Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te marama o Mei 2016, i te wa o te kaupapa perehitini a Donald Trump 2016, i korerohia e Patton tetahi riipene ataata i tiakina ai e ia a Trump ki nga whakapae mo te whakahāwea; he miriona nga tirohanga o te riipene ataata i YouTube. Ahakoa whakaahuatia Patton ia i roto i te ataata pakanga Trump rite te whakahaere i te Trump Organization, ko ia i roto i te meka he kaiawhina whaiaro; i muri i uiui te Associated Press e pā ana ki tona tūranga, te paetukutuku Eric Trump Foundation me te kōtaha LinkedIn o Patton i huri ki te whakaahua ia rite "te tumuaki tuarua o te Eric Trump Foundation". I korero ia i te 2016 Republican National Convention
; ko te kaupapa o te huihuinga i whakararangihia tana tuunga hei "Tumuaki Tuarua o te Eric Trump Foundation me te Kaiawhina Matua ki a Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, me Donald Trump, Jr". I roto i tana korero huihuinga, i whakaae ia ki te whakahāwea hitori, engari i kii ia "E mohio ana a Donald Trump he mea nui to oranga. E mōhio ana ia he mea nui tōku ora. E mōhio ana ia he mea nui ngā oranga LGBTQ. E mōhio ana ia he mea nui te oranga o ngā hōia. E mōhio ana hoki ia he mea nui te ora o te tangata". I muri mai i te pakanga, ka uru atu a Patton ki etahi atu kaikorero mo te kaupapa i te haerenga a Trump-Pence Women's Empowerment Tour.