Post by Logan on Jun 15, 2016 20:03:06 GMT -6
Donald Trump fundraiser to be held at Barry Goldwater's old home in Paradise Valley
An exclusive fundraiser featuring presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will take place at the landmark former home of Barry Goldwater, the five-term conservative U.S. senator from Arizona who clinched the GOP nomination for the presidency in 1964 over more moderate rivals.
Goldwater, who died in 1998 at the age of 89, built the ranch-style home in Paradise Valley in 1957. He named the house ''Be-nun-i-kin,'' which is Navajo for ''house on top of a hill.'' On Jan. 3, 1964, Goldwater officially announced his presidential intentions from the patio of the residence. He would lose to President Lyndon Johnson in a historic landslide.
Bob and Karen Hobbs, business and civic leaders who campaigned for Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election, paid $4.1 million for the property in 2000.
The location of the 2 p.m. Saturday Trump fundraiser was confirmed by someone who received an invitation and will be attending the event.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/15/donald-trump-fundraiser-held-barry-goldwaters-old-home-paradise-valley/85942042/
It will be interesting to see whether Trump can match Goldwater's landslide loss in the general election. It is interesting that the newspaper article noted that organizers "were looking for a safe, out-of-the-way location that would be difficult for protesters to gather at."
An exclusive fundraiser featuring presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will take place at the landmark former home of Barry Goldwater, the five-term conservative U.S. senator from Arizona who clinched the GOP nomination for the presidency in 1964 over more moderate rivals.
Goldwater, who died in 1998 at the age of 89, built the ranch-style home in Paradise Valley in 1957. He named the house ''Be-nun-i-kin,'' which is Navajo for ''house on top of a hill.'' On Jan. 3, 1964, Goldwater officially announced his presidential intentions from the patio of the residence. He would lose to President Lyndon Johnson in a historic landslide.
Bob and Karen Hobbs, business and civic leaders who campaigned for Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election, paid $4.1 million for the property in 2000.
The location of the 2 p.m. Saturday Trump fundraiser was confirmed by someone who received an invitation and will be attending the event.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/15/donald-trump-fundraiser-held-barry-goldwaters-old-home-paradise-valley/85942042/
It will be interesting to see whether Trump can match Goldwater's landslide loss in the general election. It is interesting that the newspaper article noted that organizers "were looking for a safe, out-of-the-way location that would be difficult for protesters to gather at."