Former President Donald Trump raised millions of dollars at a fundraiser in a trendy part of Atlanta. The district has long blamed the Democratic-led city for soaring crime rates and lack of support for police, and has even worked to break away from the city entirely over policy.
“Our digital online fundraising continues to skyrocket, major donor investments are increasing, and Democrats are horrified by President Trump’s ability to raise money. We are committed to raising the funds we need. “We’re deploying strategic assets to help send President Trump back to the White House and get the Republican Party to the finish line,” Trump campaign communications director Stephen Chan said. He spoke about the fundraiser on Fox News Digital this week.
President Trump attended a fundraiser in Buckhead, an affluent commercial and residential area of Atlanta, on Wednesday afternoon, where he spoke with local leaders, including former Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, and the Home Office. Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus was also in attendance. , and poultry industry magnate Tommy Bagwell. Fox5 reported.
Trump raised more than $15 million Wednesday from both the Buckhead event and another fundraiser in Orlando, campaign officials said. Buckhead guests spent at least $6,600 per couple and up to $250,000 if they wanted to be on the event’s welcoming committee. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported..
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Former President Donald Trump arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Trump is in the state to host a campaign fundraising event. (Robin Lane, Fox News Digital)
The Buckhead fundraiser comes as President Trump has repeatedly called for the restoration of law and order across the country if he is re-elected on Nov. 5.
For Buckhead residents, rising crime rates are a major issue that cannot be taken lightly.
Residents of the Atlanta area, nicknamed the “Beverly Hills of the South,” attempted to leave the city between 2021 and last year as violent crimes such as murders continued to rise, and vehicle thefts and shoplifting soared.
The affluent neighborhood’s median household income is $109,774, and its residents make up about one-fifth of Atlanta’s total population, according to the neighborhood’s website. Bloomberg calculated last year The district generates about 38% of Atlanta’s tax revenue, meaning that separating it would likely be financially devastating to the city.
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Multiple young people have reported being drugged and robbed after going out in Atlanta’s Buckhead area. (Ilya Nouberge/Bloomberg)
Residents were furious that city leaders were not adequately addressing crime while taxpayers were paying the price.
“We really feel like this is a war zone, especially if you’re in a war zone,” Bill White, CEO of the Buckhead City Commission, said on Fox & Friends First in 2022. Considering what I went through there, I can’t say that lightly.” This is murder and mayhem…We’re dealing with a mayor who voted to defund the police. ”
Atlanta recorded 158 homicides in 2021, the highest in 30 years, reported rapes jumped 236% in the first few months of 2022 compared to the same period last year, and auto thefts jumped 61%. 2023 and shoplifting Increased by 22% last year. Since then, violent crime in the city has been on the decline, but just this week, Atlanta police announced they were investigating a shooting that left a man in critical condition outside a Buckhead furniture store. Fox5 reported.
On June 13, 2020, the Wendy’s restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed during riots in Atlanta went up in flames. (AP Photo/Bryn Anderson, File)
In 2020, when pandemic lockdowns upended daily life and protests and riots spread across the country in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, violent crime spiked across the country.Activists and left-wing politicians echoed calls to defund the police in response to Floyd’s killing, including in Atlanta, where the mayor at the time defended what the city was already doing. lost About the Policing “Reassignment” Plan Fund community-based initiatives.
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Experts who previously spoke to FOX Digital said 2020’s crime trends were partly to blame for the anti-police rhetoric that swept the nation, prompting mass resignations and early retirements and encouraging officers to become aggressive police officers. He concluded that this was because he had withdrawn from his activities.
Friday, December 3, 2021, skyline of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. (Ilya Nouberge/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Obviously, police officers don’t want to work for a mayor or a city that doesn’t support them, so Buckhead wants to take matters into its own hands,” White said in a 2022 interview on Fox & Friends. “I think so,” he said.
“We’re 180 police officers short, so what do we do?” White continued. “They said something like taking a part of a city and creating your own city out of it has never been done before, but we’re going to do it, and we’re going to I’m going to absolutely love the police force.”
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The secession effort received support from some local Republican leaders and from President Trump, who has slammed “RINO” politicians who don’t seek help from residents, especially those seeking support for their criminal tendencies.
Former President Donald Trump arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Trump is in the state to host a campaign fundraising event. (Robin Lane, Fox News Digital)
“What is happening in the city of Atlanta is nothing short of a shame. This is national news and a local shame. I do not want to be complicit in the serious crimes plaguing our communities,” President Trump wrote in February 2022. “But RINOs like Gov. Brian Kemp, puppeteer Mitch McConnell, Lt. Gov. Jeff Duncan and House Speaker David Ralston, who are responsible for losing two Senate seats and the 2020 presidential vote. And state Sens. Butch Miller, Jeff Maris, and Jon Albers always talk about big things, but they never get done.
“If Republican leaders are not willing to fight for their campaigns, what’s the point? All RINOs must go! Bringing the very popular City of Buckhead proposal to voters” Let me decide!”
Efforts to secession ultimately failed in the state Senate last year in a 33-23 vote of all Democrats and a handful of Republicans.
Former President Donald Trump raises his fist as he arrives at a Republican Party fundraiser on Saturday, April 6, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynn Sladke)
President Trump has continued to take a hard look at crime trends and public safety issues this year, attending a vigil in New York last month for New York City police officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot and killed by a career criminal. President Trump called for “law and order” outside the funeral home.
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“The other day I had the great honor of visiting the family of a wonderful man named Detective Jonathan Diller of the New York City Police Department. As I read, he was shot and killed by a violent thug. “One time for a very serious crime. And the person who was with them was a known murderer,” Trump said days later in Wisconsin. He said this while campaigning in the state.
President Trump: “It is critically important that we restore law and order to our country, and we are calling on every police officer and law enforcement officer in America to protect us from destruction by the radical left, who have taken strong action against crime.” I’m going to compensate you.”
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Prior to President Trump’s fundraiser in Buckhead, the 45th president raised more than $50 million at a Republican fundraiser in Palm Beach on Saturday.
