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pnwmom

(109,022 posts)
Thu May 5, 2016, 06:02 PM May 2016

Ed Rollins announces major SuperPac will be funding Trump's candidacy.

And I'm sure this will be one of many, since Trump has announced his about-face on self-funding his campaign.

http://fortune.com/2016/05/05/trump-big-donors-super-pacs/

But the big money will come from bigger donors and outside PACs. And in the world of Super PACs, one is already mobilizing to help elect Trump.

According to the Journal, in a Wednesday conference call with donors, Republican campaign advisor Ed Rollins said that the Super PAC where he was recently hired as co-chairman, Great America PAC, was going to be a major part of the campaign. “Usually a super PAC is frosting on a cake,” he said. “We’re going to be part of the cake.”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-wont-self-fund-general-election-campaign-1462399502

“I’ll be putting up money, but won’t be completely self-funding,” the presumptive Republican nominee said in an interview Wednesday. Mr. Trump, who had largely self-financed his successful primary run, added that he would create a “world-class finance organization.” The campaign will tap his expansive personal Rolodex and a new base of supporters who aren’t on party rolls, two Trump advisers said.

The new plan represents a shift for Mr. Trump, who has for months portrayed his Republican opponents as “puppets” for relying on super PACs and taking contributions from wealthy donors that he said came with strings attached.

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Ed Rollins announces major SuperPac will be funding Trump's candidacy. (Original Post) pnwmom May 2016 OP
Trump always maintained that he would have to solicit funding if he Purveyor May 2016 #1
 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
1. Trump always maintained that he would have to solicit funding if he
Thu May 5, 2016, 06:17 PM
May 2016

won the nomination.

What to watch for is the number of small contributors he attracts.

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