tRUMP Won't Pay His Bills! Earlier this month, Tr
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tRUMP Won't Pay His Bills!
Earlier this month, Trump slammed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as a “radical left mayor” because the Democrat demanded Trump’s campaign cover the city’s costs for a rally. Frey replied that Midwesterners “pay our bills” and that the president’s campaign could afford to pitch in.
Jacob Frey
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@Jacob_Frey
Yawn... Welcome to Minneapolis where we pay our bills, we govern with integrity, and we love all of our neighbors. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/11...7711600642 …
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
The lightweight mayor is hurting the great police and other wonderful supporters. 72,000 ticket requests already. Dump Frey and Omar! Make America Great Again! https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1181389560661577730 …
“He doesn’t like paying his bills,” Frey wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post. “Just ask the cities of El Paso, Tucson or Lebanon, Ohio, all of which are still waiting for the president to pick up his tab for costs their cities incurred hosting his campaign events.”
At least 10 cities have complained that the Trump campaign has not paid them for police and fire department costs, totaling more than $840,000, according to a study this summer by the Center for Public Integrity.
The campaign still owes $569,000 to El Paso, Texas, for a rally there in February, local station CBS-4 TV reported earlier this month. The money represents 15% of the city’s total debt. Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), who held a presidential campaign rally in March in El Paso, paid his bill in May when it was due.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from HuffPost. Michael Glassner, the chief operating officer of the Trump campaign organization, told The Hill that it’s the “Secret Service, not the campaign, which coordinates with local law enforcement.” He added that all bills should go to the Secret Service.
A city representative underscored to The Hill that the cost was “created by the president’s campaign,” not for a presidential visit.
Earlier this month, Trump slammed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as a “radical left mayor” because the Democrat demanded Trump’s campaign cover the city’s costs for a rally. Frey replied that Midwesterners “pay our bills” and that the president’s campaign could afford to pitch in.
Jacob Frey
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@Jacob_Frey
Yawn... Welcome to Minneapolis where we pay our bills, we govern with integrity, and we love all of our neighbors. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/11...7711600642 …
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
The lightweight mayor is hurting the great police and other wonderful supporters. 72,000 ticket requests already. Dump Frey and Omar! Make America Great Again! https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1181389560661577730 …
“He doesn’t like paying his bills,” Frey wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post. “Just ask the cities of El Paso, Tucson or Lebanon, Ohio, all of which are still waiting for the president to pick up his tab for costs their cities incurred hosting his campaign events.”
At least 10 cities have complained that the Trump campaign has not paid them for police and fire department costs, totaling more than $840,000, according to a study this summer by the Center for Public Integrity.
The campaign still owes $569,000 to El Paso, Texas, for a rally there in February, local station CBS-4 TV reported earlier this month. The money represents 15% of the city’s total debt. Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), who held a presidential campaign rally in March in El Paso, paid his bill in May when it was due.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from HuffPost. Michael Glassner, the chief operating officer of the Trump campaign organization, told The Hill that it’s the “Secret Service, not the campaign, which coordinates with local law enforcement.” He added that all bills should go to the Secret Service.
A city representative underscored to The Hill that the cost was “created by the president’s campaign,” not for a presidential visit.
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