Tri-State Area Veterans To Donald Trump: Where's The Money?
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump skipped a debate in January and held a fundraiser instead, claiming to have raised $6 million for veterans.
Now a group of vets is asking: where's the money?
About a dozen rallied outside Trump Tower in New York, charging Trump has been less than forthcoming about what's being done with the money raised.
COMPLETE CAMPAIGN 2016 COVERAGE
"He has failed to show where a lot of that money went and he failed to raise as much as he claimed to have raised," said Alexander McCoy, the ex-Marine who organized the demonstration.
The Trump campaign admitted recently the amount of money raised was about $4.5 million.
But the vets' objections to Trump were more than financial.
"The missing money is part of a longer pattern of using veterans as political props," said Perry O'Brien, who served in Afghanistan. "Donald Trump has never served. As far as those of us who are gathered here can see, Donald Trump only seems interested in serving himself."
"It is unacceptable for Donald Trump to try to take advantage of the goodwill that American voters feel for our men and women in uniform to try and get votes," said McCoy, adding Trump is a fraud who owes vets an apology. "We need to know that we can rely upon our next president to live up to the commitments we've made to American veterans."
McCoy said the group of anti-Trump vets has no name or organization, just some shared concerns that helped them find each other on social media.
"Donald Trump would be a reckless and dangerous commander in chief who would make America less safe," McCoy said.
1010 WINS has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
(TM and © Copyright 2016 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2016 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
