Donald Trump finally raised money.
Trump raised $26 million for his own campaign, his team announced, with an additional $25 million raised jointly with the RNC at 22 separate fundraising events around the country. According to the campaign, 400,000 people donated, and 94 percent of those donations were for less than $200.
In addition to the $51 million raised, Trump contributed $3.8 million of his own money to the campaign. His campaign did not announce how much money it currently has on hand, or how much it spent during the month of June.
That number isn’t actually as good as it looks. Four years ago, Mitt Romney raised $106 million in June 2012, and had $160 million in the bank. But still, this is the best news to happen to Democrats this month—even more so than Hillary Clinton being cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the FBI.
Why? Because there is a real effort to oust Trump in a convention coup, and one that had picked up steam in the preceding weeks.
Though a majority of the convention delegates are bound to support Mr. Trump, Mr. Evans’s count shows just about 890 delegates are personally loyal to the New Yorker. Another 680 oppose Mr. Trump. That leaves 900 delegates who are presumed to be “in play,” he said. The stop-Trump forces would have to take nearly two-thirds of them to block his nomination.
Much of the rebel momentum came after Trump’s campaign reported having three pennies and a nickel on hand after May. If the rich crazy guy was broke, then the impetus for a change at the top of the ticket was unassailable. But now, he’s raised a TREMENDOUS amount of money. AMAZING. The BEST!
As noted, that’s all nonsense in comparison to a truly competent major party nominee, but that doesn’t matter. The numbers are big enough to take away a key rebel talking point. Trump can raise money, and finally is. And that means his chances of surviving the coup have increased dramatically.
And nothing improves Democratic chances up and down the ticket this November than having our good friend Don on the ticket.
