Trump defends his donations to veterans

On the same day a Marine planned a protest of Donald Trump outside Trump Tower in New York City, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee took to Twitter to defend his work with veterans.

While under no obligation to do so, I have raised between 5 & 6 million dollars, including 1million dollars from me, for our VETERANS. Nice!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2016

Much of the money I have raised for our veterans has already been distributed, with the rest to go shortly to various other veteran groups.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2016

Amazingly, with all of the money I have raised for the vets, I have got nothing but bad publicity from the dishonest and disgusting media.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2016

Trump defended himself on the social media network after a weekend Washington Post report dug deeper into the fundraiser he held early this year.

Protest organizer and former Marine Alexander McCoy said Sunday that Trump should apologize for stating he raised $6 million at a Jan. 28 fundraiser for veterans. 

The fundraiser brought in at least $3.1 million in donations to veterans groups, according to accounting by the Post.