Lara Trump gets caught up in dog charity scandal

| 7:09 pm EST March 13, 2021
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The term “what’s Trump done now” really should have its own listing in the dictionary as this phrase has become almost as standard as saying hello. But it isn’t just Donald who is making news.

There has been widespread speculation that Eric Trump’s wife, Lara Trump, will run for the Senate in North Carolina. It may well be true, although I think Lara would have a tough time getting elected. North Carolina is a purple state, and Mrs. Eric Trump is as solid MAGA red as it gets.

Plus, she has a bit of baggage. And one piece of that baggage is going to be hard to explain. Per the Huffington Post (and now reported by other outlets), Lara’s charity “Big Dog Ranch Rescue” may have some explaining to do.

Big Dog is a dog rescue charity associated with Lara as she is one of its chair people. Yet, through documents, including some IRS forms, it has come out that the charity spent 1.9 Million in fundraising for Trump at various properties of his including Mar-A-Lago and his Florida golf course.

This has caused some eyebrows to rise, to put it mildly. What is a dog charity doing with Trump’s fundraising expenses? It is pretty odd. Many on Twitter are deeply upset about this and have even compared Lara to Cruella de Vil. This is most likely not the way Mrs. Trump would like to kick off any campaign, and she is going to have to, at some point, explain herself.

The charity President, Lauren Simmons, has defended the charity. And Friday evening, Mr. Insurrectionist himself, one Donald Trump, gave an impromptu speech at a fundraiser for the charity where he alluded to Lara possibly running. She will undoubtedly face many questions if she does.