Posted on 04/14/2019 6:21:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is set to report that it raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, edging out his top two Democratic rivals combined, according to figures it provided to The Associated Press.
The haul brings the campaign's cash on hand to $40.8 million, an unprecedented war chest for an incumbent president this early in a campaign.
The Trump campaign said nearly 99% of its donations were of $200 or less, with an average donation of $34.26.
Trump's fundraising ability was matched by the Republican National Committee, which brought in $45.8 million in the first quarter — its best non-election year total. Combined, the pro-Trump effort is reporting $82 million in the bank, with $40.8 million belonging to the campaign alone.
Trump formally launched his reelection effort just hours after taking office in 2017, earlier than any incumbent has in prior years. By contrast, former President Barack Obama launched his 2012 effort in April 2011 and had under $2 million on hand at this point in the campaign.
Obama went on to raise more than $720 million for his reelection. Trump's reelection effort has set a $1 billion target for 2020.
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement that Trump "is in a vastly stronger position at this point than any previous incumbent president running for re-election, and only continues to build momentum."
Trump's fundraising with the RNC is divided between two entities: Trump Victory, the joint account used for high-dollar gifts, and the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, the low-dollar digital fundraising operation known internally as "T-Magic." The campaign is set to launch a traditional "bundling" program — which it lacked in 2016 — in the coming weeks. Bundlers are mid-tier donors who bring in contributions from...
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He’s ruling alone basically with some administrative help and the conservative caucus in the house and a handful of senators
Against :
The Republican Party despite how they suck up when running for their own office....most of the GOP are kapos
The Democrat party which has gone nutz basically....perfect time for a pathfinder Democrat to turn right if they have the charisma
The media is just as nutz as the Democrat party and sometimes I think they are the true Left, and the Dems are just implementers of policy the media trumpets
The culture....a daily onslaught
The intelligence services....who would thought the CIA and NSA and DIA were run by lefties...now that is troubling isn’t it
The administrative state obviously run leftist to GOPe and detest Trump and work against him and leak and plot and so on
Which is why it’s important they pay a price for their meddling
Trump is doing almost by himself and his tweeter account and just sheer determination
It’s a wonder he’s gotten anything done
The Left owns America’s institutions from corporate boards to politics to media and academia even down to video games
But they don’t own the electorate ..
Yet
OK...correction. $5,600 won’t do it.
Catch and release is the law of the land. Trump can’t do anything about it. He has asked Congress to change the law since he was sworn in and they won’t. He literally is fighting this by himself.
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