RNC Organizers Apologize To Adelson After Asking For $6M To Cover Shortfall
Source: Talking Points Memo
Organizers for the Republican National Convention reportedly apologized to prominent conservative donor Sheldon and Miriam Adelson after they were asked to fill a wide budget gap for the event, Politico reported.
Organizers sent the Adelsons a letter that begged him for $6 million after, they claimed, companies backed out $8.1 million in sponsorships. But, four of the five organizers who signed the letter didn't see it before it was sent.
A spokeswoman for the RNC organizers told Politico that the list of companies named in the letter, which included Coca-Cola and Pepsi among others, was inaccurate and that the organizers had contacted Adelsons' aides to apologize.
“Some of what were referred to as pledges were actually expectations based on pledges made to previous conventions, while a handful had been withdrawn,” David Gilbert, the CEO of the host committee, said in a prepared statement obtained by Politico.
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or for creating it?
P.S. The letter was signed why people who didn't see it before it was sent? And here I thought that it would be impossible to top Clint's chair.
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