Trump raises $51 million for campaign and GOP allies

“Donald and his campaign don’t do a very good job of disavowing those people”, Noah observed, recounting previous Trump re-tweets, including one showing a swastika next to Jeb Bush’s family, and another from someone who claimed to live in “Jewmerica”. It later emerged that the Star of David image seems to have originated on a supremacist site.

“I don’t like mosquitos!” the billionaire real estate mogul shouted, before adding, “OK, speaking of mosquitoes, hello Hillary, how are you doing?” Not all of the money raised through joint fundraising committees goes to the candidates themselves.

This includes the last week of May, when Trump officially kicked off his fund raising efforts.

Trump’s numbers may ease some concerns among anxious Republicans, but he’s not yet up to 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s pace: in June of 2012, Romney raised $106 million with the Republican National Committee, closing out the month with $160 million on hand for his campaign. However, he is not required to file a formal report with the FEC about his June fundraising until 20 July, which will be during the convention and likely after Trump officially becomes the GOP standard bearer. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Joni Ernst of Iowa – indicated that they weren’t interested in running on the same ticket as Trump. His campaign has struggled to attract top bundlers, and he is expected to trail Clinton by at least $500 million in total dollars raised. That’s less than Hillary Clinton raised for herself ($40.5 million) and her party ($68.5 million, combined). His campaign raised $33 million in June of that year. The campaign said some 400,000 supporters donated, with 94 percent sending under $200. Gingrich has been a close Trump adviser and is well regarded at Trump Tower.

The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah may have dedicated the opening of his show to Hillary Clinton’s rough day on the campaign trail, but he saved his harshest critique for Donald Trump’s social media catastrophe from this past holiday weekend. People want to invest in a better future for America and Make America Great Again!

[The news] suggests that Trump has the ability to quickly inject large sums of money into his campaign coffers by tapping into the fervor of his supporters.

An additional 22 fundraising events in this time period earned another $25 million. That’s more than three times what Trump has collected through his campaign and his joint-fundraising operations with the RNC.