Trump scrambles at damage control after being caught grifting MAGA supporters with phony 'contest'

[turbinetree]

By Bob Brigham
Published March 12, 2022

Donald Trump released a statement on Saturday attempting damage control after being caught fundraising off of a phony contest.

"Former president Donald Trump’s political group sent at least 15 emails in recent weeks offering small-dollar donors the chance to win a coveted prize if they gave money: dinner with Trump in New Orleans last Saturday," The Washington Post reported Friday. "But no such winner was flown to New Orleans last weekend, according to four people familiar with the matter. No flight or “very nice” hotel was booked. Trump had no individual meeting with a small-dollar donor, instead only privately greeting a handful of Republican Party donors who gave large checks, taking pictures with some of the party’s most well-heeled members and speaking to a larger group of donors who each gave tens of thousands of dollars."

Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich admitted that no prize was every awarded.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-grift-2656941542/

I guess they never had the tickets or the box full of tickets at the event so that he could put his stubby little hand in and draw out the winning ticket.....like a bingo card number.....and they were going to bring them to Florida to have eat and greet......

[Lettuce Be]

1. You'd think this would be illegal

but guess not if he does it

[Mariana]

9. Yeah, how is this not fraud? nt.

[Rebl2]

12. To me it is

[aggiesal]

22. There are laws concerning raffles & Lotteries ...

I'm not an expert, but I have to believe this violated one of these laws.

[PatSeg]

29. Oh, it violated a law,

but we all know what Trump thinks of laws. Compliance is optional and he apparently just didn't feel like awarding the promised prize. Laws are for suckers and losers.

[SledDriver]

2. "Dinner with Trump in New Orleans"

cold McDonald's hamberders on a silver tray?

[PSPS]

7. Abe doesn't look amused.

[Biophilic]

20. That is still one of the most disgusting sights I've ever seen. But it is so classic trump. Awful.

[PatSeg]

31. I still can't believe he actually posed in front

of that table very proudly. He is like the Beverly Hills Hillbillies, minus the class.

[marie999]

35. Granny would have made you a nice possum stew

[PatSeg]

36. Ha, ha, ha!!!

Yeah, she would have put more effort into it.

[OneBro]

3. person, woman, man, camera, grift

[Cha]

4. Phucking Phony *****.

[pandr32]

5. He is never on the level about anything ever.

[Jim__]

6. You would think that some of his supporters might wake up.

But it's happened too many times. They will accept any bullshit he feeds them.

[XacerbatedDem]

33. Or, apparently, doesn't feed them.

[Marius25]

8. And yet he's doing a fascist rally in SC right now

and his dumb supporters are just eating it up.

[turbinetree]

10. And Lou Holtz if giving him a big shout out....never did like him either....

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-lies-2656942592/

maybe they will have there drawing on the person going down to Florida and have a dinner with the big cheese.....and get there gift.....that was suppose to happen in Louisiana,.....

[tenderfoot]

11. I don't think Lou Holtz is respected by anyone

so there's that.

[turbinetree]

26. Yeah he's kind a gone to bottom feeding ... grifter mode....next up selling hats...that say

I 'm with the traitor "guy"....for charity.....POS

[Totally Tunsie]

38. "supporters are just eating it up"

which is more than the contest "winner" is doing!

[turbinetree]

40. Lol...

[monkeyman1]

13. some people never learn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[L. Coyote]

14. Dang, this is going to put a $0.25 ding in McDonald's profit margin.

And #FailedCoupGuy gets to face federal mail fraud charges.

[spanone]

15. Hell, they got McDonalds, what else do they want?

[kacekwl]

16. Trumps not scrambling for anything. He knows

he can do whatever he wants because he never fucking suffers any consequence. Why not cheat and steal he's been doing it his whole life. I'm sick of the United States law system.

[mountain grammy]

17. Exactly.. sickening.

[Kaleva]

28. If you actually were dick of the system, you'd have left slready

But since you are still here in the country, it's not if an annoyance to you. Something to post about every once in awhile.

[kacekwl]

30. So if I'm sick of a completely unfair justice system

in America I should leave the country. Makes sense.

[Kaleva]

32. How can anyone take you seriously if you do nothing

One can tell how strongly s person feels about an issue by what they do in response to it. Doing nothing suggests you accept it and it's not a big deal.

[kacekwl]

37. I've contacted my congressional reps via e-mail and

by phone. I've left messages at the White House contract line. I vote every election. Short of a citizens arrest what would you like me to do. Have a suggestion ?

[multigraincracker]

18. Non millionaire supporters are suckers to the

NYC Con-man. You'd have to Archie Bunker to buy into his shit. Next contest will be for a "Rollex" watch.

[smirkymonkey]

19. "Hey, Charlie Brown, come and kick this football!"

"I promise I won't pull it away this time!"

How many times do these people have to be made fools of before they wake up?

[Grokenstein]

21. "Fool me, uh, (counts furiously on remaining toes) twenty-six times..."

"...and I'll come back for more!!"

[3Hotdogs]

23. "Fool me twice, ahhh

I won't get fooled again."

Quote from a great 20th century orator, statesman and philosopher --- but I forget who it was.

[Buns_of_Fire]

24. He was actually raffling off a NET (Non-Edible Token).

The least he could do is send the "winner" an autographed used Big Mac box. I'm sure he's got plenty of them.

[struggle4progress]

25. As Barnum said, "One's born every minute"

[onethatcares]

27. in his case

make that 70 million born every minute.zvb

[Initech]

34. There's got to be a cheaper way to get a Big Mac!

[madinmaryland]

39. I don't care. Do you?

[tosh]

41. Well, I'll be dawg!!

Who'd've imagined THAT!!