by:Gerry Urbanek
At the Pasadena Rose Bowl parade on Friday, several skywritten attack ads were leveled against Donald Trump, and we now know who was behind them. Uncovered by Breitbart News, the ads were connected to Alabama millionaire, real estate developer and Marco Rubio donor Luther Stan Pate IV.
Pate is no stranger to controversy or personal attacks. Back in 2005, he launched a crusade against a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, City Council President Jerry Plott for refusing to grant $16 million in public funds for one of Pate’s real estate projects. Quoted in 2009 in the Lagniappe, a weekly paper based in Mobile, Plott said, “I didn’t think public dollars should be spent on a private business. He [Pate] began a public crusade to try and destroy me.”
Now Pate has set his sights on Trump, paying for the Rose Bowl skywriting attacks that included phrases like “Anybody but Trump,” “Iowans dump Trump,” “America is great. Trump is disgusting” and variations on “Trump is a fascist.”
A poorly crafted website associated with the attack ads, http://anybodybuttrump.us, is copyrighted to the “We The People Foundation,” of which Pate is treasurer and custodian of records, according to a Federal Elections Commission filing.
According to the filing, “WeThePeople Foundation” was not incorporated until Dec. 29, 2015, in time to purchase the skywriting ads for the Rose Bowl.
While Trump has called Rubio out for his support of amnesty, his trade policies, and his lack of congressional attendance during key votes, he has yet to get personal. However, considering the Rubio campaign has yet to denounce Pate’s attacks, it is possible this may change in the near future.
Pate has donated thousands to Rubio’s campaign, $5,000 of which was returned for exceeding FEC donation limits, Breitbart reported.
h/t: Breitbart News
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