Since becoming the presumptive nominee during the first week in May, Trump has rushed to assemble a more traditional campaign organization.
Advertisement
The trio’s support came, in part, thanks to assurances from Trump that he would not use the dollars they raised to reimburse himself for the $36 million of his own fortune he has loaned his campaign committee, a Trump source said.
The U.S. National Rifle Association Friday announced its endorsement of Donald Trump for president, saying it was time to unite behind the Republican or “kiss your guns goodbye” if Hillary Clinton is elected.
Clinton’s campaign called Trump’s gun policies “radical and unsafe”. She said Clinton believes there are “common-sense steps we can take at the federal level to keep guns out of the hands of criminals” while protecting the Second Amendment.
Mr Trump also planned to meet on Monday with US Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, a source close to the Trump campaign said.
After months of stirring up news and scandal on a regular basis, it is almost undeniable that Donald Trump has transformed America’s election process into somewhat of a reality TV program despite his critics’ best efforts. But they didn’t drop any hints as to who they’ll feature in the lineup.
“We thought it was very important to raise money we could actually spend to put lead on the target”, Zwick said.
The New York billionaire has won at least 18 delegates in OR, though there were significant votes for candidates who have quit the race. “This is kind of the cream of the crop of what we do in politics”, said Ali Boettcher, Director of Communications for Stewart Mills Campaign. More than a dozen of the GOP’s “most reliable” donors – who have combined to give some $90 million to support conservative candidates and causes in the last three elections – have indicated to the Times that they will not contribute or help raise funds for Trump.
Advertisement
All of the campaigns slowed their spending after the high-profile primaries in March and April, but the Democratic candidates are expected to pick up the pace in anticipation of the remaining delegate selection contests, including the June 7 California primary. The “solid blue” coastal states that have voted consistently Democratic in the last six national elections (Clinton, Bush and Obama) carry a total of 243 electoral votes. He has more than 8.3 million followers on Twitter alone. Through that joint fundraising account and her campaign, she raised $26.4 million in April for her primary battle with Sanders, though fundraising expenses sliced off about $1.4 million.
