Fox Host Claims He Didn’t Know He Was Funding Trump Campaign By Buying Merch

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Fox News host Brian Kilmeade is claiming that he didn’t know he gave $600 to the Trump campaign by buying Make America Great Again ornaments after the 2016 election as Christmas gifts.

According to a Tuesday Hill report, he said he was looking for something “cool and unique” to give to his friends and family after the election.

Despite the fact that he purchased the pricy gifts through the Trump campaign website, and had to fill in his occupation at the time of purchase as part of federal election law, the “Fox and Friends” host insists that he did not understand the implications.

“There’s no secret, there’s no ‘ah ha’ moment,” Kilmeade told the Hill. “There’s, ‘I bought ornaments two years ago before Christmas for people that like Donald Trump.'”

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  1. Avatar for marknc marknc says:

    He wanted to pick something cool and unique? He didn’t understand that when you log on the the Trump website you are contributing?

    And this guys runs the country (by telling Trump what to do through the TV)

  2. he said he was looking for something “cool and unique”

    … and so he bought something off the Internet?

  3. Avatar for docd docd says:

    Not only was it cool and unique, it was also imported.

  4. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    He is so stupid that I actually believe him in this one instance.

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