Trump Holds Campaign Fundraiser At His DC Hotel Without The Press

General view of the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. at the Old Post Office on November 11, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Riccardo Savi) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday night held a fundraiser for his 2020 re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee at his own Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Inside, closed off from the press, Trump raised about $10 million from the event at which tickets were $35,000 a piece, according to an estimate reported by the Associated Press. Reporters were initially told they could cover Trump’s remarks at the fundraiser, but the President’s team reversed on Wednesday.

“Unfortunately there was some confusion with the (Republican National Committee) and due to the logistical challenges bringing in the press at this late moment is not going to be possible,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Wednesday.

Trump used his speech at the fundraiser to blast CNN and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), according to a Politico report. Trump also touted Republicans’ recent victories in congressional special elections, two people who attended the event told Politico.

Outside the Trump hotel where the fundraiser were held, about 60 protesters gathered holding signs and shouting, per Politico. The demonstrators arrived before Trump’s speech and shouted phrases like “Your mother would be ashamed!” and “Get a better suit,” according to New York Magazine.

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  1. MANGOTUS wants to play the game of restricting press access? Fine. The press should not cover any of his appearances. No State of the Union, no rallies, no signing ceremonies, no interviews. Use the time that would be dedicated to showing video of his gruntings to investigative exposes.

  2. Remember when the right consistently complained about Obama was always campaigning? Yeah well now let’s see how they spin this President always campaigning and playing golf. Do you think the Trump people will figure out how to merge the two?

  3. This is a perfect example of what defines the tRump era as nothing more than a creeping dictatorship. We, the American people, by way of our government, supposedly own the lease on that building. All the same, tRump finagles ways through the IRS tax code somehow, to stash the profits from hotel receipts through some non-blind trust, unaccountable and opaque as hell, controlled by criminal elements within his own family’s business, using whatever bullshit financial instruments they’ve devised to transfer those profits into their own fucking pockets. As a result of being allowed to continue to slap his name on that renovated Post Office building and collect those receipts, he’s attracting high-paying foreign and domestic bureaucrats, wanting to influence and curry favor with this administration through their patronage. Truth be told, this is nothing short of allowing influence peddling without any transparency, as payment for preferential treatment, with all available oversight being denied to the public on a regular basis.

    tRump then holds campaign rallies there, where he’s able to hire a private security firm, hopefully at his own expense, but fungible nonetheless, on top of what we the taxpayer provide him by way of the Secret Service, and on top of all that, he gets to keep out the press and the general public…because, reasons.

    That is how an autocrat is allowed to control all factors, all angles, and get away with this shameful event and outrageous abuse of power. Ethics be damned, especially as the GOP and their cronies sit back and say nothing, and do nothing, allowing this to continue to the detriment of the entire basis for our democratic system of government. One more fundamental principle being eroded without anyone doing a fucking thing about it.

    The first Amendment is dying, folks…but never mind all that, fix your brain elsewhere, while this Barnum and Bailey Clown President fleeces the country for his own benefit while we’re all reduced to reading about it on a daily basis. It just disgusting. There’s no excuse for this shit. None.

  4. Avatar for docb docb says:

    Quit reporting this crap and lies as anything other than…‘in other news’ defiantly excluding his name and tweets…and the lies of his surrogates…STARVE THIS rotten STAIN OUT…

    HE is a whore for attention…cut off the mic and everything on the back page in small print…The World is disgusted with him after a few long months…

  5. You really think news outlets can just all get together and agree to stop covering the President of the United States? Particularly one who’s insane?

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