group lost its tax exempt status for failing to file tax returns for three years. vsa is appealing that decision, but those tax documents are supposed to be public so that we can find out where the money is going. and, for now, vsa is note giving them up. there is also some question about the legality of the trump speech abord the u.s.s. iowa. trump has given candidates more than $2700, the event itself cost more than 10,000 tlars. joel aaron said his group is being attacked for endorsing donald trump. this is wlaps when a group of conservative veterans takes a stand on an issue. we are proud to make that endorsement. the trump camp is not exactly returning the love. mr. trump was asked to speak as a guest at the veteran s for a stronger america event. and, as an article debit supporter to veterans causes, he agreed to attend. mr. trump and the campaign had
no nojs of any issues associated with the group or their chairman, joel aarons. trurp also claims to have not taken a single penny from that event. so, i mean, if this group is not legitimate and they re hosting some sort of a fundraiser to the tune of a thousand bucks a ticket, there s a problem. there is a problem. i mean, i ve been involved with veteran s nonprofits for a better part of nine years of my career. there s a lot of regulations that go with run ining a 501 (c. these are advocacy organizations on issues, not just endorsing. if you you can, but if it s the primary thing of what you re doing, you re going to run into
breaking tonights you just heard from senator marco rrubio. most of the gop field took the stage one after the other to be the with the exception of donald trump. each of the kand tats trying to build obama wednesday s debate and score points with a key group of conservative voters. here s just a little of what we heard. i was a disrupter in tallahassee. we need a line-item veto power. i vetoed 2500 separate line items in the budget. the only way to do it is we ve got to take it on and
for failing to file tax returns for three years. vsa is appealing that decision but those tax documents are supposed to be public so that we can find out where the money is going. and, for now, vsa is note giving them up. there is also some question about the legality of the trump speech abord the u.s.s. iowa. trump has given candidates more than $2700, the event itself cost more than 10,000 tlars. joel aaron said his group is being attacked for endorsing donald trump. this is wlaps when a group of conservative veterans takes a stand on an issue. we are proud to make that endorsement. the trump camp is not exactly returning the love. mr. trump was asked to speak as a guest at the veteran s for a stronger america event. and, as an article debit supporter to veterans causes, he agreed to attend. mr. trump and the campaign had no nojs of any issues associated
showed that as far as members, listen, i run a membership organization. it s hard to build a real grass roots advocacy group. just like it s hard to form a v.a. that, you can find groups out there fighting for reform. 75 paid. we re out there kicking and poking and jabbing. he says he s got hundreds of thousands of supporters and he s legit. you can claim that because of e-mail lists or whatever. 50,000 on facebook. that fine groups like ours have far more. members are real people who do work for you. if these people donated, cnn was reporting it could been up to seven figures. if they donated to charity that is not a charity, what s going to happen to the money? well, it s going to sit. it s going to sit there in a holding pattern right now. if they re able to get their stat again, that money can be used. it s not immediately going down a rat hole.