Trump fans give him thousands of dollars for the privilege of telling him how much they love him
by digby
The cult gathered for a big party at Mar-a-lago this week-end:
These people came from all over the country to put money directly into the pocket of the president of the United States. And he wasn't even there!
The theme of the event was "Country comes to Mar-a-Lago" which is why they are all dressed .... that way.
According to this Buzzfeed report, they are all obsessed with socialism and couldn't stop talking about how it is going to ensure a Donald Trump victory. They seemed to think Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is running for president. Or something.
The Mar-a-Lago event, which included a cocktail hour and dinner as well as a photo line with actor Jon Voight for VIP guests, was the second celebration for the Trumpettes, who want to make it an annual gathering while Trump is in office. The group was formed by wealthy socialites in 2016 with the goal of getting women to support Trump. It was not a fundraiser, according to organizers. Guests paid between $550 and $2,000 for a ticket to help cover the cost of the event. (BuzzFeed News paid for a media ticket that covered the cost of dinner).
Among the draws for the event were conservative media personalities, including Pirro and Mike Lindell, widely known as the star of the ubiquitous TV ads for his My Pillow company; musician Lee Green, whose song “God Bless the USA” plays at most Trump events; and Brian Kolfage, an Iraq war veteran who created a GoFundMe page to raise money to build a wall along the southern border. Kolfage received a long standing ovation from the crowd.
The president also sent a video message for the event, thanking his supporters and listing his accomplishments, including on North Korea just before he flies to Vietnam to meet with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un. “Who knows were it will go?,” he said of the US-North Korea relationship. “We’ll see.”
Trump was also present physically at the event — in a way. Several cardboard cutouts of the president were lined along the entrance of the ballroom for guests to take pictures with.
Sporting red “Trump 2020” and “Make America Great Again” hats, the guests also dismissed any concerns about special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, which is reported to be coming to a close soon, hurting Trump’s re-election chances.
“Really? a Russian agent?,” Pirro said during her speech as the crowd laughed.
Naming former FBI officials James Comey, Andrew McCabe, and Peter Strozk, Pirro went on to say: “They did everything they could to conduct a bloodless coup and overthrow our president, and to this day their co-conspirator Robert Mueller is still in the trenches trying to dig up nothing!”
There wasn’t much about Trump that concerned this crowd (although one guest joked Trump probably wouldn’t get a Husband of the Year award anytime soon). Even though Ocasio-Cortez kept coming up, attendees insisted they weren’t actually worried about her hurting the president’s chances either.
Karen Hardin, another Trumpette at the event, put it this way: “She’s a little bug who’s going to get squashed.”
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