veterans. But three months later, Trump’s campaign adviser for veterans, Al Baldasaro, doesn’t seem too concerned about it. He told the Daily Beast, “I’m not concerned about it, because I know [Trump is] an honorable, honest guy… you guys just want to say, ‘gotcha.’”
To be fair, Baldasaro is not a Trump staffer. The real problem is that anyone who has attempted to track down the $6 million raised has been unable to find more than about half that amount that was actually delivered to veterans’ groups. From the Daily Beast:
Since the fundraiser, numerous media organizations have investigated whether the charities have received the $6 million. The investigations span the ideological spectrum: the progressive MSNBC and the conservative Weekly Standard have been unable to find all the funds; as have The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and The Daily Beast.
The money simply hasn’t been found.
In early March, CNN was able to track down $2.9 million, citing the Trump campaign. In early April, The Wall Street Journal traced $2.4 million of the promised funds.
That CNN total of $2.9 million was based on a list of 29 veterans organizations shown to the network by a Trump spokesperson, so that seems to be the best case scenario. However, when CNN checked with those organizations one of them said they had not seen any money yet and the majority refused to comment:
When contacted by CNN, only nine groups confirmed they had received payments totaling $800,000, one group said no payment had yet been made, and the rest either refused to disclose contributions or did not respond to CNN’s requests for comment.
A Trump spokesperson told CNN contributions would continue as money came in from donors, but why wait for money to come in?
Trump made a big point of raising this money for veterans. That was an honorable thing to do. He could do vets another solid (and maybe gain a little of his declining favorability back) by stepping up and advancing the money from his own bank account if necessary. Doing so would be a win for his campaign and a win for veterans.
I believe the Trump spokespeople said that some of the money that has been pledged still has not been received. When it is received it will be distributed. This is really nit picking but what can you expect?
ibid.
And the clinton foundation gives how much?
On the second or third ballot, according to the rules.
That's just the way it is.
A "path to victory!"
Trump has been too busy -saying “Caitlyn” should use whichever toilet “she” chooses and saying he will raise taxes.
And a number Ted crLuzer will NEVER see... LOL! :)
So, Ted Cruz raised $3 million for veterans charities??
Didn’t think so.
Guess you missed the memo...
I do trust Trump to send all the money that those, like you who pledged and mailed in their donation, to the various veteran organizations he has promised to transfer the donations to. Thank you.
Thank you for your service and God bless our vets.
And lil baby boy tRump would not haven't even started if daddy didn't pony up major millions for him to lose.
How long did he last before he lost all of that before daddy had to pony up some more??
Amen.
And yesterday I attended the promotion ceremony of a field artillery major, whom I work with, to lieutenant colonel. He spent the last 2 years working as an Army historian as his part of his rehabilitation program from Walter Reed after losing his right leg in Afghanistan in 2013.
We have great young men and women who are continuing to serve in the Army after being severely wounded. God bless them all.
RE: Given that Cruz has run on a platform of religiosity, why didn’t he tithe?
Where did Cruz run on a platform of religiosity? Can you show me?
RE: Hillary thanks you personally, SeekAndFind.
Very nice imagination kiryandil. I await your next fairy tale publicantion.
How much delivered to any charity from the Clinton charity that wasn’t connected back to the Clinton charity? .0001%?
You write quite well.
No fairy tale - just fact. :)
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Very, very, very impressive. Believe me.
Not really... what you said has no value. Hang in there!
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