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White House staff forced to hand out VIP tickets to Trumps Fourth of July rally to anyone who will take themPublished 9 hours ago on July 3, 2019 By Sarah K. Burris
Politico reporter Nancy Cook detailed the shocking desperation for White House staff as they struggle to get Washingtonians to attend President Donald Trumps Fourth of July rally. According to Cook, theres already an outbreak of finger-pointing about the low turnout and the festivities havent even begun.
Cook filed the story earlier in the evening, but on The 11th Hour, she told substitute host Ali Velshi that shes hearing White House staffers are so desperate to find people who will appear in Trumps VIP section that theyre giving them to anyone who will come.
Well, really what the concerns are are that theres a question about will enough people show up, Cook told Velshi on Wednesday. The White House and the Republican National Committee has all of these VIP seats theyve been trying to off-load. Originally they tried to give them to a bunch of high-end donors.
High-end Democratic donors were not given VIP tickets, which began the inquiries about the politicization of the event, paid for by taxpayer dollars.
Now Ive been hearing even tonight, after I published this story today, that theyre really willing to off-load them to one White House staffer that I talked to late this afternoon took home 15 tickets and was just going to hand them out to whomever she could tomorrow, Cook revealed. And the big concern on the part of the White House and the RNC is whether or not these seats will be filled.
She reiterated that this event could be another colossal embarrassment, just like Trumps 2017 inauguration.
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2naSalit
(102,836 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)We must have posted the same idea within seconds.
Any smart Repuke (if there is one) would not want to be seen in the crowd after all the protests from real humans.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I'm sure there are enough people who need the $25 even though they'll need to calm down their gag reflex to attend.
mitch96
(15,807 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)They're so desperate to make this look good they'll have to pay people to attend, again. This is just another propaganda staged event for a failing wanna be dictator who's failed at everything he does, and so much he has to lie all the time to cover up the truth. This is a fraud in action, and the republicans are powerless against him now. How high is the deficit, and how many millions are being wasted for trump's ego?
NoMoreRepugs
(12,081 posts)of the Craigslist ads offering money to attend a tRumpy rally? I dont doubt the validity of the claim, I'd just like to have it to poke fun at my conservative family members.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)but I don't know if they have been verified as legitimate. Anyone can make a Craigslist ad. The ad itself doesn't really prove anything, unless someone has actually made contact with the poster and been paid for attending an event.
dameatball
(7,669 posts)for one particular rally. I don't know that your overall question has ever been answered one way or another.
Sneederbunk
(17,496 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)(I guess) if they want. Fox, the most untrusted news source on the planet.
Liberal In Texas
(16,274 posts)bhcodem
(235 posts)they can hand them out to homeless people. I'm sure they would love the attention!
wryter2000
(47,940 posts)Have enough sense to get out of the rain.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Sickening.
NotASurfer
(2,369 posts)A sustained chant of "Guilty!" when dark orange descends upon the stage would warm my heart if rain doesn't shut things down