[ [link removed] ]Tell the Trump campaign: Stop stiffing cities
Petition to Trump 2020 Campaign Manager Brad Parscale:
"Stop stiffing American taxpayers. Repay cities for campaign costs."
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Dear Jack,
[ [link removed] ]Tell the Trump
campaign: Stop stiffing
cities
Donald Trump's businesses only survived because he routinely refused to
pay contractors and repeatedly declared bankruptcy to escape paying his
bills. Now his campaign is doing the same thing.
The Trump campaign owes well over $1 million to American cities for extra
costs associated with campaign rallies. Trump's visits force cities to
spend extra for security and police overtime to protect his hate-mongering
road show, and his campaign repeatedly refuses to reimburse cities for the
cost.^1
Trump's refusal to pay his bills fits a long pattern of exploiting
taxpayers and his employees – and we need to make sure it gets media
attention by putting pressure on his campaign to repay American cities.
[ [link removed] ]Tell the Trump campaign: Pay your bills. Click here to sign the
petition.
Trump's campaign events are cesspools of hatred – chants of "lock her up"
and "send her back," racist slurs and threats against protestors – that
resemble hate-group rallies more than they do traditional campaign events.
On top of it all, they also cost American cities tens or even hundreds of
thousands of dollars. Each time Trump comes to town, cities have to shell
out extra money for infrastructure, security and police overtime – and the
Trump campaign never pays them back.^2
Trump owes El Paso alone $569,000 for his rally following the horrific
shooting there earlier this year. His campaign owes $530,000 to
Minneapolis, $211,000 to Albuquerque, $84,000 to Tucson, $65,000 to
Spokane, and between $8,000 and $64,000 to other cities across the
country. The unpaid debt pales in comparison to the hundreds of millions
his campaign is raking in from corporate interests and Wall Street
financiers, and it will only grow as we move into 2020.^3
In Minnesota, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey attempted to take a stand and
demand the Trump campaign pay upfront for the extra costs associated with
his visit. The campaign lashed out, accusing him of being a leftist member
of the resistance, and Trump took to Twitter to attack him.^4
Unpaid bills are part of a larger pattern. Trump spent decades routinely
refusing to pay contractors for their work on his buildings, exploited
undocumented workers and repeatedly declared bankruptcy to get out of
paying his bills.^5 Now, his administration neglects low-wage contractors
who went unpaid during his shutdown, hounds young people with student debt
and gifts billionaires huge tax cuts. We need to put a glaring spotlight
on Trump's disgusting exploitation by demanding his campaign stop taking
advantage of cities across the country.
Tell the Trump campaign: Pay your bills. Click below to sign the petition:
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Thank you for speaking out,
Heidi Hess, Co-Director
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets
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References:
1. Philip Bump, "[ [link removed] ]The Trump campaign has over $1 million in outstanding
bills from American cities," The Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2019.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Quint Forgey, "[ [link removed] ]Minneapolis mayor reveals what it feels like to
become Trump’s target," POLITICO, Oct. 10, 2019.
5. Tina Nguyen, "[ [link removed] ]Trump Accused of Routinely Stiffing His Own
Employees," Vanity Fair, June 10, 2016.
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