Team Trump rakes in $200,000 in one weekend through the sale of plastic straws — buy a pack to ‘own the libs’ Getty Images Politics aside, paper straws are lame. The movement to ban the plastic version many of us have used our entire lives, while surely well-intentioned, took aim at a problem without offering a proper solution. Anybody who’s tried to suck a milk shake through one of those disintegrating wood-pulp-based tubes knows this all too well. So Team Trump sensed an opportunity to “own the libs” and announced last week the sale of “Trump Straws,” an alternative to those “liberal paper straws.” These straws have been a hit so far, according to Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, who celebrated the marketing coup with this tweet: We have sold more than 140,000 straws. That is over $200,000 raised. More than half of all Straw purchasers were BRAND NEW small dollar donors. Amazing! — Brad Parscale (@parscale) July 22, 2019 The sale comes after several cities in recent months have tried to curb the use of plastic straws in an attempt to minimize plastic pollution. In San Francisco, for example, a city ordinance took effect this month that bans the sale and distribution of plastic straws along with other plastic dining items. Donald Trump weighed in on the controversy Friday: "I do think we have bigger problems than plastic straws," Pres. Trump says. "You have a little straw. But what about the plates, the wrappers and everything else that are much bigger, and they're made of the same material?" https://t.co/NkJuIoh4fP pic.twitter.com/La6uTTpmeH — ABC News (@abc) July 19, 2019 Interestingly, the Trump straws are promoted as BPA-free and recyclable: When you want to buy straws to own the libs but also care to know if the plastic straws are recyclable and BPA free. https://t.co/M76PhYzum1 — Pete Schroeder (@peteschroeder) July 19, 2019 Stephen Colbert captured the expected response from Trump critics: You can now buy Trump 2020-branded straws for $15 a pack, which is a great way to let people know you suck. pic.twitter.com/s1J20c4Oqe — Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) July 20, 2019
The only thing that pisses me off is not having swindled MAGAtards myself. Is MAGA copyrighted? https://crestline.com/p/reusable-pl...Nkkl5LgC9t3wHsa6shP2YwqOXv_MfCyxoCoVAQAvD_BwE
Ya , and he charges them top dollar rent for empty offices at Trump Tower , he also charges them laundry fees, and they pay with a smile . Trump Charges His Campaign Top Dollar To Rent A Basically Empty Trump Tower Office His tiny re-election effort spent more on its monthly rent there than his campaign paid for most of the 2016 run. WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign last year spent over a half-million dollars for Trump Tower offices ― a choice that put donors’ money into the president’s pocket, but provided workspace for at most a handful of staff.
Ah, I see. So you're admitting that you're here to troll, then? I mean, you might need to do a better job - there's not a whole lot of triggering in this thread.