Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday morning that he raised $5.6 million to almost two dozen veterans groups at a fundraiser held in January. "I raised close to $6 million...as of this moment, it's $5.6 million," he said at a press conference at Trump Tower. Further, he added, "Zero dollars have been taken out for administration." Trump had promised to clear up how much his campaign raised at a fundraiser for veterans it organized when he skipped a GOP presidential debate. On Tuesday, he read aloud the list of the groups and the funds received, as follows: 22Kill -- $200,000. Achilles International: $200,000 American Hero Adventures: $100,000 Americans for Independent Living: $100,000 America's Best Dogs, the Veteran K-9 corps, Inc.: $75,000 AMVETS: $75,000 Armed Services YMCA of the U.S.: $75,000 Bob Woodruff Family Foundation, Inc.: $75,000 Central Iowa Shelter and Services: $100,000 Connected Warriors, Inc.: $75,000 Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust: $115,000 Fisher House Foundation: $115,000 Folds of Honor Foundation: $200,000 Foundation for American Veterans: $75,000 Freedom Alliance: $75,000 Green Beret Foundation: $350,000 Higher Heroes USA: $75,000 Homes for Our Troops: $50,000 Honoring America's Warriors: $100,000 Hope for The Warriors: $65,000 Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: $175,000 K-9 for Warriors: $50,000 Liberty House: $100,000: Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation: $1,100,000 (Trump said he gave $1 million to this group) Navy SEAL Foundation: $465,000 Navy Marine Corps Relief Society: $75,000 New England Wounded Veterans, Inc.: $75,000 Operation Homefront: $65,000 Partners for Patriots: $100,000 Puppy Jake Foundation: $100,000 Racing for Heroes, Inc.: $200,000 Support Siouxland Soldiers: $1,000 Task Force Dagger Foundation: $50,000 The Mission Continues: $75,000 The National Military Family Association, Inc.: $75,000 Veterans Air Lift Command: $100,000 Veterans Count: $25,000 Veterans Airlift Command, Inc.: $150,000 Vietnam Veterans Workshop, Inc. $75,000 Warriors for Freedom Foundation: $50,000 Trump complained repeatedly Tuesday that he'd been ill-treated by media organizations, which have asked his campaign for a complete accounting of the disbursement of the funds raised. "The press should be ashamed of themselves. And on behalf of the vets, the press should be ashamed of themselves," Trump admonished. "...Instead of being -- like, 'Thank you very much, Mr. Trump,' or 'Trump did a good job,' everyone is saying, 'Who got it? Who got it? Who got it? And you (the press) make me look very bad." "I have never received such bad publicity for doing such good," he said. Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-announces-5-6-million-in-donations-to-veterans-groups/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 King of charity. When will Hillary? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,509 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 7 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: King of charity. When will Hillary? Glad he's supporting veterans. Lord knows if he's president we'll be having a lot more in the future Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,282 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Queen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 While Trump raised $5.6M for veteran groups Hillary decided to tweet this in response: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 35,091 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Mother Teresa 2.0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperIz 7,354 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Don't like him but this is great Human generated art Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 He needs those conservative voters I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Literally no proof to validate his claims. As usual the numbers are likely exaggerated. When questioned he got angry. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 1 minute ago, LebaneseDude said: Literally no proof for his claims. When questioned he got angry. What do you mean? The money was sent and these verified checks will be confirmed by the media. If there was no proof the headlines would read "Trump lies about vet money" I watched the entire press conference and this is the list he read out and the people standing behind him are from those organizations and the ones who went through the vetting process to obtain the donated money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: What do you mean? The money was sent and these verified checks will be confirmed by the media. If there was no proof the headlines would read "Trump lies about vet money" I watched the entire press conference and this is the list he read out and the people standing behind him are from those organizations and the ones who went through the vetting process to obtain the donated money. From Time "Trump has been under fire in recent days for apparently inflating the sum he raised for—and donated to—veterans charities. The money at stake traces back to a fundraiser Trump held in Iowa in January. At the time, he was publicly feuding with Fox News and decided to skip the network’s GOP debate and instead hosted a rival rally to raise money for veterans groups. (“It was the lowest-rated debate, by the way,” Trump jabbed Tuesday.) Trump said the January event raised $5 million, and that he would pledge an additional $1 million out of his own pocket. Since then, journalists have been unable to trace all $6 million that was supposedly distributed to veterans groups. Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said earlier this month that the event netted less than the $6 million Trump claimed, because they had not received some large donations that were promised. Trump then said Lewandowski was wrong, and the total came to $5.5 million. Both Trump and Lewandowski have denied in recent days that they ever purported to raise $6 million and last week, four months after the initial event, Trump said he gave away the $1 million he promised. The Washington Post found at least $4.1 million had been donated—a not-insignificant sum, but Trump once again found himself on the defense over needlessly inflated figures." --- I edited to say it's exaggerated as I realized my original post seemed too dismissive. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 3 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said: From Time "Trump has been under fire in recent days for apparently inflating the sum he raised for—and donated to—veterans charities. The money at stake traces back to a fundraiser Trump held in Iowa in January. At the time, he was publicly feuding with Fox News and decided to skip the network’s GOP debate and instead hosted a rival rally to raise money for veterans groups. (“It was the lowest-rated debate, by the way,” Trump jabbed Tuesday.) Trump said the January event raised $5 million, and that he would pledge an additional $1 million out of his own pocket. Since then, journalists have been unable to trace all $6 million that was supposedly distributed to veterans groups. Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said earlier this month that the event netted less than the $6 million Trump claimed, because they had not received some large donations that were promised. Trump then said Lewandowski was wrong, and the total came to $5.5 million. Both Trump and Lewandowski have denied in recent days that they ever purported to raise $6 million and last week, four months after the initial event, Trump said he gave away the $1 million he promised. The Washington Post found at least $4.1 million had been donated—a not-insignificant sum, but Trump once again found himself on the defense over needlessly inflated figures." --- I edited to say it's exaggerated as I realized my original post seemed too dismissive. Eh.... well the money was still donated. Unless a report comes out that this was all a lie I won't dismiss the number. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Just now, Morphine Prince said: Eh.... well the money was still donated. Unless a report comes out that this was all a lie I won't dismiss the number. Well regardless it's still a significant sum that will help the veterans. However his blatant lying regarding the numbers goes to show it's more about his own ego than helping people. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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