While the campaign paid in advance due to Asheville’s policy for short-notice bookings, Trump has a long history of failing to pay cities for billed rally fees, leaving the White House in January 2021 with at least $850,000 in unpaid rally debt. Most of the bills are still unpaid, including more than $500,000 owed to The city of El Paso, Texas.

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    Too untrustworthy to be allowed to pay in arrears, yet some dipshits still think it’s appropriate to let him run the country. Un-fucking-believable.

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    While the campaign paid in advance due to Asheville’s policy for short-notice bookings, Trump has a long history of failing to pay cities for billed rally fees, leaving the White House in January 2021 with at least $850,000 in unpaid rally debt. Most of the bills are still unpaid, including more than $500,000 owed to the city of El Paso, Texas.

    Deadbeat.

    The Trump campaign booked the smaller of two venues at the same complex in downtown Asheville for Wednesday’s rally. The Thomas Wolfe Auditorium has a capacity of just 2,431 people, while a larger arena next door that is not hosting Trump has a capacity of 7,200.

    Oh, but Donnie, I thought everyone in the world wants to be at your rallies. Why would you shut them out?

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    So the venue followed the same policy they would use for a Harris booking? And y’all somehow got the idea this is about Trump?

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    My hometown. Genuinely shocked AVL is letting this happen but that city’s changed a lot since I left it. Last I checked, the retirees had almost entirely colonized everything but the RAD. Anyone still there got an update on how things are now?