Corey Lewandowski can’t even figure out just how much money el Trumpo supposedly raised for the veterans that he bragged about so much, but they’re admitting that it’s not the $6 million he kept boasting of.
An unbelievable night in Iowa with our great Veterans! We raised $6,000,000.00 while the politicians talked! #GOPDebate
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2016
From the Blaze:
Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told the news outlet Friday the the amount raised at the Des Moines rally was in fact less than $6 million.
Lewandowski said he did not “know the exact number” off the top of his head but said he would confirm the number within the next couple of days. He explained the false report by claiming that at the time of the rally, Trump believed he had raised $6 million, but more money was pledged than was actually donated.
More than two months after the January fundraiser, the beneficiaries of the funds had only been given “a fraction of the promised money,” the Wall Street Journal reported at the time.
After surveying 22 veterans groups originally listed by the Trump campaign as beneficiaries, the publication concluded that 19 of the groups had received only $2.4 million of the reported $6 million raised.
The Washington Post reported Friday that Lewandowski said the “special event” actually raised about $4.5 million. But Lewandowski told CNN that number was incorrect.
Isn’t that amazing? He can just brazenly lie and nobody cares and his idiot followers will keep claiming that he raised $6 million for the vets. It also escapes their attention that until he ran for president and needed a photo op with veterans, Trump didn’t raise any money for them when he could have very easily.
Don't forget Indiana Trump even raised 6 million dollars for the vets instead of debateing made fox loose big money cause he cares for ppl
— Trump 4 President (@jparr44mag) May 3, 2016
Ah well. Words are meaningless, and truth is relative now.