Progressive veterans group? The same people whose cars have “Veterans For Obama” stickers on them?
Nice try Red Star, I mean Red State. But then again, they seem to quote progressives quite regularly these days.
How many Trump diatribes does dear Leon pen each day? Several are posted here, each and every day.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/18/politics/donald-trump-veterans-group/
Sept 2015:
Los Angeles (CNN)The veterans group that hosted Donald Trump for a speech this week on board a decommissioned battleship had its tax-exempt status revoked by the IRS in August.
The group, Veterans for a Strong America, sounds like a charity, and in a press release touted having more than a half-million supporters across the U.S. In reality, it is a political action group whose tax-exempt status was revoked in August because it failed to file tax returns for the past three years. The group is appealing the decision. In addition, CNN has found scant evidence that Veterans for a Strong America has the supporters it says it does.
The Trump campaign said it did not know about the organization’s issues until after the event. People paid between $100 and $1,000 to attend the speech on the U.S.S. Iowa.
The founder and chairman of VSA is a former Army officer named Joel Arends, who served in Iraq in 2004. He’s an attorney and political consultant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where VSA is based. In its most recent filing this spring with the Federal Election Commission, the organization reported it had $30 in the bank and owed $318 to a Washington consulting firm.................