Trump Camp Announces $90 Million Fundraising Haul In August

In this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pauses during a campaign rally in Altoona, Pa. The Republican Party could be nearing a breaking point with Trump. As the celebrity ... In this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pauses during a campaign rally in Altoona, Pa. The Republican Party could be nearing a breaking point with Trump. As the celebrity businessman skips from one gaffe to the next, GOP leaders in Washington and top battleground states have begun openly contemplating turning their backs on their party’s presidential nominee to prevent what they fear will be wide-scale Republican losses on Election Day. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) MORE LESS

The Donald Trump campaign announced on Thursday that the campaign and its joint fundraising efforts with the Republican National Committee raised a total of $90 million in August and began September with a total of $97 million cash-on-hand.

As has been typical for the Trump campaign, the statement on fundraising totals did not reveal how much the Trump campaign alone raised in the month of August, nor did it reveal the campaign’s cash-on-hand. Official fundraising reports for the month of August filed to the FEC will not be available until later in September.

The Hillary Clinton campaign announced earlier this month that Clinton raised $143 million for her campaign and joint fundraising efforts in conjunction with the Democratic Party. The campaign said that $62 million of the total was for the campaign. The Clinton campaign announced that the campaign began September with $68 million cash-on-hand and that total efforts began the month $152 million cash-on-hand.

In the statement on fundraising, the Trump campaign said that it raised $5 million on the day of Trump’s visit to Mexico and immigration speech in Phoenix. The campaign also mentioned that Trump again donated personally to his campaign, bringing his total contributions for the cycle to $60 million.

Trump upped his fundraising game slightly from the month of July, when he raised $80 million for his campaign and joint fundraising committees.

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  1. The first paragraph says Trump has $97M cash on hand, and the second paragraph says the campaign didn’t report cash on hand.

    And UPI says that Clinton raised a whopping $143M in August, and has $63M cash on hand.

  2. one hand full of cash, the other full of shit?

  3. The campaign also mentioned that Trump again donated personally to his campaign, bringing his total contributions for the cycle to $60 million.

    One word: Bullshit.

  4. The un-mentioned fact is that it was all in rubles.

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