Reagan Foundation to Trump, RNC: Quit raising money off Ronald Reagan's legacy

[Zorro]

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, which runs the 40th president’s library near Los Angeles, has demanded that President Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) quit raising campaign money by using Ronald Reagan’s name and likeness.

“It was simply handled with a phone call mid-last week to the RNC, and they agreed to stop,” Reagan Foundation chief marketing officer Melissa Giller said in an email Saturday.

What came to the foundation’s attention — and compelled officials there to complain — was a fundraising email that went out July 19 with “Donald J. Trump” identified as the sender and a subject line that read: “Ronald Reagan and Yours Truly.”

The solicitation offered, for a donation of $45 or more, a “limited edition” commemorative set featuring two gold-colored coins, one each with an image of Reagan and Trump. The coins were mounted with a 1987 photograph of Reagan and Trump shaking hands in a White House receiving line — the type of fleeting contact that presidents have with thousands of people a year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/25/reagan-foundation-trump-rnc-quit-raising-money-off-ronald-reagans-legacy/

[LisaM]

1. Like they are really that different.

Reagan pulled the wool over a lot of people's eyes.

[Vogon_Glory]

3. Ronnie had Nancy

I may not have much liking for Nancy Reagan, but I believe that she was more politically-astute than anyone working in either Dubya’s or Donnie’s administrations.

[Under The Radar]

2. Damn. This guy gets no support from any past Republican officials

Except those who work for him and Newt Gingrich. Where are the 98% republican supporters coming from?

[Aristus]

4. Wow. When a foundation with Reagan's name on it throws shade on a Republican,

in defiance of Reagan's own admonition to never talk bad about a fellow Republican, you know things have gone around the bend...

[StevieM]

5. The Reagan Library invited Ken Starr to come speak in 2018.

While there he made crazy claims, declaring that the Clintons were guilty in Whitewater--of something--and they "skated." He talked with people in the audience about how terrible it was the Hillary Clinton wasn't in prison.

The Reagan Library happily hosted this. They supported what he was doing, and the lies he was telling. They gave him a forum to spread his lies. They were as guilty of spreading the ideals of fascism as Ken Starr was.

And Ken Starr is no less of a fascist than Donald Trump is. In fact, Ken Starr was the Donald Trump of his day. He was the ultimate forerunner to Donald Trump. And the Reagan Library promoted him.