During a campaign stop in Exeter, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, Carson touched on the strength of his fundraising.
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His campaign has held just seven traditional fund-raisers since launching at the end of April, said Sanders campaign spokesman Michael Briggs, compared with more than 110 for Clinton over the same period.
At a press conference after the speech, reporters asked Carson who he thinks is like Adolf Hitler in the U.S. As a Republican presidential candidate, he’s developed a reputation for a calm and steady demeanor, even during televised debates.
Now flush with cash, Bennett said the campaign has begun implementing plans to buy television ad space across the South for the Super Tuesday primaries on March 1, 2016.
“Sooner or later, they’ll have to realize there’s a new reality or they’ll pay the price”, Bennett said Wednesday.
But as of June, the Carson campaign was burning through donor money faster than nearly anyone else’s in the race. Bennett estimated the campaign had at least $12 million in the bank as of Wednesday. Those details will be included in its financial report to federal regulators, which is due in two weeks.
Overall, Carson has raised $31 million from nearly 600,000 donations since he launched his White House bid in May.
But as it turns out, Carson has a trick up his sleeve. Carson has gained a quite the reputation as one of the smarter candidates, and for good reason.
But Carson recently took heat over his opposition to a Muslim as president.
But Carson is continuing to embrace the issue.
Donors interviewed in recent days explained their motivation in remarkably similar terms.
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Carson then praised the work of police, arguing that they receive an unfair amount of criticism, a veiled jab at the Black Lives Matter movement and others who have called for police reform and a deeper examination into policing practices, particularly the use of force.
