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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 01:52 AM Sep 2020

Is the Trump campaign short of cash?

Arizona is supposed to be an important state to Trump's re-election, but the campaign isn't spending any money there. In fact, they canceled their ads in Phoenix, and may not make another buy until October.

See the whole story at Daily Kos.

No ads during convention week. Going dark in Arizona. Tell you anything?

Have a nice weekend. Rest up. And on Tuesday, let's get cracking! Eight weeks to go.

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Is the Trump campaign short of cash? (Original Post) gratuitous Sep 2020 OP
I'm all in for Mark Kelly hibbing Sep 2020 #1
Maybe some of the cash has 'walked away'? Nexus2 Sep 2020 #2
Managed by Ivanka. keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #12
Yup that money is his ya know! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #13
Trump can always dip into the money that was never spent for his inauguration. dubyadiprecession Sep 2020 #3
That money is long gone canetoad Sep 2020 #4
I knew that. dubyadiprecession Sep 2020 #9
Oprah style! kwijybo Sep 2020 #16
Yes, jobs will be created! dubyadiprecession Sep 2020 #18
They've burned through north of $500 million BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #5
He is only suspending ads in AZ for a few weeks. LeftInTX Sep 2020 #6
He'll Win Texas sfstaxprep Sep 2020 #10
Yeah, I agree LeftInTX Sep 2020 #11
From the way I read the current EC status he needs to win WI & PA Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #14
It's okay. ooky Sep 2020 #7
They're paying juniors bimbo $15.000 a month, yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2020 #8
Is that all the money she is getting Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #15
The Republicans will never be short of cash DFW Sep 2020 #17
Arizona may be out of reach for trump/GOP so its matter of prioritizing spend elsewhere beachbumbob Sep 2020 #19
He's still running ads in Georgia. GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #20
Well, there is this: How Trump Draws on Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills Liberal In Texas Sep 2020 #21

dubyadiprecession

(5,620 posts)
3. Trump can always dip into the money that was never spent for his inauguration.
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 02:04 AM
Sep 2020

I hope he didn’t steal that money otherwise, we will all have to loudly chant:
Lock him up!
Lock him up!!
Lock him up!!!

kwijybo

(220 posts)
16. Oprah style!
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 04:57 AM
Sep 2020

You get locked up! And You get locked up! You get locked up! Everyone in the administration gets locked up!

dubyadiprecession

(5,620 posts)
18. Yes, jobs will be created!
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 07:44 AM
Sep 2020

Locking up the Trump crime family and associates.
We can build prisons along the southern border, so Mexicans can point and laugh at them!

BannonsLiver

(16,162 posts)
5. They've burned through north of $500 million
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 02:14 AM
Sep 2020

And he’s worse off now than than he was at the time they spent their first nickel toward his re-election.

LeftInTX

(24,560 posts)
6. He is only suspending ads in AZ for a few weeks.
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 02:16 AM
Sep 2020

I don't know if he's "short of cash". I don't think many campaigns have unlimited resources.

He apparently hasn't been spending much in Texas either, citing the fact that he thinks he's got TX wrapped up.
I do know, the local flag company can't keep up with Trump flag demands. And this flag company sells expensive flags, not the cheap stuff that you see on Amazon.

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
10. He'll Win Texas
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 02:36 AM
Sep 2020

Even if it's closer than it's been in a long time, it will still go repub. They'll make it so if they have to.

If he's losing in Texas, it's already over for him, because that would mean he's losing in many of his must win states.

Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
14. From the way I read the current EC status he needs to win WI & PA
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 02:58 AM
Sep 2020

He’ll take TX and probably FL unfortunately, but that won’t give him 270 without WI& PA

DFW

(54,056 posts)
17. The Republicans will never be short of cash
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 05:42 AM
Sep 2020

Adelson, the Kochs, Mercers, Pickens, they have enough billions behind them to make up any shortfall. If they are pulling out of Arizona temporarily, it is probably because they are (wisely) writing off McSilly in the Senate, and will return to concentrate on winning the state's electoral votes later on.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
19. Arizona may be out of reach for trump/GOP so its matter of prioritizing spend elsewhere
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 07:46 AM
Sep 2020

With Kelly near a 20-pt lead and Biden getting a solid 10 pt lead, its not rocket science.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
20. He's still running ads in Georgia.
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 08:36 AM
Sep 2020

Which is from where my local TV is aired. They just ran one of his schlocky anti-Biden ads just now on the local ABC affiliate.

Liberal In Texas

(13,453 posts)
21. Well, there is this: How Trump Draws on Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 08:53 AM
Sep 2020

"...he and his affiliated political entities have spent at least $58.4 million in donations on legal and compliance work since 2015, according to a tally by The New York Times and the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/us/politics/trump-campaign-funds-legal-bills.html

President Lawsuit as a Business Model is raiding the campaign kitty for his personal legal bills. Apparently his supporters and other repubs are just fine with that.



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