“It came to me I was having a bad night when I realized that even when I was answering a question, even when they turned his mic off, he was still shouting. And I let it distract me. I’m not blaming it on that, but I realized that I just wasn’t in control,”
This is what I was worried about. The ABC interview didn't make me feel assured. At all. Nobody realized that muting trumps mic doesn't mute his mouth? Nobody realized it's very distracting to try to speak when the person next to you is shouting. Other moments were very concerning, that of democracy dies he'll know he did his best. Hopefully the clouds will lift on Sundays reasoning-session, because f*ck, man....
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I think CNN was strategically doing a split-screen only when Trump wasn't ranting. That long pause where everyone thought Biden glitched...was it because he was listening to trump ranting?
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Trump Still Owes 12 Rally Cities Hundreds of Thousands
Donald Trump still owes several cities money from past campaign rallies, including El Paso. Information compiled in 2019 from the Centers for Public Integrity shows that at least 12 cities were owed money, showing El Paso was owed the most.
Laura Cruz-Acosta, communications director for the City of El Paso confirmed Trump has an outstanding balance of $569,204.63 which includes a one-time late fee of $98,787.58 for his February 2019 visit.
"It was primarily for law enforcement purposes and safety and security for the health and wellness of the community as much as the health and wellness of those who were visiting us," Cruz-Acosta said.
Also still unpaid: Mesa, Tuscon, Minneapolis, Billings, Albuquerque, Lebanon, Erie, Burlington, Spokane, Eau Claire, and Green Bay.
On a snowy Tuesday evening in April, Trump made his first visit in four years to Green Bay, delivering a roughly one-hour speech to hundreds of supporters gathered downtown at the KI Convention Center. The city's costs for the rally totaled nearly $33,400 officials said in a July 2nd press release. The costs stemmed from operational, security, and traffic coordination services—the biggest chunk coming in police overtime— said Diana Ellenbecker, the city's finance director.
The April rally was the most expensive presidential campaign event Green Bay has hosted without being reimbursed since 2016. Trump's campaign has refused to reimburse the city for those costs or for nearly $9,400 in police expenses related to an August 2016 rally, city records show. "When we reached out to the Trump camp, they sent an email that they’re not responsible for paying this bill," Ellenbecker said.
Trump has refused to pay over a dozen cities for rallies dating back to 2015, perhaps most notably El Paso, where Trump owes nearly $600,000.
MAGATard GOP Official Defrauded Police Charity, Spent Money on Herself
A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a former Las Vegas city councilwoman and current Nye County, Nevada justice of the peace for her scheme to defraud donors to a charity to memorialize police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
According to the indictment, Michele Fiore, 53, of Pahrump, Nevada—a then-Las Vegas city councilwoman—solicited donations to build a statue honoring Las Vegas police officers who were killed in the line of duty.
Fiore allegedly promised donors that "100% of the contributions" would be used towards the creation of this statue.
However, Fiore did not use any of the tens of thousands of dollars in charitable donations for the statue for fallen officers, and instead converted the money to her personal use.
The donations were used to pay her political fundraising bills and rent, and were transferred to family members, including to pay for her daughter's wedding.
Fiore is charged with four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each count.
Fiore was appointed justice of the peace for Nye County in December 2022 after her failed campaign for state treasurer. She previously represented Ward 6 on the Las Vegas City Council from 2017 to 2022.
During her time on the council, Fiore was appointed mayor pro tem but resigned after facing backlash over accusations that she made racially-charged comments during a Clark County Republican Convention.
She also faced a failed recall effort, a Federal Election Commission complaint, and a lawsuit over a physical altercation with current Councilwoman and candidate for Las Vegas mayor, Victoria Seaman.
In 2015, Fiore volunteered to fly to Paris and personally shoot Syrian refugees in the head, "I'm OK with putting them down, blacking them out, just put a piece of brass in their ocular cavity and end their miserable life. I'm good with that."
Weeks later she earned national headlines for a Christmas card showing her entire family, including a small boy, clutching handguns and assault weapons.
In 2016, Fiore ran for the U.S. House, finishing third in the Republican primary with just over 5,000 votes.
In 2021, Fiore launched her run for Nevada governor with a campaign video in which she fired a gun at signs marking her "three shot plan" to ban vaccine mandates, ban critical race theory, and stop voter fraud.
In 2022, she ran another gun-centered ad in Palm Beach, Florida in order to draw Trump's endorsement in her bid for governor, which she did not get.
Man Who Donated Cranes to Rally Cannot Get Them Back
The American flag that served as a backdrop for Trump at the Butler rally was held aloft by two long-boom cranes donated for the event by Mitchel DeLullo, 31, a Butler County small business owner.
Late last week, he was contacted by a company affiliated with the Butler rally in search of forklifts for the event. Mr. DeLullo instead enthusiastically offered to donate his two best cranes to "hang a real big flag" in support of Trump.
Since the shooting, Mr. DeLullo has been unable to retrieve the cranes, because they are in the middle of one of the most scrutinized crime scenes in the country. He has lost over $50,000 of business as a result.
The owner says he has had to cancel several contracts for the million-dollar cranes. He says that even if the losses put him out of business, it was worth it to help Trump. Surely the campaign will reimburse him, right?
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