President Donald Trump’s failure to fully condemn white nationalists in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville has cost his Mar-a-Lago club yet another charity event next year.
The Palm Beach Habilitation Center told the Palm Beach Daily News on Sunday that the group would pull their annual luncheon scheduled for February 2018 from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.
“We’ve decided to move because we want to keep the focus of the event on our mission, which is to help adults with physical or mental challenges live the best lives possible,” the center’s CEO, David Lin, told the Palm Beach Daily News.
The Palm Beach Habilitation Center’s decision to ditch Mar-a-Lago brings the total number of charities pulling their events from the Palm Beach club to 18.
Since Trump took a “both sides” approach to neo-Nazis and white supremacists after the deadly attack in Charlottesville, nonprofits have steadily yanked their events from Mar-a-Lago, a once-popular venue for Palm Beach’s winter fundraising season.
Dear Donnie,
One important element of growing up is learning that your actions have consequences.
Welcome to 2nd grade.
Sincerely,
Karma
About that pledge of $1 million to Harvey victims…
If Trump were slightly smart, he would realize that making a big donation would help his standing a lot, and he might recoup the money through more business at his properties.
But, but, but Benghazi… eMails… birth certificates… “I’m, like, a smart person”.
Instead he’s buying time, hoping people forget (they won’t) and looking for where he can get the money from (hint: won’t be his and Melania’s own personal bank account…).
Trump didn’t bungle his response. He sent exactly the message he wanted to send. Stormfront and the KKK are giddy about it. The message only seems “bungled” (i.e., inappropriate, improper, and unconscionable) to people who aren’t racist xenophobic anti-Semites.