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Clinton’s campaign organization said Tuesday that it had $58 million in cash-on-hand.
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says Donald Trump should apologize for disparaging the bereaved parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim who was awarded a Bronze Star after he was killed in 2004 in Iraq.
Trump’s phrasing – “I’m not quite there yet” – echoes comments Ryan made to CNN’s Jake Tapper in May when he said he wasn’t yet ready to back his party’s standard-bearer.
Many Republican leaders, including Ryan and McCain, have criticized Trump’s subsequent attacks on the parents.
The numbers mark a significant upswing since May, when Trump was badly outraised by Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
The bigger totals may help quell concerns expressed by some Republicans that Trump wouldn’t be able to sufficiently finance his campaign, especially after reporting only $1.3 million on hand in May.
Calling Donald Trump an “authoritarian character” and a threat to democracy, Meg Whitman, a prominent Republican fundraiser and chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton’s White House bid late Tuesday. But Bradshaw and Comella are among a group of top Republican operatives, messengers, national committee members and donors who continue to decry Trump’s tactics, highlighting nearly daily – with fewer than 100 days before the election – the fissures created by the billionaire and his takeover of the party. Both had been among Trump’s harshest critics in the wake of his comments about the Khan family, particular McCain, a former prisoner of war who said Trump did not have “unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us”.
The RNC can’t force Trump out of the race – he would have to voluntarily drop out.
A Republican congressional aide said there was deep frustration on Capitol Hill that Mr Trump keeps engaging in “petty spats”. The aide said congressional offices that support Trump got two sets of talking points on Monday from the campaign about the Khan situation but have not heard anything from the campaign about Trump’s Ryan comments.
Also on Tuesday, Representative Richard Hanna of NY became the first Republican in Congress to endorse Mrs Clinton, although several other Republicans in Congress have said they will not support Mr Trump.
The Republican nominee had attacked the soldier’s mother, Ghazala Khan, for remaining silent while on the podium at last week’s Democratic Convention saying she had been silenced by her husband on religious grounds.
A day earlier, Sally Bradshaw, an architect of the Republican National Committee’s 2013 “Growth and Opportunity” report, said she’s leaving the GOP.
But the amount it raised directly – not in cooperation with the Democratic Party – was $63 million, more than what it had left at the end of July.
Tensions were already running high between the two high-profile Republicans, who will have to work together closely should Trump win the presidency.
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Opinion polls have shown Mrs Clinton benefiting from a boost after her party’s convention last week.
