Posted on 08/18/2017 12:51:15 PM PDT by AAABEST
After being held at Mar-a-Lago for 60 years, and Donald J. Trump being gracious to in hosting them for the better part of those years the Red Cross has decided to move this year's ball to another venue.
My wife and I (who have met the president there) got the email a little while ago, which read in part:
We originally decided to keep the International Ball at Mar-a-Lago because it was the lower-cost venue in the area, and because we have held numerous successful fundraisers there over the past 60 years. However, our decision to hold the event at Mar-a-Lago has increasingly become a point of public controversy and a source of pain for many members of our Red Cross community. As such, we have decided to cancel the event next year at Mar-a-Lago
By the way, not only has Trump belonged to the Red Cross and hosted them all these years, but the President of the United States is the HONORARY CHAIRMAN of the organization.
Scumbags...
Soon, they will be offended by their own name , The Red CROSS!
Sure hope 2-3 cat 3-4 hurricanes don’t all hit in a row.
The Red Cross are Crooks.. I stopped giving to them after the Indonesian tsunami.
I am in many ways a fan of the Red Cross, but this is unacceptable. Politicizing the American Red Cross is disgusting, which I expect from liberals. Red Cross leadership going along with liberal politicization of charity will keep me from supporting the Red Cross. Sad.
there ya go. mercenaries every last one
The Salvation Army and Cleveland Clinic are doing it, too...
If only Trump would say that ‘antifa are good folk’ and ‘the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of islam’
Then all would be well again.
Red Cross is going to lose a fortune over this.
President Trump could gracefully defuse the hysteria over this by stating how he understands that there are many who hate him now that he is president of the United States and working to bring good jobs to all Americans of all political persuasions. He understands that the haters might not want to support folks in need of blood over the haters’ petty new found hatred for him. The Red Cross can host a fundraising ball for rich donors who support violent, communist anarchists. The ball can be held in Chicago where the local government cares deeply for all citizens and where the blood thirsty group needs lots of donations.
That wasn’t very graceful of me.
Well guess what, they don't really need your blood, they need the money they sell your blood for.....
How much does the Red Cross sell a pint of blood for? The typical pint of red blood cell product now costs $130 to $150. Fredrick does not expect the price increase to affect hospitals' ability to provide blood to patients this summer, but she said, "there are still critical blood shortages in this country."
I used to have to conduct my company's annual blood drive back in the 1980's but I stopped giving once I learned of their scam..........
I loved it.
Guys, it’s not just the Red Cross.
That the SA and Cleveland Clinic have done this as well is appalling.
Obviously Soros and his ilk are combing through every org and business that has anything to do with Trump and pressuring them. I don’t believe they are doing this on thier own It really is death by a thousand cuts.
My dad was combat infantry in WWII. He told me that when they were pulled back, the Red Cross would be there selling donuts for a dime. My dad said they'd all keep walking and go to the Salvation Army where donuts were given to the soldiers. He told me that every GI would throw a dollar in the bucket for the free donuts.
I listened-and to this day the United Way gets nothing from me.
I do donate to the Salvation Army regularly.
Sorry to hear that. I’ve had a lot of respect for them over the years. This does not reflect good on them, and it doesn’t hurt Trump at all.
This is just idiotic.
I scratched them from any donations a LONG time ago. They are a bunch of frauds. When I want to give international help money, I give to the Israeli version of Red Cross, Magen David, because I know they use it appropriately. Red Cross is sooo yesterday. They just demonstrated why.
The Salvation Army is going to have no friends soon. Some lawyers in the Oregon state government (anti-Christian Oregon state government) started some rumors a couple years back that SA was anti-gay because they were a Christian organization. The SA is probably bowing to the demoncrats now
Good for you Leni. If folks are paying attention, they should see what we do when it comes to the Red Cross.
It’s such a shame too. I don’t get a big kick out of slamming a well known charity like this, but I do think it is well deserved.
The Cleveland Clinic is getting something out of this. So is the SA. Find out what and MAKE IT PUBLIC.
Does Anonymous or Wikileaks take requests...
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