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On 26 July 2016, the web site GodToday published an inaccurate article concerning TV personality Mike Rowe, his charity MikeroweWORKS, and presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. On 13 May 2016, Mike Rowe posed a friendly challenge to Trump in a Facebook post addressing the recent sale of his old bathrobe: Rowe ended his request for a Donald Trump bathrobe with a message emphasizing the nonpolitical nature of his charity, and a note welcoming similar donations from both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders: On 22 July 2016, Rowe returned to Facebook to inform his fans that Trump had donated a signed bathrobe for his charity. While Rowe expressed gratitude to Trump for the donation, his message was again explicitly nonpartisan: Once again, Rowe finished his Facebook post with a message explaining that his charity was nonpartisan and how the auction was for the benefit of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, not a specific political party. However, on 26 July 2016, the web site GodToday reported that Rowe had unleashed hell on Clinton after she said that she would not donate to his cause: There's no evidence that this conversation between Rowe and Clinton ever happened, that Clinton had refused to donate, or that she refuses to have Christian values. In fact, Rowe ended his Facebook post stating that if Hillary or Bill found something to donate, he would happily auction it with the same level of enthusiasm and gratitude. As of 27 July 2016, the top bid for Donald Trump's bathrobe was more than $15,000.
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