RUSH TRANSCRIPT The tradition ░░░░░░░░ the White House Easter ░░░░░░░░ roll will now be ░░░░░░░░ by Meta Amazon and ░░░░░░░░ other companies Privately funded ░░░░░░░░ taxpayer dollars for many ░░░░░░░░ Last month the White ░░░░░░░░ solicited corporate sponsors for ░░░░░░░░ annual event CNN s ░░░░░░░░ Klein is joining me ░░░░░░░░ now with more on ░░░░░░░░ of this Betsy So ░░░░░░░░ sponsorship span a wide ░░░░░░░░ of companies What can ░░░░░░░░ tell us Yeah this ░░░░░░░░ started fredricka back in ░░░░░░░░ when I obtained this ░░░░░░░░ page pitch document from ░░░░░░░░ outside event production company ░░░░░░░░ harbinger And among the ░░░░░░░░ ranging from 75 000 ░░░░░░░░ all the way up ░░░░░░░░ 200 000 naming rights ░░░░░░░░ key areas sponsor logos ░░░░░░░░ event signage custom branded ░░░░░░░░ and giveaways mentions in ░░░░░░░░ event communications But it ░░░░░░░░ really unclear at the ░░░░░░░░ whether any companies were ░░░░░░░░ to sign on and ░░░░░░░░ exactly that would look ░░░░░░░░ and we re now ░░░░░░░░ a little bit of ░░░░░░░░ preview from the White ░░░░░░░░ on what to expect ░░░░░░░░ Monday Some of these ░░░░░░░░ Tech companies signing up ░░░░░░░░ with key associations really ░░░░░░░░ the lengths they have ░░░░░░░░ to to establish relationships ░░░░░░░░ this White House Of ░░░░░░░░ many of these companies ░░░░░░░░ lost billions of dollars ░░░░░░░░ value as a direct ░░░░░░░░ of President Trump s ░░░░░░░░ policies But we are ░░░░░░░░ that among the sponsors ░░░░░░░░ this is according to ░░░░░░░░ official press release from ░░░░░░░░ office of the First ░░░░░░░░ this money going to ░░░░░░░░ White House historical association ░░░░░░░░ a reading nook courtesy ░░░░░░░░ Amazon A bunny hop ░░░░░░░░ courtesy of youtube a ░░░░░░░░ Powered experience and photo ░░░░░░░░ courtesy of Meta and ░░░░░░░░ ringing of the bell ░░░░░░░░ opportunity courtesy of the ░░░░░░░░ York Stock Exchange Again ░░░░░░░░ of the money raised ░░░░░░░░ harbinger is going to ░░░░░░░░ to the White House ░░░░░░░░ association Any funding left ░░░░░░░░ is going to go ░░░░░░░░ future White House events ░░░░░░░░ halloween and 4th of ░░░░░░░░ on the south lawn ░░░░░░░░ And then does you ░░░░░░░░ offering I guess this ░░░░░░░░ of opportunity for some ░░░░░░░░ the corporate sponsorship also ░░░░░░░░ that I guess it ░░░░░░░░ them a certain level ░░░░░░░░ access to the White ░░░░░░░░ Certainly And I talked ░░░░░░░░ a wide range of ░░░░░░░░ experts lawyers officials from ░░░░░░░░ white houses on both ░░░░░░░░ of the aisle who ░░░░░░░░ said that this went ░░░░░░░░ regulations on profiting and ░░░░░░░░ gain for private companies ░░░░░░░░ I talked to Richard ░░░░░░░░ He was a White ░░░░░░░░ counsel under the Bush ░░░░░░░░ He told me that ░░░░░░░░ document would never have ░░░░░░░░ muster in his day ░░░░░░░░ course we have consistently ░░░░░░░░ the Trump Administration openly ░░░░░░░░ rules and norms on ░░░░░░░░ south lawn Just last ░░░░░░░░ we saw the president ░░░░░░░░ Tesla s and Elon ░░░░░░░░ We also saw the ░░░░░░░░ hosted on the grounds ░░░░░░░░ in 2020 Frederica All ░░░░░░░░ Betsy Klein at the ░░░░░░░░ House thank you so ░░░░░░░░