"Trump Held a Contest for Small-Dollar Donors to Have Dinner With Him.
No One Won

The former president has used a variety of shady tactics to raise money, including holding dubious promotions to meet him"

"Former President Donald Trump in recent weeks asked his supporters for
money as part of a promotion to eat dinner with him in New Orleans last Saturday. The only problem was that no one actually got to eat dinner
with Trump, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing four people
familiar with the matter.

A series of email pitches to small-dollar donors offered up what any
loyal Trump supporter would undoubtedly appreciate. “We’ll cover your flight. We’ll cover your very nice hotel. We’ll cover your dinner,” one email read. “All you have to do is enter.“

It’s unclear how much money the pitches raised for Save America PAC, the former president’s political action committee, or how many people
donated. But similar contests brought in hundreds of thousands of
dollars, people involved with them told the Post. A Trump spokesperson
chalked up the lack of a winner in this contest to an “administrative error.”"

"It’s certainly possible an “administrative error” is responsible, but this also isn’t the first time this has happened. The Post‘s story
echoes a 2019 report by Popular Information which found that Trump’s
campaign held at least 15 online contests for a chance to win a meal
with him — but no one appeared to have actually done so. (Trump’s communications director claimed then that “people win the contests each time,” yet didn’t offer proof.)"

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