‘Ain’t Gonna Get Him There’: CNN Tallies Up How Many Sneakers and Bibles Trump Would Have to Sell to Match Biden Fundraising Haul

CNN data analyst Harry Enten laid out just how much merch Donald Trump would have to move to match the expected $25 million haul of President Joe Biden’s fundraiser in New York on Thursday.

In recent weeks, the former president has started hawking $400 Trump sneakers and a $60 version of the King James Bible that also includes U.S. founding documents and other patriotic material. Trump is trying to raise money for his campaign and also his mounting legal fees, which he has been paying with money from campaign donors.

Enten noted that Biden’s huge $25 million haul will exceed Trump’s fundraising numbers for the entire month of February, which netted the former president $20 million.

“It’s a large chunk of change, a historic chunk as the Biden campaign was hinting at,” Enten said. “And again, a little bit more context, how much would Trump need to sell to reach $25 million? You know, he’s selling those bibles – those ‘God Bless the U.S.A.’ bibles. He would need to sell more than 400,000 of those to reach $25 million.”

As he spoke, a graphic appeared indicating Trump would need to sell 416,736 bibles to reach $25 million.

“Remember those ‘Never Surrender’ Trump sneakers?'” Enten continued. “He would have to sell approximately 62,657 of them. So, that’s why he’s looking forward to that big fundraiser next month ’cause simply put, this type of stuff, this gimmicky stuff ain’t gonna get him there.”

Enten pointed out that tickets to Biden’s fundraiser – which featured former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as a host of other politicians and celebrities – cost $500,000 apiece.

“Put this into some context,” he said. “The top Taylor Swift Eras [Tour] ticket, that often went for about $20,000. How about a Super Bowl top suite seat? A hundred and twenty-five thousand. Far less than that – $500,000 for the hottest seat at the Biden fundraiser. In fact, the only thing I could really find that would match it or exceed it is a trip to space on Virgin – $600,000. That would be the only thing that exceeds it.”

As Enten noted, Trump is holding a fundraising next month in which the priciest ticket is expected to top $800,000.

“So the fact is, Biden is doing a lot tonight, but Trump may do a lot come April.”

Watch above via CNN.

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