16 charities pull out of events at Mar-a-Lago after Trump's defense of white supremacists

[Miles Archer]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/so-far-16-charities-have-pulled-out-of-doing-their-events-at-mar-a-lago/

Standing with a defender of Nazis and white supremacists doesn’t tend to look good when non-profit groups are attempting to raise money from wealthy Floridians.

Since President Donald Trump began an alarming defense of the so-called alt-right in Charlottesville, Virginia, charities and organizations have been canceling or moving their events away from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. According to an updated list from the Palm Beach Daily News, 16 total charities have pulled away so far. There are five groups that have agreed to stay, are still trying to decide or the paper hasn’t reached out yet. They note, however, that they intend to keep the list updated, which you can see here.

The five groups who have agreed to keep their events at Trump’s resort are: The Achilles Freedom Team, the Bethesda Hospital Foundation Women of Grace luncheon, the Kravis Center wine auction a MorseLife luncheon (not a fundraiser) and the Palm Beach Police Foundation ball.

So far, the rest of the groups that are out stretch from the American Cancer Society, the Leukemia and Lymphoma gala, the Autism Project, Salvation Army even Susan G. Komen decided to pull out as well as the American Humane Association Hero Dogs and many more. The list continues to grow.

These 16 charities have decided in recent months — or days — to move their event from Mar-a-Lago this season:

American Cancer Society ball

American Friends of Magen David Adom

American Humane Association Hero Dogs luncheon

Autism Project of Palm Beach County

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute gala

Big Dog Ranch Rescue event

Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach

Cleveland Clinic, moving to The Breakers

Dana Farber Cancer Institute gala

International Red Cross ball

LIFE Lady in Red Gala, pending board approval

Leukemia and Lymphoma gala

MorseLife (Dinner dance only)

Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation luncheon

Salvation Army

Susan G. Komen Perfect Pink Party

http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local-govt--politics/keeping-track-home-here-list-who-leaving-mar-lago/Cq9HrDBsT1YB8A9EF6OijP/

[machoneman]

1. Yippee!

Hit him in the pocket book!

[Le Gaucher]

2. What the Fuck were they doing there in the first place??

Pussy gate wasnt enough apparently.

Not giving a dime to any of those fuckers

[Dustlawyer]

4. I suspect many of them were doing this as a lobbying effort in addition to

reaching the South Florida elite donors.

[TNNurse]

10. Apparently Marjorie Meriwether Post

was a big deal in the Red Cross and built the damn place, so I will cut them some slack...the others not so much.

As a breast cancer survivor, I broke up with Susan Komen long ago.

[tanyev]

3. They should have pulled out after the revelations about the Trump Foundation.

There must be plenty of places that would give them much better deals for their events.

[catbyte]

9. Or when the "Pussy Tape" came to light. How could they?

[SunSeeker]

5. Man, that pic really shows how short his fingers are in relation to the palm of his hand.

He really is a "short fingered vulgarian."

[catbyte]

8. I can't see the picture, lol. I'm using Chrome & there's an add-on I downloaded

that eliminates about 75-80% of Twitler's photos & replaces them with pictures of adorable kittens & cats. It's called "Make America Kittens Again" & it's been a lifesaver.

[SunSeeker]

12. LOL

[elias7]

6. Shouldn't be going there anyway as long as he is president

[catbyte]

7. Very encouraging, but I'm sure there's some sleazy Russian at the ready to pick up the slack

for Putin's biggest patsy.

[BigmanPigman]

11. When only two pulled out I said I'd be happier if all 16 would.

Now 16 actually did, but they never mentioned the additional five so I have updated my celebration plans. I will be happy when 21 boycott. Every company and individual should boycott everything trump. They LIVE for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[Lonestarblue]

13. Let charities know what you think.

I donate to some of these charities, and I have sent them emails thanking them for cancelling the event to enrich Trump and also saying that I would not have been making any future donations if they had kept the event at Mar-a-Lago. I don't donate to any of the groups deciding not to cancel, but I hope that people who do will contact them to complain. Not all of us can go out on the streets to protest, but we can still be activists.

[obamanut2012]

14. Fuck Bethesda -- I am ashamed of them for this

[lpbk2713]

15. They might not want ptomaine or salmonella either.

Trump's Greasy Spoon was cited heavily for several health code violations.

Link: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/article144261894.html

[Gothmog]

16. No one wants to be associated with Trump