His campaign, not taxpayers, should pay for these events. Congress should hold Trump accountable.
As Campaign Season Heats Up, Trump Has Turned the Official Into the Political
and it's over. It's remarkable how Trump has completely obliterated the line between taxpayer-funded official White House events and political rallies. pic.twitter.com/Khfady9UWE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 7, 2020
“You better go out and vote on Nov. 3,” Trump says at National Prayer Breakfast, an official event and typically a bipartisan one
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 6, 2020
This is an "official" event. Trump is now mocking Democrats' Iowa problems at length, saying, "They can't count simple votes, but they want to fix your health care system." He also mocks Pete Buttigieg as a nobody.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 7, 2020
Trump’s speech, delivered from behind a lectern w/a presidential seal, was billed as an official WH event + his travel was not paid for by his campaign. But it was indistinguishable in much of its content from remarks He delivers at his MAGA rallies.https://t.co/cztg7Jw5XW
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) October 4, 2019
Trump turning a WH (taxpayer funded) event on Medicare into campaign rally: “These are maniacs. Elizabeth, Pocohantas. When I used to hit her, I thought she was done. But she came back from the ashes. Now I’m gonna have to do it again because I don’t see Sleepy Joe making it.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 3, 2019
Trump is now telling this official event in Michigan about the expected size of the crowd at his rally tonight in Iowa. "It's all over the news," he says.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 30, 2020
Trump ends LSU event by turning it into a rally: "You got a good [POTUS] now – even though they're trying to impeach the son of a bitch! Can you believe that?… we took out those terrorists like your football team would've taken out those terrorists!"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 17, 2020
Players look uncomfortable pic.twitter.com/5z6PipzB61
Here's a sample of the just-concluded official Trump speech at a community college in North Carolina. pic.twitter.com/saEW1ECIVC
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 7, 2020
Sad! 