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Authorities in Erie, Pennsylvania, are still seeking $40,330 from Donald Trump's presidential campaign to pay for assistance they provided for his 2018 and 2023 campaign visits, bringing the total debt five cities say he owes them to over $740,000.

The Erie claim was made by a spokesman for the city's Democratic Mayor Joe Schember during a conversation with the Erie Times-News.

It is in addition to more than $700,000 of unpaid debts that four cities---El Paso, Texas; Spokane, Washington; Mesa, Arizona; and Green Bay, Wisconsin---were still seeking last month for rallies that took place between 2016 and 2019, a Newsweek investigation found.


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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago

That's just GOOD business! But we need to JAIL all these MOTHERS Shoplifting DIAPERS!

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 hours ago

Better send it to collections and get debt collectors revved up because y'all ain't gonna see a cent...

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 52 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

It's shocking that anyone let's him have a rally without paying up front.

[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

It’s amazing that these cities let him hold another rally after stiffing them twice.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 1 hour ago

You’d think at some point they would learn their lesson but they seem to love footing the bill.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Fool me twice and all that shit

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 3 points 48 minutes ago

Not if the people in charge or approving it are republicans. They don’t care about tax payer money. At. All.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 41 points 2 hours ago

Given his legendary reputation for stiffing contractors, it's amazing anyone does any business at all with him without getting paid cash up-front.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 27 points 3 hours ago

I was gonna say, doesn't this go back to 2016?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

I'm pretty sure the reason Trump went to St. Cloud instead of Minneapolis of St. Paul is because all the big venues here are all owned or managed by some public group or another. Target Center (T-wolves,), the Minneapolis Convention Center, are both owned by Minneapolis out right; US bank stadium (vikings), Target Field (Twins baseball,) and the Xcell Center (the wild,)

Which really leaves Allianz field and CHS stadium, both of which are in St Paul, and it's dubious that the city would allow the event permits after the shitshow that happened during the 2020 Minneapolis rally. (something about day's notice, and among a lot of other things, ravening hordes of bigots from... not the city... many were just out-state rednecks, most were not from Minnesota at all, descending on checkpoints and not wanting to give up their firearms while also not having nearly enough porta-johns to accommodate them. ) (for anyone wondering. No. a security guard is not going to unlock the door and let you use the restroom because you're waiving firearms at them. they're going to leave the door locked and run away while calling the cops.)

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Old totals from who knows when

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 32 minutes ago

Start putting liens on his big dumb buildings. That should get his fucking attention.

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -4 points 3 hours ago

Newsweek - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report)Information for Newsweek:

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Search topics on Ground.Newshttps://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-chased-over-unpaid-debts-his-rallies-1961765
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