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UCmeNdc

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Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:14 AM Feb 2016

Bernie Sanders’ filing showed that the Vermont senator has successfully translated his populist move

into a financially solvent campaign.

It is interesting that:

The article never stated Donald Trump's campaign is in the red. His campaign owes money. Even though the money the campaign owes is to Donald Trump, Trump's campaign is losing money.


The main outlier was Donald Trump, the Republican poll leader and billionaire businessman who proudly proclaims that he is self-funding his campaign, despite the prominent “donate” button on his campaign website. Trump raised $13.6 million during the fourth quarter, with a little more than $10 million of that amount coming from a loan that Trump extended to his campaign. His spending notched up, with about $6.9 million going out the door, compared to roughly $4 million last quarter. That pace likely ramped up even more in January, with the real estate mogul starting to roll out TV ads.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/campaign-cash-federal-election-commission-218502#ixzz3yukPLMxp

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Bernie Sanders’ filing showed that the Vermont senator has successfully translated his populist move (Original Post) UCmeNdc Feb 2016 OP
Trump campaign is bankrupt. PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #1
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