Where Were the Make America Great Again Hats Made
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Social media posts erroneously suggest that President Donald Trump's campaign hats are made in China, while those for former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign are made in the U.S. The official hats sold by both campaigns are fabricated past American companies.
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Social media posts are wrongly suggesting that President Donald Trump's campaign has its iconic red hats made in China, while onetime Vice President Joe Biden'southward campaign uses a U.S. manufacturer for its hats.
The criticism levied by the posts hits at the core of Trump'southward bulletin of "America Outset," merely it's wrong.
The posts in question apply photos comparing a pro-Trump and a pro-Biden hat, and their corresponding labels.
But while the red "Make America Dandy Again" hat pictured in the posts does show a characterization indicating information technology was made in China, that doesn't mean it was a lid that came from the entrada, as the various posts either explicitly or implicitly merits.
A Facebook page called "Trump Sucks" posted the photos on Oct. 19 with the caption: "Typical Trump." It was shared nearly iii,000 times from there and later deleted. But nosotros found that the same claim has been repeatedly shared in recent weeks and months on Facebook and Twitter. One tweet posted in August reads: "It's classic: Trump campaign hats fabricated in Mainland china. Biden campaign hats made in USA."
The Trump entrada'due south website, withal, touts all of its "official" hats as beingness "Proudly Made in USA." And reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show the entrada regularly pays two companies in the U.Southward. for the production and distribution of its hats.
A 2018 Business concern Insider video spotlighted the Cali-Fame factory in California where the entrada'due south official "MAGA" hats are made. Information technology noted that the hats are then shipped to Ace Specialties in Louisiana. Ace is the official merchandise distributor for the Trump Brand America Neat Again Committee — a joint fundraising commission run by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee. The commission operates the entrada'due south online store and all purchases through the store are considered a donation to the committee.
Betwixt 2019 and 2020 lonely, the Trump Make America Great Once again Committee reported payments totaling $17 million to Ace Specialties.
The Trump campaign in that catamenia also reported disbursements totaling $840,900 to Cali-Fame for hats and delivery services. It paid another $1.seven meg to Ace for purchases of hats as well every bit other appurtenances — such as signs, shirts and buttons — according to disbursement descriptions.
Other fact-checkers have addressed the simulated merits that Trump has his MAGA hats fabricated in Red china before — as far back as 2015. Meanwhile, there have been reports over the years of unofficial hats existence fabricated overseas.
In 2018, readers asked us whether Trump 2020 banners were beingness fabricated in China. Every bit we wrote and so, there were reports of such banners being fabricated in China, but the Trump entrada said they were not their orders. It was unclear who had ordered those banners.
"We have made it clear all forth that all of our trade is 100% made in the The states. Whatsoever vendor who claims to have a relationship with us otherwise is lying or violating our protected trademark rights," the campaign'due south principal operating officeholder said in a argument at the time. "This applies to all of the recent fake news about Made in Mainland china products for the 2020 campaign."
As far every bit the Biden campaign's "JOE" hat shown in the social media posts, the characterization indicates it was made by Unionwear in New Jersey. Unionwear CEO Mitch Cahn told us in an e-mail that his company manufactures the hats sold for the Biden campaign though BumperActive, which manages the entrada's online store.
But Cahn's company has made hats supportive of Trump, besides.
In the 2020 election cycle, he said, the company has manufactured hats "for merchandise companies selling to more decentralized entrada offices, such as California for Trump or Women for Trump."
"We do not do any piece of work for the Trump national campaign or its merchandise visitor, Ace Specialties — notwithstanding at whatsoever given time we have xx-30 pro-Trump orders in business firm," Cahn said.
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Disbursements | Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. Federal Elections Commission. Accessed 21 Oct 2020.
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Source: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/posts-target-trump-with-false-claim-on-maga-hats/
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