Trump is in a hole and won’t stop digging
Republicans operatives from out of state were bankrolling ads promoting Durham D.A. Satana Deberry ahead of North Carolina’s March 5 Democratic attorney general primary. Supporters of Rep. Jeff Jackson, her main opponent, warned that a vote for Deberry could aid the GOP-funded effort to upset TikTok maven Jackson.
Let them waste their money, I replied. If donations are a measure of support, it was no contest. Jackson had raised around $1.7 million to Deberry’s not-quite $45,000. Jackson bested Deberry by 22 points.
So for those fretting about every presidential poll this far out from November, consider the fundraising status of the two majors (CNN):
Donald Trump’s campaign saw an uptick in donations in February but failed to match the accelerating fundraising pace set by Joe Biden, whose political operation widened its already substantial financial advantage over his Republican rival as it entered March and the general election showdown, new filings show.
The February financial reports filed Wednesday night also underscore the continued steep price of Trump’s legal troubles: Legal bills alone outstripped the money Trump’s leadership PAC took in last month.
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The new filings, which cover only a portion of the committees associated with each presidential contender, continue to show Biden’s early fundraising dominance.
The president ended February with $71 million in available cash in his principal campaign account – more than twice the $33.5 million in cash reserves held by Trump’s campaign. Biden expanded the gap seen at the end of January when his campaign had nearly $56 million in available funds to Trump’s roughly $30.5 million.
The filings also show that the Democratic National Committee ended February with more than twice the cash on hand as its Republican counterpart, buttressing Democrats’ financial edge over a political operation that Trump is working to build with the national GOP now that he is the party’s presumptive nominee.
Team Biden is kicking it. Better now?
Yes, conservative dark money groups will be a factor this election season. God knows what role Russian intelligence efforts will play. And fundraising isn’t everything. But it could be as good a measure of support as horse-race polls even as an increasingly desperate Trump begs supporters for help to pay his $464m bond in the New York fraud case ahead of a Monday deadline.
Since Digby invoked the late Texas Democrat Gov. Ann Richards, I will rip off one of her most memorable lines. Poor Donald. He can’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. Trump can’t stop himself from making the election a referendum on Trump.
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Keep digging, pal.
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