Melania Trump made a return to the campaign trail on Saturday night at Mar-a-Lago — by hosting an intimate, power fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans.
Attendees at the sold-old out event for about 60 guests in the Tea Room of the private Palm Beach, Fla., club included Caitlyn Jenner, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Elizabeth Ailes, we hear, among other Palm Beach and NYC GOP notables.
Sources said that tickets went for up to $50,000 a pop, with the funds primarily being used to help Trump and other GOP candidates get elected in 2024.
The group is “raising funds to inform voters in crucial swing states about President Trump’s LGBT record and his goals for his second term,” said a GOP source.
We hear that Ric Grenell — who previously served as Donald Trump’s ambassador to Germany, and as director of national intelligence, making him the America’s first openly gay cabinet member — “presided over the event and introduced Mrs. Trump to the podium,” a source said.
Added an attendee, “Grenell unveiled [Melania’s] leadership role in what will be an unprecedented outreach initiative to gay and lesbian voters… the most significant of any Republican presidential candidate in American history.”
Another attendee, the former president of the Intrepid Museum, Bill White, and his husband, Bryan Eure, served as co-chairs and “they escorted Mrs. Trump into the room,” we hear.
White told Page Six in a statement: “The fact that our former (and future) First Lady Melania Trump chose Log Cabin’s LGBT event as her first campaign event speaks volumes about her, and negates so much we’ve all been fed in the MSM [mainstream media].”
Eure also added that, “gay voters are no longer one issue voters — we got legally married almost 13 years ago — we are grateful to Melania Trump for her leadership, and we embrace her unity message to save our great country this November.”
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We hear that Melania, 53, later posted on social media of the event, “we must come together around the principles of liberty, justice and patriotism.”
Trump’s look at the event also made some fashion headlines as she wore a smart black Michael Kors suit with patent leather heels.
Another insider told us that the former first lady was “so thrilled with the Log Cabin event, they hope to plan an even more grand one with her in the Hamptons this summer.”