The Trump Campaign Spent $208,000 on Hats in May

[kpete]

Trump is totally crushing Clinton in the all-important campaign infrastructure category of hat buying.

Trump campaign expenses in May, per @FEC report:
Hats: $208k
Online advertising: $115k
Data management: $48k
Communications consulting: $38k

https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/745098363155132416


http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/06/21/the-trump-campaign-spent-208000-on-hats-in-may-n2181535



hat tip to liberal N proud for reminding me about this:

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. They sell a lot of them

I'd think they're the most popular item of Trump clothing - the campaign makes a big thing of them. It's not that surprising to me.

[blogslut]

6. Do they?

Granted, we see many photos of people wearing them but do we know if those hats were purchased by individual supporters? Perhaps the bulk of those hats were given away by the campaign. You know, like the way right-wing authors get to claim high sales due to bulk purchases by right-wing organizations.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Whether they sell or give them away wouldn't matter for the numbers the campaign buys

but I'd expect they sell wherever possible - Trump is about making money, after all. Why give the suckers an even break?

[blogslut]

14. Good point.

The man is greedy above all. Then again, as proposed below, perhaps the campaign buys them from a company owned by cheeto-jesus? I swear I read somewhere else that numerous campaign expenditures are paid out to his properties.

I'm not denying the fact that those damned hats are ubiquitous. I just question whether or not they are generating measurable revenue for his presidential campaign.

AHA! This is interesting:

http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00580100/1079423/sb/ALL

Note all the payout to "Ace Specialities LLC"?

Now, lookie here:

https://www.erictrumpfoundation.com/board-of-directors/christl-mahfouz

Christl Mahfouz
Vice President, Sky High for St. Jude and Founder/President, Ace Specialties, L.L.C.

Christl Mahfouz is Vice President of Sky High for St.Jude and Founder/President of Ace Specialties, L.L.C., a Work Wear, Safety and Promotional Product Company, administering to the oil and gas industry, headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. Through her skilled leadership and due to her determination and enterprising spirit, Ace Specialties has experienced exponential growth within the last few years. In 2013, Christl was runner-up for the Louisiana Small Business Administration Women in Business Champion Award for her entrepreneurship in an emerging business and for creating job growth within the community. Christl is the Co-Founder of Sky High for St. Jude, a non-profit organization comprised of ten professional women and a team of advisors, sponsors and volunteers, for which she serves as Vice President. The organization hosts multiple events throughout the year, including clay shoots in Texas and Louisiana and a carnival at the Ronald McDonald House of Memphis. An active volunteer, Christl has also donated her time and effort to her son’s private school, Cathedral-Carmel, and helped raise almost half a million dollars within two years. In 2009, she was nominated for the local Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Chapter as Woman of the Year, and was honored to serve on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana/Mississippi Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for two years. Christl holds a Bachelor Degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a concentration in Applied Life Sciences. She resides in Lafayette, Louisiana, with her husband Alex and son Alex III.

http://www.acespecial.com/About/leadership

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. And they are made in China.

Someone posted a picture here a while back.

[Scientific]

8. "Made in China" - Republicans scamming Americans again

The mandatory Republican flag lapel pins are made in China, too. Why do Republicans hate Americans? Why do Republicans always scam America?

[randr]

3. And the proper name for them is Asshats

[Cosmocat]

9. lol

[liberal N proud]

4. Apparently hats are what works with Trump supporters

[edhopper]

5. Trump owns the

clothing company that sells them to the campaign.

It is all one big grift.

[Initech]

10. Make America Buy Hats Again!

[kairos12]

12. Ha ha. Thread winner.

[underpants]

13. RogueTrooper posted this in another thread.

[kairos12]

11. Asshats. I thought those were free to the Reich Wing.

[SwankyXomb]

15. Not actually spent on hats

but maintaining whatever that thing on top of his head is.