Melania was paid $237,000 to appear at an April Political Event during Don's Presidential run, this year.

[candycorn]

well glad you admit that, CNN article seems to try and suggest this was an event for her husband's campaign and might be unethtical. Glad you admit it was just a speaking engagment, not for her husband.

It doesn't say it's unethical. It says it is unimaginably horrible for a candidate to have to pay their spouse to speak on their behalf.

 

[j-mac]

Did anybody notice this? It is kind of unusual for a candidates wife to have to be paid to appear at a political event in support of her husband's run for political office, isn't it?
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And you believe that eh?

 

[Mrkelly]

You really should not have been hiding under Trump's hotel room bed if you know that for a fact, and that's the only way you would know.

 

[struth]

It doesn't say it's unethical. It says it is unimaginably horrible for a candidate to have to pay their spouse to speak on their behalf.

who paid their spouse???? what the F are you talking about? How weird

 

[westwall]

Nothing.

They speak at their spouse's events for free....like normal, non-weird people.

It wasn't an event for Don, liar.

 

[ElmerMudd]

You are conflating the reports. Trump's financial disclosures are not about campaign expenditures. They are about the candidate's personal finances. Virtually all elected offices have financial disclosure requirements.

Melania had income from speaking engagements, and that income was reported in his financial disclosure statements, that's all and as it should be.

The events that she had paid speaking arrangements were not Trump campaign events (which would be treated as Campaign financial expenditures)- they were some other GOP political group or PAC not coordinated with the campaign.

PAC's can have fundraisers, and they can pay prominent people for speaking engagements...

MAGA does not know what they do not know.

 

[White 6]

And stupid DEMs make fun of her for it.

I had not heard that. I know a few Democrats, but it never came up.

 

[White 6]

How the fuck is getting money a campaign expenditure when you neither pay nor receive the money?

Look the disclosure laws or inquire from the Trump campaign. I just read the articles, found it interesting and passed it on.

 

[White 6]

Huh? You think continuing to bring in millions of lowlife illegals will benefit our country? That telling businesses what to charge for their goods won’t lead to business failures? She is a socialist who wants as many government-dependent people here as possible, and as few industrious, hard-working, and successful people as possible.

You should know better than to vote to destroy America.

I had not heard Melania was bringing in millions of illegals. I doubt it, but whatever.

 

[White 6]

For any other candidate it would be tragic. Trump broke that barrier on day one.

Melania was with him repeatedly on the first and several times on the second campaign. This time, seems to be avoiding, like the plague.

 

[White 6]

And you believe that eh?

Yes

 

[struth]

Those weren't campaign events shit brains.

What in the world were they? Was this even a campaign event? What made it one?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I had not heard that. I know a few Democrats, but it never came up.

The DEMs in the media mock her all the time.

 

[Clipper]

Yet nobody has claimed it was a campaign event. Fuck you very much.

Think she went there for tea & crumpets, Trump's wedgie?