With $80 Million July Haul, Trump Narrows Fundraising Gap With Clinton

Days after the two prominent political parties in United States formally declared their presidential nominees, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton got support from an unlikely person – Republican donor and CEO of HP Enterprise Meg Whitman. And Congressman Richard Hanna of NY announced Tuesday, in an opinion piece published on Syracuse.com, that he will vote for Clinton because he feels Trump is “unfit to serve our party and can not lead this country”.

While most of the commentariat here believes that the perception of Clinton’s dishonesty is a function of almost a quarter century of lies about her, it is regardless the baked-in wisdom of the American public.

Mr. Trump is up 10 percentage points among white men, while Mrs. Clinton is up 28 percentage points among white women.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds up a Donald Trump tie, which isn’t made in America, as she speaks at Knotty Tie Company in Denver, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.

Just 69 percent of registered Republican voters in the state say they support Trump, and only 40 percent of those who watched the Republican convention say they are likely to vote for him. Comments included notes of encouragement and expressions of disdain from some who said they could not understand why a Republican would vote for Clinton, who has been cast as the party’s nemesis for so long. “Donald Trump, on the other hand, has slipped a bit among Republicans”.

Trump’s running mate Mike Pence sought to assuage concerns, but his Wednesday endorsement of Ryan for re-election suggested he and Trump were not on the same page.

Humphrey was a leader of efforts to try to block Trump from securing the nomination at the Republican National Convention last month, when he drew attention for calling Trump supporters “brownshirts”.

Hillary Clinton raised $63 million in July for her presidential campaign, her best month yet and a summertime haul that puts her ahead of President Barack Obama’s fundraising at the same point in his re-election race.

Trump’s poll numbers have taken a beating following the controversy related to a feud with a Gold Star family that spoke out against him at the Democratic convention. John McCain, R-Ariz., by reiterating his decision not to endorse McCain in his August 30 primary.

IT’S BEEN ONE heck of a week for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.