President Trump’s campaign released plastic “Trump straws” in their campaign shop last week and have now sold more than 140,000 plastic straws in just a few days.
Brad Parscale, Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, promoted the plastic straws on Thursday in response to what the campaign website calls an alternative to “liberal plastic straws.”
Brad Parscale said on Monday that the store has sold more than 140,000 Trump-labeled recyclable plastic straws.
“We have sold more than 140,000 straws. That is over $200,000 raised,” Parscale tweeted.
“More than half of all Straw purchasers were BRAND NEW small dollar donors. Amazing!” he expressed.
The reusable straws are made in America and the campaign’s Trump store offers the straws for $15 a pack this way: “Liberal paper straws don’t work. STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP and buy your pack of recyclable straws today.” (Continued Below)
When Parscale first offered the straws, he tweeted, “Making Straws Great Again #Trump2020.”
The President, last week when taking questions from the press was asked about “plastic straws.”
He said, “I do think we have bigger problems than plastic straws. You have a little straw. But what about the plates, the wrappers and everything else that are much bigger, and they’re made of the same material?” (Continued Below)
Brad Parscale’s official tweet:
We have sold more than 140,000 straws. That is over $200,000 raised.
More than half of all Straw purchasers were BRAND NEW small dollar donors.
Amazing!
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) July 22, 2019
President Trump talking about straws:
"I do think we have bigger problems than plastic straws," Pres. Trump says. "You have a little straw. But what about the plates, the wrappers and everything else that are much bigger, and they're made of the same material?" https://t.co/NkJuIoh4fP pic.twitter.com/La6uTTpmeH
— ABC News (@ABC) July 19, 2019
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Brad Parscale’s tweets:
Making Straws Great Again #Trump2020https://t.co/kHXWaUnKt6
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) July 18, 2019
Our amazing recyclable @realDonaldTrump straws are once again available. We sold out our first several thousand orders. Many new donors for 2020. Thank you!!
Our great American manufacturer promised to produce as many as you order!https://t.co/kHXWaUnKt6
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) July 20, 2019
I’m so over paper straws. #LiberalProgress
This is exactly what they would do to the economy as well. Squeeze it until it doesn’t work. pic.twitter.com/zKfiZiSHV5
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) July 18, 2019