Trump raises $90 million for his reelection bid and GOP, with less going to legal fees

The San Francisco Chronicle ^ | July 15, 2018 | Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Anu Narayanswamy, The Washington Post

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With the 2018 midterms under way, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and two affiliated committees entered the third quarter with a massive fundraising haul of $90 million and a steep decline in attorneys fees, which have consumed his reelection expenses since he took office.

Trump's campaign committee and two fundraising committees that jointly raise money with the Republican National Committee - Trump Victory and the Trump Make America Great Again Committee - together raised $17.7 million in the second quarter, for a total of about $90 million in the 2018 cycle, according to Federal Election Committee records filed Sunday evening.

Unlike his predecessors, Trump began fundraising for 2020 soon after he won the presidency. He continues to energize small-dollar donors, FEC filings show. In the second quarter of 2018, 62 percent of the direct contributions to his campaign committee came from donations of $200 or less. The Trump campaign reported $33 million in cash on hand at the end of the quarter.

Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law and senior adviser to his campaign committee, in a statement called the small-dollar donations a sign of "the continued support of so many Americans who resoundingly approve of Donald Trump's performance as President."(continued)

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Let's get that to $125 million by the end of the year and complete the FReepathon by the end of July! We can do it!

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lol ping

MAGA!!!!

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Olde saying:If you are lonely, send $10. to a Republican. You'll never be lonely again, nor will your mailbox ever be empty again.

32 separate pieces of "political mail" last week alone. Gets tedious. People I've never heard of. States I've never visited.