How Trumps Twitter account is fueling a GOP money surge [View all]

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Sickening to know that there are lots of bigots in this country that will contribute and enable more bigotry!




How Trump’s Twitter account is fueling a GOP money surge


http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/356432-how-trumps-twitter-account-is-fueling-a-gop-money-surge


By Reid Wilson, Alexandra Aaron and Cole Gray - 10/21/17 12:33 PM EDT


When President Trump tweets, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill may see stars. But the Republican National Committee (RNC) sees dollar signs.

The RNC has raised more than $104 million since Trump took office in January, fueled by a surge in donors who have never contributed to the party before. For the first time in recent memory, Republicans are raking in more money from those small-dollar donors than they are from big-spending whales who write four- or five-figure checks................................................................................

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All told, the three Republican committees have about $97 million in the bank. The three Democratic committees ended September with about $54 million on hand.

Republican insiders say success has bred success, up and down the ballot.

“We’ve been able to break every fundraising record in history,” said Ron Kaufman, a former chairman of the RNC’s budget committee. “It helps to have a House and a Senate. It helps to have two thirds of the governors Republican. It helps to have a gain of a thousand legislative seats across the country. And it helps to win elections.”

It also helps when the face of the Republican Party, Trump, communicates so openly with his base of rabid fans. The RNC uses Trump’s tweets to channel his voice, soliciting contributions and messages of support when the president calls for building a wall along the border with Mexico or picks a fight with Senate Democrats. Those more personalized pitches, crafted in Trump’s voice, have spurred a wave of more than 300,000 first-time contributors.

“We don’t have to guess how the president would speak about an issue, because Americans hear directly from him on Twitter,” said Cassie Smedile, an RNC spokeswoman. “We can emulate his words and his voice when communicating with our supporters.”..