Party pooper Trump is having a cash bar at his election night party

It's $7 to get a soda, too.
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Heather Dockray
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Donald Trump is always on the hunt for the deal, even if it's at his own election night party.

Journalists and attendees circulated photos of what appeared to be a cash bar at the New York Hilton, where Trump is having his election party, on Twitter late Tuesday afternoon. On social media, users dropped their jaws and spat out their seltzers after realizing that the billionaire was charging $7.00 for soda and $10.00 for domestic beer.

To be fair, Trump charged $10 for domestic beer and $11 for imported, so he appears to be keeping to his protectionist pledge.

Trump's net worth is estimated to be about $3.7 billion.

This isn't the first time candidates have charged guests at their election night party. In 2012, Romney charged reporters for access to his special Victory Party event (which was not a Victory party either).

Hillary Clinton doesn't appear to know how to throw a party either. Just a take a look at the saddest plate of ziti you've ever seen, which one journalist reported was going for $13.

America: We can do better than this.

Topics Elections

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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