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Trump trails Clinton in fundraising
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton raised nine times more funds than her Republican rival Donald Trump in the month of May, according
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton raised nine times more funds than her Republican rival Donald Trump in the month of May, according to regulatory filings on Monday.
His campaign cash chest of $1.3 million, compared to Clinton’s $42 million, was described as paltry even for congressional races, leave alone the big-ticket and expensive White House run.
As Trump pivots to the general election, his campaign has been buffeted by controversies raised by his remarks and personnel shake-up. He fired his campaign manager on Monday.
There was also a security scare at his rally on Saturday when a British man was arrested for trying to grab a gun from a police officer, with the intention, he has said, of killing Trump.
According to a complaint filed in federal court in Nevada, Michael Sandford tried to disarm the officer at the rally at the Mystere Theatre in the Treasure Island Casino before being overpowered. It said the man told a Secret Service agent after his arrest that he had driven from California to Las Vegas “to kill Trump,” and had been to a range a day earlier to learn to shoot as he had never fired a gun before.
It looks like Trump is not getting much love on the cash front either. His campaign raised $3.1 million in May, compared to Clinton’s $28 million, which after expenses was down to $1.3 million when he started the month of June.
Having self-funded the primaries, the Manhattan real estate mag nate has called for donations to fund the campaign for the general election, but hasn’t made much headway.
Trump claimed he wasn’t troubled by the state of his cash chest. “If need be, there could be unlimited ‘cash on hand’ as I would put up my own money, as I have already done through the primaries, spending over $50 million.” The shortage of cash, however, is showing in the lack of campaign ads compared to Clinton’s, specially in battleground states.
