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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The $42 million versus $1.3 million doesn't even show how bad it is for Trump. Ted Cruz and Ben Carson both currently have more cash on hand than Trump does. Bernie was effectively out of it all May and he raised 5 times as much money as Trump. And remember May was an entire month where Trump had won the nomination process and was the presumptive nominee (that loser Romney raised $27 million in May 2012...) . To only raise $3 million....goodness. And when you factor in PACs, Hillary actually has more than $95 million and Trump has less than $3 million. It's not even about money for ads, Trump isn't going to be able to fund a fully functional staff which is a nightmare since Trump brings states that are supposed to be safe into play. He has to spend money defending Arizona and Georgia, states a GOP candidate ignored in the past because they were gimmes.
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And it's even worse if you look at the details of the linked article...at a time you would expect ramping up significantly to hit the general election campaign the Trump campaign actually cut back on spending significantly in May (30ish% drop from April). 65 people on payroll for the campaign compared to Clinton's nearly 700. Good luck bringing that many people in and getting to work lock step with one another in a short amount of time.
But hey at least the money he's spending and taking from donations is being put right back into his companies. This way he gets to minimize the loss on his personal spend and suppliment what he does lose with that sweet donation money. He's doing what everyone who isn't blind expected...propping up his own brand and nothing more.