Posted on 10/16/2018 1:03:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump has raised more than $100 million toward his re-election bid, a staggering sum more than two years before the 2020 presidential election.
The president's fundraising total, which includes his official campaign and two other joint accounts, raised about $18 million between July and September. That brings his fundraising total since January 2017 above the $100 million mark. And he closed September with almost $47 million in the bank.
The latest numbers, filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday's quarterly fundraising deadline, provide a glimpse into how Trump is stockpiling money for his re-election bid at a historic rate and how he's choosing to spend that money.
Trump's fundraising bonanza has been boosted significantly by small-dollar donations, with his campaign committee having raised a majority of its funds from donations of less than $200.
But he's also wooing large donors through his joint fundraising committees, which are set up primarily to take in donations that can be split across multiple accounts. Venture capitalist Peter Thiel cut one of those campaigns a $250,000 check, for example....
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Doesn’t need it. Doesn’t even need his own.
Trump ain’t Hillary so meaningless fake equivalency.
I am winning both lottery’s tonight. Over 1 Billion
Giving most of it to Trump
What I meant was that his next opponent shouldn’t have a problem raising a ton of money as the Democrats are now the party of Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Wall Street and the music industry.
Trump doesn’t need to spend $1..if he runs for a second term ..he will win.
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