Popular Information reports:
In a series of fundraising appeals, Trump offered his supporters a chance to appear with him on stage during an October 5 rally when he returned to the site of his attempted assassination, Butler, Pennsylvania. These solicitations were sent to the Trump campaign email list, which reportedly includes tens of millions of people.
“I’d love to bring you up on stage for my Butler rally!” was the subject line of a September 2 fundraising email from Trump. “Can we take a picture together during my rally in Butler, Pennsylvania?” Trump asks in the body of the text.
There was no sign of a contest winner at any time during Trump’s lengthy appearance at the rally — from the moment Trump took the stage to when he left almost two hours later.
Read the full article. During the 2020 campaign, Trump ran dozens of “contests” to have dinner with him in return for a donation. As was widely reported at the time, not a single winner was ever identified.
Trump held a contest to join him on stage at his rally in Butler. Was it a scam? https://t.co/lqcdYOQauo
— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) October 7, 2024
It’s much worse than that.
The Trump campaign admitted that one of their contests last year September in New York was completely fraudulent.
They promised a contest to win a breakfast with Trump and Trump didn’t even show up.https://t.co/2de4xHOcCH https://t.co/VZVvoV1Hla
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 8, 2020