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Donald Trump's 2020 fundraising haul is totally and completely unprecedented
CNN)On Monday night, President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign announced that it had raised in excess of $18 million over the past three months, a haul that means the incumbent has already raised $106 million for a race that is more than two years away.
That's a stunning -- and totally unprecedented -- amount of money for a sitting president to have collected less than two years into his first term.
Look, I get it. Money has become so plentiful in American politics -- every two years cash floods the system through a variety of super PACs and other newfangled entities aimed at skirting campaign finance law -- that there's a tendency, even among political junkies, to get a little glassy-eyed when it comes to talk of unprecedented amounts of money being harvested earlier and earlier in the election cycle.
Fundraising for presidential reelection campaign
In three less months of fundraising, Trump has raked in more than 26.5 times what Obama had raised for his re-election race and 32 times what Bush had raised.
Graphic: JoElla Carman, CNN
Trump has never played by the political rules. And his decision to file for re-election on the day he was sworn into office is yet more evidence of just how unorthodox he is. He does what he wants -- and usually what he wants is whatever is most advantageous for him. This is one of those instances; whether you like or hate the fact that Trump has already raised more than $100 million for his 2020 race, you can't argue with the fact that it gives him a massive leg up over his eventual Democratic opponent in the chase for campaign cash.
(Sidebar: Can we put an end to the weirdly persistent theory in some political circles that Trump isn't going to run for a second term? This fundraising haul makes clear he's running -- and running hard.)
Trump is a political planet unto himself. Normal rules of gravity don't apply. He does what he wants, when he wants and how he wants. Including raise money. Lots and lots of money.
Donald Trump's 2020 fundraising haul is totally and completely unprecedented - CNNPolitics
CNN)On Monday night, President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign announced that it had raised in excess of $18 million over the past three months, a haul that means the incumbent has already raised $106 million for a race that is more than two years away.
That's a stunning -- and totally unprecedented -- amount of money for a sitting president to have collected less than two years into his first term.
Look, I get it. Money has become so plentiful in American politics -- every two years cash floods the system through a variety of super PACs and other newfangled entities aimed at skirting campaign finance law -- that there's a tendency, even among political junkies, to get a little glassy-eyed when it comes to talk of unprecedented amounts of money being harvested earlier and earlier in the election cycle.
Fundraising for presidential reelection campaign
In three less months of fundraising, Trump has raked in more than 26.5 times what Obama had raised for his re-election race and 32 times what Bush had raised.
- Raised
- Cash on hand
- Donald Trump (through 9/30/2018)
- Barack Obama (through 12/31/2010)
- George W. Bush (through 12/31/2002)
Graphic: JoElla Carman, CNN
Trump has never played by the political rules. And his decision to file for re-election on the day he was sworn into office is yet more evidence of just how unorthodox he is. He does what he wants -- and usually what he wants is whatever is most advantageous for him. This is one of those instances; whether you like or hate the fact that Trump has already raised more than $100 million for his 2020 race, you can't argue with the fact that it gives him a massive leg up over his eventual Democratic opponent in the chase for campaign cash.
(Sidebar: Can we put an end to the weirdly persistent theory in some political circles that Trump isn't going to run for a second term? This fundraising haul makes clear he's running -- and running hard.)
Trump is a political planet unto himself. Normal rules of gravity don't apply. He does what he wants, when he wants and how he wants. Including raise money. Lots and lots of money.
Donald Trump's 2020 fundraising haul is totally and completely unprecedented - CNNPolitics
