Donald Trump Sends First Campaign Fundraising Email
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- After it was revealed Donald Trump's campaign only had $1.3 million in the bank this month, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is sending out his first fundraising email.
Trump said in the email that he will personally match every dollar that comes in within the next 48 hours – up to $2 million.
In the email, Trump said the Democrats are "desperate" and that they also sent out "a very nasty email" attacking him.
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"I'm fighting back against Crooked Hillary and her pathetic cronies, as well as the dishonest liberal media, and I need your help," the billionaire said. "We can't let her back into the White House ever again."
Neither Trump nor his party saw an immediate fundraising boost last month, even though he emerged victorious on May 4 after a primary contest once crowded with 16 opponents.
Donors gave just over $3 million to Trump's campaign. The billionaire businessman lent his effort another $2.2 million, bringing his total outlay over the past year to about $46 million.
The RNC - which Trump says he is counting on to provide much of his general election operations - took in about $13 million last month. That's about what it raised in April, without a presidential candidate to generate fundraising enthusiasm.
The party began June with about $20 million in the bank and $7 million in debt. By comparison, four years ago, the RNC began June with about $60 million in the bank. In May 2012, presumptive nominee Mitt Romney and the RNC raised more than $76 million, about quadruple this May's haul.
The figures appear to undercut Trump's comments that money is "pouring in" to the party.
On NBC's "Today," Trump brushed aside concerns about fundraising, while saying he wished he had more support from his own party.
"I'm having more difficulty with some people in the party than I have with the Democrats," he said.
