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鈥淭his event will absolutely not be taking place at Mar-a-Lago,鈥� a representative for the Trump Organization told Hatewatch in an email.

Hatewatch was the first to report听that ACT was planning to have its annual gala at President Donald Trump鈥檚 club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, will no longer host this year's gala for the anti-Muslim hate group ACT for America. (Photo by Bill Gozansky/Alamy Stock Photo)

The event鈥檚 registration page on ACT鈥檚 website has been removed. The Trump Organization announced the cancellation after national news outlets reported on the upcoming gala. The organization did not provide specifics about why the event was canceled or how it was approved in the first place.

ACT for America did not respond to Hatewatch鈥檚 request for a comment about Mar-a-Lago鈥檚 decision. It hasn鈥檛 announced a venue change.

But the group tweeted a lengthy statement Monday about the cancellation. 鈥淩egrettably, the Trump attorneys in New York caved to the Left鈥檚 bullying tactics and made a decision to cancel our event within hours of the articles coming out,鈥� it reads in part, referring to the news articles about the gala.

鈥淎lthough ACT for America is disappointed in the cancellation, our mission remains the same, and we will continue to stand with President Trump and support him in his fight to save our country.鈥�

The Mar-a-Lago gala was advertised as an 鈥渆xclusive event for only 100 VIPs.鈥� Single tickets started at $1,500.

ACT had made no mention of the Mar-a-Lago event on social media and began marketing it to select audiences in late September, a departure from past conference marketing campaigns. The group usually opens its conferences to anyone, advertising via mass email and social media six months in advance. Conferences typically have been held around Sept. 11 in the Washington, D.C., area. The Mar-a-Lago ticket price represented about a 400% increase from past years, which generally ranged from $250 to $350.

ACT founder and Chairman Brigitte Gabriel claims to have close ties to the Trump administration. At the group鈥檚 2018 conference, Gabriel bragged about having a weekly 鈥�standing meeting鈥� with the White House. Details about such meetings are unknown.

ACT pushes wild conspiracy theories about Islam in America and lobbies to pass anti-Muslim legislation throughout the country. Gabriel has said that 鈥渢he Arab Muslim world, because of its religion and culture, is a natural threat to civilized people of the world, particularly Western civilization.鈥�

The Muslim civil rights group Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that it 鈥渃autiously welcomes鈥� the cancellation.

鈥淚t is totally inappropriate that an Islamophobic hate group would be in effect funneling money to the president of the United States by holding an event in one of his properties,鈥� CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told the 听before the Trump Organization called off the gala.

The newspaper reported that ACT鈥檚 event had the potential to bring in more than $1 million if it sold out.

鈥淭he profit goes both ways,鈥� Hooper told the Miami paper. 鈥淭he hate group makes money and President Trump makes money. It鈥檚 a win-win for bigotry.鈥�

The president has been the 听after refusing to give up ownership of his properties upon taking office. He has said he no longer is involved in the day-to-day operations, which fall to other family members, but he still . He 听made $22.7 million from Mar-a-Lago in 2018, according to a financial disclosure form obtained by NPR.

The Domestic Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution establishes that the salaries of presidents remain constant throughout their terms and that they are not allowed to receive funds beyond that. As 听by PolitiFact, Trump kept his campaign promise to donate his presidential salary.

In September, a federal appeals court 听a lawsuit to continue accusing Trump of violating the Constitution by benefiting from foreign government officials patronizing his businesses in New York and Washington, according to The New York Times.

Last year, ACT held its conference at a Hyatt in Arlington, Virginia. After the event, Hyatt announced a 听hate groups from using its facilities for events. The change came after a 听with nearly 100,000 signatures, including those from civil rights groups, faith leaders and consumers.

In March, the ticketing service Eventbrite reportedly dropped ACT for America events featuring Gabriel from its platform after finding the group to be in violation of its community guidelines. 鈥淲e do not permit events, content, or creators that promote or encourage hate, violence, or harassment towards others and/or oneself,鈥� Eventbrite said in a statement, according to the conservative site PJ Media.

In a 听Sunday on CAIR鈥檚 website, Nihad Awad, the civil right group鈥檚 national executive director, said, 鈥淣o individual, organization or public official should profit from bigotry.鈥� Awad also urged 鈥渙ther potential venues nationwide to consider [ACT for America鈥檚] history of Islamophobia and associations with white supremacist and racist organizations.鈥�

Michael Edison Hayden contributed to this report.