The Romney campaign changed a planned campaign event in Dayton, Ohio into a Hurricane Sandy “storm relief event,” but due to the last-minute change was left spending $5,000 at Walmart for “donations” to put on display.

Supporters were told to bring supplies to the event and then bring them up to a table where Romney would be sitting with Ohio Sen. Rob Portman. “To complete the project and photo-op, Romney would lead his crew in carrying the goods out of the gymnasium and into the Penske rental truck parked outside,” McKay Coppins of Buzzfeed writes.

But the night before, campaign staff stocked up on supplies at Walmart, to the tune of $5,000, just to be sure they had enough for the photo op.

From Buzzfeed: