Trump rents Iowa theater to show Benghazi movie

[lostinblue 1,989]

Trump rents Iowa theater to show Benghazi movie

Donald Trump has rented space at an Urbandale movie theater and will give Iowans free tickets to a showing of the Benghazi movie that critics of Hillary Clinton have been eagerly awaiting.

“Mr. Trump would like all Americans to know the truth about what happened at Benghazi,” the GOP presidential candidate’s Iowa co-chair Tana Goertz said Thursday night.

Trump will pay for the showing of “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” at 6 p.m. Friday at the Carmike Cobblestone 9 Theatre at 86th Street and Hickman Road, Goertz said.

“The theater is paid for. The tickets are paid for. You just have to RSVP,” she said.

The movie depicts the terrorist raid on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012. It reportedly makes no mention of Clinton, then the U.S. Secretary of State, but has again raised the topic of the Democratic presidential candidate’s role in the tragedy, three months after Republicans grilled her on her response to the attacks during an 11-hour congressional hearing in October.

Trump, a billionaire New York real estate entrepreneur, flies to Iowa for a 10 a.m. campaign rally on Friday at Living History Farms in Urbandale. He’s currently in second place in the GOP presidential race here, trailing Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz by 3 points, the latest Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll shows.

Trump has said he’s willing to spend a billion dollars to win the GOP nomination. “I make $400 million a year so what difference does it make?” he told reporters in Iowa in August.

Tickets for the movie, which opened Thursday, cost about $8 each, the theater’s website shows.

The word "Benghazi" has re-emerged in the GOP race. In the GOP debate in South Carolina Thursday night, presidential rival Jeb Bush was first to bring it up, saying Clinton would “continue down the path of Benghazi” and would be “a national security mess.”

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/01/14/donald-trump-rents-urbandale-iowa-theater-free-showing-benghazi-movie-13-hours/78823046/

[smilesammich 10,727]

Trump has said he’s willing to spend a billion dollars to win buy the GOP nomination.

let's be honest about how the process works.

[Merle 458]

let's be honest about how the process works.

Yep, it worked for Obama.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Yep, it worked for Obama.

if obama was a 'self made' billionaire prior to getting elected, why does trump and crew keep acting like they're special? sorry, not special..POWERFUL?

[JayJayH 546]

if obama was a 'self made' billionaire prior to getting elected, why does trump and crew keep acting like they're special? sorry, not special..POWERFUL?

Whether the billions are your own or come from a super PAC, does it make the "buying" any less relevant?

In defense of Trump, your own wallet makes you answer to you. Super PACs make you answer to who?

Edited January 16, 2016 by JayJayH

[smilesammich 10,727]

nope..doesn't matter. of course, being a billionaire certainly gives you an edge in everything..

Edited January 16, 2016 by elitesthuglib

[lostinblue 1,989]

[ready4ONE 5,400]

If it was not so glaring the focus is on making political hit points, out of very little substance, one might mistakenly believe that the issue really is about a viscous terrorist attack and the unfortunate loss of life it caused.

Edited January 16, 2016 by ready4ONE