Trump is infamous for not paying his bills, including reimbursing cities for his many, many rallies. In city after city, across the nation, Trump has failed to pay local officials who provide thousands of dollars worth of security assistance to the president’s campaign during his Make America Great Again rallies.
So the mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania insists the former president pay in advance because they got ‘stiffed’ for the last rally…in 2018.
Mayor Joe Schember says the city still hasn’t received the $35,129 Trump owes from his 2018 rally at the Erie Insurance Arena.
“I think we have to try, and I feel like my team feels the same way,” Schember told GoErie. “We’re going to see whether we can get some payment from them in advance this time. It’s important to do this because we’re talking about taxpayer money being used to help make his visit more safe.”
The outlet reported that nearly all of the costs that weren’t paid related to overtime pay for city workers assigned to the event, including police officers. The upcoming rally Saturday is scheduled to take place in the same venue. That money comes out of taxpayer’s pockets.
“Trump has been able to bring in millions of dollars for his campaign. He should be able to easily pay these costs to cities,” Schember said.
It isn’t just his rallies that Trump doesn’t pay for…at least 60 lawsuits and more than 200 liens detail allegations that Trump and his companies failed to pay various businesses and scores of employees for their work, going back years.