Red Cross, Salvation Army cancel Mar-a-Lago events

[Morphine Prince 109,697]

The Salvation Army and American Red Cross have joined a growing number of organizations pulling out of events hosted at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida since the president's controversial response to the violence in Charlottesville.

"The American Red Cross has decided we cannot host our annual fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago, as it has increasingly become a source of controversy and pain for many of our volunteers, employees and supporters," the group said in a statement Friday.

The Salvation Army, which has held an event at the club for the past three years, said in a statement that it would not do so this year "because the conversation has shifted away" from its central mission, the Washington Post reports.

The Post estimates the decision by these and numerous other organizations to host events elsewhere will cost the club hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

[Robagaga 9,345]

My question is why didnt they pull out before

 

[Morphine Prince 109,697]

2 minutes ago, Robagaga said:

My question is why didnt they pull out before

 

I ask myself this about some people's fathers all the time  

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Took them long enough. Take him DOWN! 

[weed 79,015]

Salvation Army, the one donating to anti-LGBT foundations, is too good for this? 

I'm glad companies are pulling out though 

[CautiousLurker 19,721]

To be fair, both of those charities are pretty shady - American Red Cross gives away only a small fraction of what they receive, and Salvation Army has a long history of promoting anti-LGBT discrimination