Trump Campaign Suggests He Might Just Boycott the Next Debate

Just $100,779 of Trump’s contributions came from his own pocket, a drastic shift from how he’d been paying for his campaign in its early months.

CNN’s Jeremy Diamond captured a profanity-laced confrontation with protesters, which ended with a Trump supporter apparently spitting in the face of one, who wore a t-shirt deriding the candidate in vulgar terms.

“Carson” said he tried watching it, but the last thing he remembered was “Lincoln Chafee saying ‘Hi, I’m Lincoln Chafee'”. “I thought I’d have spent about $20, $25 million dollars up until this point”.

Donald Trump may not have been soliciting donations, but they arrived on his doorstep anyway.

With fundraising reports due to federal regulators by midnight Thursday, here’s a look at what we know so far about the state of presidential campaign finance in the third quarter, and what we expect to learn when the candidates’ official reports are filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Sanders brought in about $26 million, but did so largely through small contributions collected online.

The topic of debates has been a contentious one throughout the campaign, with both Democrats and Republicans sparring over who is included on stage and how much time they’re allotted. “You look at the thousands of people – we had 7,000 people – you had 10 protesters”, he said.

Lots of Republican voters sent a message this summer in preference polls that they want an outsider as their nominee.

That’s helped Trump limit the amount he has had to invest personally in the campaign to $1,909,576 since its launch.

The documents also show the campaign spending $4.2 million over that time.

Carson’s camp said they’re using the “slipstream” strategy, which means allowing Trump to enjoy his lead for most parts of the race before stepping on the gas in the homestretch to overtake the erstwhile leader. “This socialist-slash-communist, okay? Nobody wants to say it”, Trump said as the crowd cheered. A group that most likely didn’t attend Trump’s campaign rally. Boch’s refunds – $87,000 for catering and $84,000 simply described as a contribution – were cut a month apart.