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Emails: Despite denials, RNC knew of $1 million effort to hire Gaga for convention
RNC spokesman Sean Spicer said AAN is unaffiliated with the party, suggesting it had no role in trying to hire Gaga. An earlier statement from AAN also insisted that the RNC was not involved in trying to hire Gaga.
But internal emails obtained by The Examiner show the RNC and AAN were indeed planning some of the entertainment together, though none of the emails specifically mention Lady Gaga.
For instance, AAN was interested in hiring the rapper Pitbull (for $250,000) as well as singer Gloria Estefan (for $750,000).
The email exchange copies in Jason Osborne, the director of external affairs for the 2012 Republican National Convention. In one email about paying Estefan a hefty deposit, Osborne jokes about dressing up as the Cuban American pop star and lip synching her songs.
"We would only charge $350k deposit," Osborne writes in an email to the catering company and AAN Development Director Pete Meachum.
The emails are included in a lawsuit filed by AAN against Cater America LLC, which was hired by AAN to arrange the entertainment.
According to Rob Jennings, who owns Cater America, AAN and convention planners were in frequent contact, despite claims by Spicer.
"It's entirely untrue that AAN wasn't talking to convention organizers and that they weren't privy" to the planning, Jennings told The Examiner.
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Welp, looks like Republicans have been exposed for lying again. Though the RNC may not have been the ones actively pushing for Gaga, they were working with this outside firm in planning the entertainment and knew about their push to get Gaga at the RNC and did nothing to stop it. They clearly had no objection to her performing.
The RNC is trying to cover its ass because of the backlash its getting from some in their party. The idea that Gaga would be playing at an official RNC sponsored event without the RNC knowing about it and approving it is just laughable
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