Trump’s Campaign Is So Poor He Might Not Be Able to Hold His Beloved Rallies, Says MSNBC Reporter
MSNBC’s Vaughn Hillyard suggested that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and its allies are so light on cash that the former president may not be able to hold many of the signature rallies he so enjoys during the 2024 cycle on Katy Tur Reports Monday.
“Let’s start with Trump’s finances. He owes half a billion dollars more and counting in legal judgments. How is that putting a strain on his ability to run a campaign?” eponymous host Katy Tur asked Hillyard during the segment in question.
Hillyard began by pointing out that the Trump campaign spent $600 million less than Joe Biden’s did back in 2020.
“And so what was the consequence?” asked Hillyard rhetorically. “Joe Biden, barely, was able to win that election in several key states. But fast forward here to 2024. Not only are they looking at a deficit in finances compared to Biden, but also there’s the reality here at play that $80 billion have already gone towards legal-related expenses over the last two years from Trump-affiliated super PACs. So they’re already starting into a deficit.”
“Add on to the reality here that the RNC is having to figure out how to best fund also Senate and down ballot races,” he added. “There are serious question marks for the Trump team and how they’re going to be able to even compete financially.”
After making note of the de facto merger between the Republican National Committee with the Trump campaign, Hillyard also fielded a question about the whether the Trump campaign thinks they need to raise and spend a lot of money in the months before November, or if it is counting on earned media to help mitigate its financial disadvantage.
“They absolutely believe that earned media is going to offer them a lot. But here’s also a reality at play. It takes manpower,” replied Hillyard. “Money can also help towards — this is my my big shtick here — money can help towards actually putting folks on the ground in these states. In the areas where they are going to rely on to pull off victories are in rural parts of Georgia, rural parts of Wisconsin, rural parts of Michigan, rural parts of Arizona. And to get folks that normally don’t vote, you got to go and tell them, ‘We need you to come vote.'”
“And you can go and have a rally in those places, but those rallies cost $400,000,” he continued. “I mean this is where — don’t expect to see Donald Trump to be parading around the country, because those events cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to put on. They’re in a predicament now, whether they like to admit it or not.”
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