Trump campaign has just $1.3M cash on hand
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vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
EatinOlives
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Anyone they bring in as a replacement Scrappy Doo is a guaranteed loss, because there's no way you can start from scratch at the convention and expect a win.
Ninja Scooter
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how many electoral votes is Scotland worth anyway?
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Feelings for Trump aside, I think it would be a smarter play for the party. You still lose, but maybe down ticket candidates don't suffer as much. Political triage. At this point, I wouldn't trust his campaign not to make an amateur hour mistake and accidentally commit fraud or something.
LiveFromKyoto
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The quote you just posted said the coverage was mostly positive. It doesn't work if it's all unilaterally calling you a shithead 24/7. Major corporations pulling out of the RNC are proof of that.
I really hope Cheeto Jesus doesn't wriggle out of this one, and that the GOP can't block him at the convention. I want him to roast on this spit until November then take a historical L.
Yeah people still don't get it, it seems. He's no longer preaching to the choir. He has a whole new audience that doesn't like what he is saying.
They are equating postive coverage to that same time bought in advertising. While that had an affect it's hardly perfect science to assign a dolar amount like that.
And how do you count negative coverage? Might as well equate that to attack ad spending from the opposition if you are going to count positive coverage as advertising.. and he is getting almost entirely negative coverage at this point isn't he?
Smokey_Run
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He needs to keep it together for another month before everything completely falls apart. The more stuff like this gains attention, the easier it becomes for the RNC to dump his ass in Cleveland in a month.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Lately he has been getting much more negative press than the usual correct - the constant coverage given by the media did provide him the platform needed to stand where he is today and without any significant ad contributions from his campaign, it's impressive to say the least (the graph is telling $117M from Clinton, less than a mil from Trump) but I'm glad to see a shift in the coverage that he has been having the past few weeks from the media. They are no longer treating it as a reality show, thank god.
Box of Kittens
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I knew Trump would be a bad general election candidate but I didn't figure he'd be this bad. It wasn't long ago that every Trump thread had people posting variations of "Trump's going to win, isn't he?"
BladeoftheImmortal
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He should spin it and say how wasteful the other side is being. Try to turn it on its head... should give me a job.
What's he gonna pay you with?
Abinash117
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Hats.
Ninja Scooter
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it really isn't. he's insanely unpopular
he won the primary against incredibly weak competition, the GOP has turned on him, and his campaign is an utter mess
BladeoftheImmortal
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1.3mil is enough
everyday math
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Man I can't believe people ever thought he was ever gonna beat Clinton.
LiveFromKyoto
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Verbal abuse, most likely.
A Link to the Past
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everyday math
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True.
That would tear the party in half.
This seems thread worthy in and of itself.
rokkerkory
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Buy more hats ppl!!
Imperfected
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"Low-information" (the politese for "ignorant" this election cycle) voters are far, far more susceptible to advertising in general. They have a tendency to "stick" to one or two talking points if you repeat them often enough, no matter how ridiculous or irrelevant those talking points are.
You need money to make sure those talking points are "Trump is good!" and not "Trump is a clown!" So, when you're trying to build a Coalition of the Stupid--which is basically Trump's entire strategy since even the greedy, pious, and other single-issue voters are rapidly abandoning him--then yes, you need more money to win.
TheLegendOfMart
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Hes using donator money to pay his own companies, is that legal?
PhoncipleBone
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LOL. Very nice.
Why not? They are rendering a service to the campaign.
And more importantly, he does not technically own those companies. They mostly just use his name.
I am sure there are kickbacks though.
If they're providing legitimate services to the campaign, then I'd imagine it is, but it's really, really bad optics.
And what the hell is 'Trump Old Post Office LLC?'
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He's winning with money. And winning big. He's gonna keep winning and will win big with money. The biggest winner winning like Boss Hogg and cousin Billy Bob, going nowhere on the bayou
He doesn't own most of the properties with his name, or wholy own the businesses behind every product with his name.. but he and his family do "own" a lot of companies. He doesn't own every square inch of "Trump Tower" because they are condos owned by individuals but he "owns" the company called "Trump Tower" and "Trump Tower Commercial LLC". He's certainly not paying the condo owners when he writes a check to "Trump Towers."
That doesn't mean he can't pay these companies for services; but the numbers are extremely suspect IMO... like he disbursed exactly the same amount to himself, his payrol LLC and one of his other LLC's... how in the world does that actually add up in any normal accounting sense?
"I'm worth $5,223.95 cents this week... and.. my Payroll company did... $5,223.95 in services this week.. and will you look at that, my Trump Tower LLC rented me exactly $5,223.95 worth of space this week.. what a coincidence!"
Joel Was Right
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As the Right have a sense of ownership of America, I think it's important Trump is the GOP nominee; let the base have their man and watch the nation eject their views.
His staff will want to get paid.
It's not surprising. Imagine the advice he got from all the campaign related parasites telling him how to run it only to have the success of his primary debunk all of it (in his mind). Now it's probably even harder for him to listen to these people even though not doing some things conventionally might blow up his campaign.
The money would not just be for ads...
And unlike appearance in the press, Ads allow for very controlled and targeted messaging. Like, it is very common to run different Ads in different markets to better target a demo.
Comparatively, the attention he gets in the media is extremely volatile and rarely ever makes him look good. Nor can it at all be tailored.
Stereogatari
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Saving for that wall.
And people still think the RNC won't dump him by the convention.
If you think big picture for a second they have no reason to keep him. He's already guaranteed to lose. Why hitch themselves to a racist, bigot, now confirmed scam artist? It looks better for the future of the party (Paul Ryan) to distance themselves now and at least be able to tell people they stood against a total piece of shit candidate, instead of doing it only when he loses.
If you think big picture for a second they have no reason to keep him. He's already guaranteed to lose. Why hitch themselves to a racist, bigot, now confirmed scam artist? It looks better for the future of the party (Paul Ryan) to distance themselves now and at least be able to tell people they stood against a total piece of shit candidate, instead of doing it only when he loses.
For one thing, pissing on the will of the electorate by telling the pledged delegates to take a hike is a fine way to destroy your party forever.
Ninja Scooter
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the party is going to be destroyed forever either way. For someone like Ryan or Mitt, distancing yourself from Trump now is about self-preservation, about who will have a shred of credibility to be able to claim leadership over whatever they can salvage from the ashes.
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