Former President Donald Trump raised about $130 million in August, his campaign announced Wednesday night.
Trump's Number of donations That's down slightly from the $140 million the campaign raised in July. Started The Harris campaign has not released its fundraising figures for August, but Jen O'Malley Dillon, campaign manager for the Harris campaign, reported that she has raised more than Trump, just days after Trump was shot in an assassination attempt on July 13. release She claimed in an Aug. 25 memo that the vice president has raised $540 million since President Joe Biden left office on July 21, including $82 million raised during the week of the Democratic National Convention.
“The Trump-Vance campaign is buoyed as the Republican Party unites and independents and disaffected Democrats across party lines grow,” Brian Hughes, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, said in a press release announcing the fundraising numbers. “Our fundraising numbers since August reflect these trends and will help reverse the abject failure of Harris and Biden by bringing President Trump's America First movement back to the White House.” (Related story: Republican leaders lament dire fundraising situation)
Despite the Trump campaign's enthusiasm, Republican leaders have sounded the alarm, both behind closed doors and in public, about the wide financial gap between the two parties: Liberals hold a commanding lead in ad spending in nearly every tight Senate race, and the Congressional Leadership Fund, the main super PAC aimed at electing Republicans to the House, is trailing Democrats by $70 million in ad spending. According to To Politico.
Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally. (Photo: Christian Monterrosa/AFP)
“The only thing preventing us from having a great night in November is the huge financial gap our party currently faces,” Republican Senatorial Committee Executive Director Jason Seelman previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “We're on track to win the majority, but unless there's a dramatic change in the next six weeks, we're going to lose winnable seats.”
In many states with close congressional elections in November, such as Arizona and Wisconsin, statewide Republicans are also trailing Democrats in fundraising and spending.
Before Democrats replaced Biden with Harris, the Trump campaign had overcome the financial advantages of its Democratic rivals, Politico reported. ReportedThe Trump campaign claims to have had $295 million in cash as of the end of August.
The average donation to Trump was $56, and 98% of donations were under $200, according to the campaign.
Trump is used to running elections at a financial disadvantage, and he defeated Hillary Clinton. 2016 Despite only having half the funding and losing narrowly to Biden 2020 This is despite being outnumbered three to one in cash going into the final month of the election.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to the DCNF's request for comment.
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