Donald Trump attended a fundraiser hosted by the Chera family in Deal, New Jersey, on Sunday evening, attracting many deep-pocketed supporters from the local Syrian Jewish community and Lakewood, bringing in more than $4 million in donations to his presidential campaign.
Tickets to the event ranged from $3,000 to $500,000 per person.
The fundraiser is organized by prominent Republican officials and donors, including New York developer and music executive Joe Cayre, casino mogul Steve Wynn — a longtime associate of Trump from his Atlantic City casino days — and the Chera family. The late real estate magnate Stanley Chera, a close friend and colleague of Trump, had strong ties to the former president, and his family maintains a home in Long Branch.
Among the co-hosts is Charles Kushner, a notable New Jersey developer and the father of Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Other co-hosts include U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York and former Rep. Lee Zeldin, who was also a Republican candidate for New York governor.
Entry to the event costs $3,300 per person. For a $50,000 donation, attendees ssecured a photo opportunity with Trump, while a $150,000 contribution granted a seat at a roundtable discussion with him. Being listed as a co-host required a $250,000 donation, and hosting the event costed $500,000.
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The money will go towards his legal defense.
How appropriate, convicted felon Kushner, who was pardoned by convicted felon Trump, ponies up $250,000 to co-host the event.
Interesting that both convictions had to do with hiring prostitutes
That is all true, CT. It is equally true that being a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and loyal party apparatchik is not the modus operandi at this moment. I am still a registered Democrat, but the situation here and in Israel is too dire to ignore just because Trump is who he is. In brief, I will tell you why I am casting my vote for Donald John Trump,
Every year since President Biden took office, approximately 2.5 million invaders have come into our country. An audit by the U.S. House of Representatives says the number just under Biden-Harris now possibly exceeds 11 million. Given the Fentanyl crisis and the out-of-control crime in our cities, not to mention the countless cases of crimes against children committed by certain people in the caravans – as well as the psychotic push to castrate and desex minors with gender dysphoria – there is no excuse for us to sit by and allow our country to be chloroformed. When we have Harris on camera lamenting the use of the term “illegal alien,” we know this is someone living with both eyes shut under whose leadership the situation will get exponentially worse.
As for Israel, let us remember that she is the world’s one, singular Jewish state and is smaller than New Jersey. We need a party in power that is not relativist when it comes to barbarity and terrorism. On October 7th, the Hamas monsters invaded Israel and committed the worst atrocities against over a thousand men, women, and children while taking hundreds more – including 39 American citizens – hostage. Hamas did this 18 years after Israel left Gaza, and during a peace concert. Israel needs a friend in the White House, not someone who boycotts the speeches of the prime minister and pronounces expressions of sympathy for the supporters of Hamas.
Given all of the above, CT, the choice is obvious. With one candidate, we will get far worsened conditions in our cities, rapid social decay, and hardline opposition to our beautiful little Israel. With the other, aside from his bluster, we will get a minor but meaningful restoration of our borders and social fabric, and a friend to the beleaguered Jewish State.
How misguided.
That’s $4 million that could have gone to the Keren hatzolas Torah in Israel would’ve helped the community and the world much more, than anything trump could’ve done
Tragic.
Why a million clips here. Didn’t anyone properly record this? Hundreds of thousands raised, yet we get bits and parts in 30 cell phone clips
@Ari
You call lots of names
I am not dyed in the wool, I regularly vote a split ticket.
Nothing in my comment suggested voting for or against any candidate,
All I discussed was the ex-con felon Kushner who was pardoned by the now convicted felon Trump ponied up a quarter million dollars to co-host this event; also both men were convicted of activity that had a prostitute in a central role.
Your diatribe about who to vote for had zero relevance to my comment. It is a total non-sequitor.
CT, if it came across as ad hominem, my apologies. I was not attacking you personally. If I remember correctly, you mentioned once or twice that you worked for or with the Democrat machine in Connecticut, hence my initial comments.
What you in fer in your remarks is that Trump is marred irredeemably by his convictions. President Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice, though the Senate acquitted him. He too had a bad history with women, in fact a very bad history. Was he so marred?
I meant “imply.”
Legends in deal
@Ari
Although I was active in Democrat Party politics in CT, I never worked for or was part of the machine. I lived in a small town with equal amounts of D and R registered voters working with all for good government.
I never said Trump is marred irredeemably nor did I infer it.
My comments are more derogatory to Kushner than Trump. But this is a classic ‘birds of a feather flock together’ situation.
Clinton may have had an extramarital affair with Lewinsky (of which I did not approve) but he unlike Trump and Kushner was not convicted of a Felony involving a prostitute.
Your deflection is a joke