WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election marketing campaign and the Republican Nationwide Committee mentioned on Saturday that they raised greater than $76 million in April, over half of it from small donors.
The month-to-month fundraising haul exceeded the $65.6 million raised in March by Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, and the RNC.
“With half of funds raised coming from small greenback donors, it’s clear that our base is energized. The Republican Celebration is united, and voters nationwide are able to FIRE Joe Biden and elect Donald J. Trump,” Trump marketing campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles mentioned in a press release.
Democrat Joe Biden’s re-election marketing campaign has routinely surpassed Trump’s in fundraising forward of the Nov. 5 election.
Saturday’s announcement got here as Trump and the RNC hosted a retreat in Florida for donors and high-profile politicians together with vice-presidential hopefuls.
The occasion was anticipated to assist shore up Trump’s funds, which have been drained by authorized charges, and to reassure donors in regards to the state of the marketing campaign with Trump presently spending the majority of his time in a Manhattan courtroom at his prison trial over a hush-money fee to porn star Stormy Daniels.
