[REVISED!!] TPM: Trump caught lying about $1m donation to fundraiser for vets

[Bucky]

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Original post below: I need to clarify this. I misread and used the writer's phrase "skim". On further evaluation, all Trump did was keep the million he said he'd donate, not steal a million dollars donated by others. That difference should be clarified. Still scummy, but not the clean line of attack I'd thought when I first posted this.

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Jeeze--how low can you get? I imagine Trump ain't done yet with shocking me, tho'

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-fibbin--5

[font size="1"]By JOSH MARSHALL - MAY 25, 2016 [/font]

We now know that Donald Trump tried for four months not to contribute any of his own money for that vets group fundraiser he put on in January as an excuse to ditch that Fox debate. Only when the Post finally cornered him and basically proved that all his and his aides shifting explanations were false, did he finally agree to put in some of his own money.

He was in essence trying to skim a million off the top of the fundraiser for the vets he used as a prop to skip out on the debate. This comes on top of the fact that he's still leaving himself the option of having high-dollar GOP donors reimburse him for his primary campaign to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.

[gratuitous]

1. Trump agreed "to put in some of his own money"?

Considering what Trump's word is usually worth, I'd like to see something a little more substantive than his agreement to do something: Canceled check, wire transfer confirmation, etc.

[Bucky]

2. Trust me, he gives tremendous amounts, it's unbelievable. He gives the best amounts to charity.

unbelieveable

[gratuitous]

6. Gotta credit that: It's unbelievable

In that I don't believe anything that fucker says; every word is a lie including "the" and "and."

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. Trump is a self-serving maniac with links to organized crime...

Paid, Trump-trolls keep attempting to hide this Opening Post, because it is true!

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. Part of the fundraising agreement will pay back at least part of the loans Trump made to his

campaign.
He is a con artist.

[meow2u3]

5. Believe me, he'll stiff his creditors for the campaign loans, too

Just watch him declare bankruptcy and force his creditors to take pennies on the dollar. That's how scammers like him roll.

[oldandhappy]

4. surprise!!!

[MariaThinks]

7. KICK 1000 times

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. but you only kicked it once...

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. so I kicked it a few more times

[forest444]

8. He made the mistake of treating vets like one of his casinos.

If Ms. Inevitable has any chance at all in November, it'll hinge on a strong Gary Johnson candidacy - and news like these.

That's always been the Donald's greatest weakness: lack of self control.

[Doitnow]

9. If he was worth all the billions he claims, why

does he have to be a piker over a measly one million? Then again, look what is in the news today. Trump made out on buying homes for cheap when people lost them during the recession and brags about it. After all, he's a business man!! It's legal. Is that how he made his billions? Is that what we want for a president?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. It's what paid Trump-trolls working to hide Opening Posts like this one "want for president"

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That is the reason Veteran's - like me - will keep this OP highly visible. He has finally double-crossed everyone, including the Mafia.

[Maeve]

22. Because he's NOT worth all the billions he claims, for one

Reminded of some dialog in the movie Holiday Inn

Ted Hanover: What happened to her millionaire?

Jim Hardy: Slight mistake there. He didn't own millions, he owed them.

[MariaThinks]

14. kick

[Jeffersons Ghost]

15. KICK

What happened to our :kick: ass gif?

[Bucky]

17. I prefer the simpler :Dem: gif

[meow2u3]

19. That's now :donkey:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

16. Kick!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Trump uses Bait & Switch all the time. Campaign promises become "suggestions" when called out.

Promise a million dollars to pump up a publicity event (under guise of "charity&quot and then snatch it away.

[Helen Borg]

20. That is why he won't accept the TYT election challenge!

They'd really give the 1M to a charity, but he wants it!

[penndragon69]

21. This is called, SELF FUNDING !

[bucolic_frolic]

23. Lying Trump!

Conniving weasel!

[OldHippieChick]

24. Hillary needs to usurp his marketing and start

calling him Con Man Don. She needs to take a page from his here-to-for successful book and label him. He lies, but that is not a good enough moniker. He must be insulted in order for him to react. He is so predictable.

[AgadorSparticus]

25. K&R