The Democratic White House contender spent almost $49 million last month through her campaign committee and a joint fundraising committee that raises money for Hillary for America, according to new finance reports filed Saturday night.
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Millions more went to air travel.
Some of Trump’s consultants are also mysteriously well-paid.
Mr. Trump promised to bring back American jobs, build a wall on the Mexican border, cut taxes and improve education and health care.
It appears the Trump campaign is making some changes. In the last few months, Giles-Parscale’s portfolio has grown as it has spearheaded Trump’s belated but aggressive online fundraising effort.
Mr. Trump also hammered away on a message that MI manufacturing is in the dumps, just days after Gov. Rick Snyder – also a Republican – noted that unemployment in the state has dropped to its lowest levels since the early 2000s. The campaign doled out $773,000 to reimburse various Trump-owned companies for expenses.
The Trump filings also show some old ties.
After a campaign reboot that his new campaign manager calls his “best week” to date, Donald Trump could have a shot at reversing weeks of negative headlines and sliding poll numbers – if he can stay out of his own way.
Earlier this week, Trump appointed Steve Bannon, a right-wing news executive, as CEO and promoted pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager, in what has signaled a marked new tone following colossal missteps. It’s a crossover vendor from Trump’s real estate organization.
Lastly, while the Trump campaign recently made their first general election TV ad buy, spending almost $5 million, the Clinton Campaign has already spent $61 million on ads, in addition to the more than $40 million spent by Priorities USA.
The billionaire also trails his Democratic rival when it comes to raising money.
Digging back into the Trump campaign’s July numbers, Trump himself contributed another $2 million to his campaign last month (so $52 million in all), and the campaign paid more almost $800,000 back to Trump-owned businesses for expenses like his private airline and events at his hotel properties. That came close to the $90 million that Clinton raised in conjunction with the Democratic party in July.
He then launched into a sustained pitch for African American voters, who have overwhelmingly flocked to Clinton.
“It is now clear that the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history”.
“Your business and plants have been ripped out”, said Mr. Trump, who repeated earlier promises to stop manufacturing from leaving MI – even though auto jobs are up sharply since the depths of the 2007-09 recession.
It is unclear why more money was not transferred from the joint fundraising committees, which are not scheduled to file their next finance reports until October 15.
After accepting their parties’ nominations at their July conventions, the two candidates headed into the final three-month stretch of the campaign in starkly different financial positions.
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The Clinton aide spoke on the condition of anonymity to share campaign strategy more freely. Clinton also is planning to air $15 million in radio ads in the fall, the aide said. Democratic committees in these states spent $9.9 million while Republicans spent just $3.3 million.
