Donald Trump Gear Is Often Made in China
In his campaign kickoff
on Tuesday, Donald Trump blasted cheap Chinese goods — but he has no
problem putting his name on them and selling them.
The day after his tirade, the Trump Store inside the Trump Tower on
Fifth Avenue in New York boasted an array of imported goods, including
teddy bears and T-shirts from China alongside products from Haiti, Nicaragua and Lesotho.
Trump
mentioned China two-dozen times in the opener to his 2016 presidential
bid, accusing that country and Mexico of putting Americans out of work. "They can’t get jobs, because there are no jobs, because China has our jobs and Mexico has our jobs," Trump said.
But visitors to the Trump Store in the lobby of the Trump Tower on Fifth
Avenue in New York City, or to the displays of Trump clothing at Macy's
in New York's Herald Square, would be hard-pressed to find much labeled
"Made in the U.S.A."
At the same time Trump was speaking in New Hampshire, his Trump Store
was contributing to the growth of Chinese manufacturing, arguably at the
expense of American workers, selling $80 Trump-branded cotton sweaters
and $70 Trump-branded warm-up tops, all made in China. Also available
with the made in China tag: golf hats stamped with the Trump crest and
stuffed animals.
Visitors also could buy leather made-in-China belts priced at $45 that
are advertised as "So soft, it feels like a million bucks." And in the
display case were neat stacks of colorful Trump-branded polo shirts that
would be perfect wear for one of Trump's golf courses. The shirts,
which sell for $70, were not made in China, but nearby, in Korea and
Thailand.
There's a word for this kind of person. HYPOCRITE.
MARCO RUBIO - The Cuban Ken Doll ...
(From New York Daily News)
Sen. Marco Rubio reportedly used his elected office to needle regulators and score a real estate license for his convicted drug dealer brother-in-law.
In 2002, Rubio wielded his influence as majority whip of the Florida House of Representatives to recommend relative Orlando Cicilia for a real estate license despite a prior conviction for drug trafficking.
Rubio used his official statehouse stationery for a letter to the Florida Division of Real Estate that advocated for "licensure without reservation" but did not disclose Cicilia was married to his older sister Barbara, The Post said.
Cicilia previously served a lengthy prison sentence for his role as the reported "front man" for Cuban-American cocaine kingpin Mario Tabraue, a drug lord who kept spotted leopards on the grounds of his mansion.
Tabraue spent more than a decade behind bars after his 1989 trial reportedly included testimony he tried to dismember the body of a federal informant with a machete. (Nice).
Cicilia, 58, also went to trial in 1989 and was convicted of distributing $15million worth of cocaine. He was out of jail less than two years when Rubio sent his glowing endorsement to state regulators, The Post reported after obtaining the letter through the Florida Public Records Act.
Now running for the Republican presidential nomination, Rubio reportedly wrote to the regulators in 2002 that he had know Cicilia "for over 25 years." He did not elaborate on the relationship or mention that the former drug dealer was living in the same West Miami residence as Rubio's parents, The Post reported.
Rubio, 44, declined to answer questions about Cicilia, the newspaper said.
Now the junior U.S. Senator from Florida, Rubio also declined to say whether he or his family received financial assistance from Cicilia before or after the dealer's home was seized but the money was not recovered, according to The Post.
Now the junior U.S. Senator from Florida, Rubio also declined to say whether he or his family received financial assistance from Cicilia before or after the dealer's home was seized but the money was not recovered, according to The Post.
And this man wants to be our President.
There's a word for a man like this .... HYPOCRITE.
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