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BumRushDaShow

(174,275 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:18 AM Yesterday

GOP Charging As Much As $20,000 To Be A 'Delegate' At Trump's Fake Convention

Source: Huff Post

Jul 9, 2026, 06:35 PM EDT | Updated 8 hours ago


WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s midterm “convention” will choose neither a candidate nor a platform, but state parties are nevertheless charging as much as $20,000 to be an “honorary delegate” on the floor of the Dallas Mavericks’ arena.

The Michigan Republican Party is charging $7,500 for a floor seat or $10,000 for a couple, according to the committee’s website. The California Republican Party is asking $10,000 to be a “VIP delegate” on the convention floor, although donor packages as high as $250,000 are available that include floor access, hotel rooms and gift bags with the state party logo on them.

The Texas state party is charging $20,000 for an “honorary delegate” credential, which includes a two-night hotel stay and a “Texas Shirt and Cowboy Hat,” according to a flyer obtained by HuffPost.

“Where is that money going?” wondered Joe Walsh, a former Republican lawmaker from Illinois who broke with Trump in the president’s first term, adding that money from Trump’s supporters to attend what he called a glorified rally was money that would not be spent to elect local Republicans. “Trump doesn’t give a fuck about the midterms. He makes everything about himself, and he has no problem taking money away from other Republicans.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-midterm-republican-convention_n_6a4ff01fe4b0aaa374248f5f?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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GOP Charging As Much As $20,000 To Be A 'Delegate' At Trump's Fake Convention (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Another day, another grift no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1
Basically a GOP Griftachella. tanyev Yesterday #2
Grifters gotta grift. They're the GOP: Grifting Old Pedophiles ms liberty Yesterday #3
That Dallas arena is pretty big, do they really think they can fill it? FakeNoose Yesterday #4
They have proven they WILL come back for more. Trump scam phones was a great Bengus81 Yesterday #11
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #5
Apparently it's not a GOP convention but a meeting of the 1%. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #6
But you get a gift bag for your 20 grand! Bayard Yesterday #7
Trump's idea of civilian "losers and suckers". oasis Yesterday #8
Imagine if the Democrats had done this...! Grins Yesterday #9
I don't care,I love when those Trump humpers get BURNT on BS like this Bengus81 Yesterday #10

FakeNoose

(43,351 posts)
4. That Dallas arena is pretty big, do they really think they can fill it?
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:50 AM
Yesterday

Are there any MAGAs left who haven't been shilled? It's hard to believe.....

Bengus81

(10,716 posts)
11. They have proven they WILL come back for more. Trump scam phones was a great
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:28 PM
Yesterday

example. Sucker born every minute and two to take em........

Bayard

(30,851 posts)
7. But you get a gift bag for your 20 grand!
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 11:58 AM
Yesterday

Where was this outspoken Walsh when he was in office?

Grins

(9,641 posts)
9. Imagine if the Democrats had done this...!
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:49 PM
Yesterday

Hannity and Ingraham would have shit cinder-blocks.

Bengus81

(10,716 posts)
10. I don't care,I love when those Trump humpers get BURNT on BS like this
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:26 PM
Yesterday

Give him your last dime idiots as he takes away health care,won't vote on the Housing act.

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