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9.18am BST
Overnight the Donald Trump campaign released their September fund-raising figures. Trump, the Republican National Committee and affiliated joint fundraising committees raised $247.8 million last month. The campaign says it has $251.4 million cash on hand.
The figures compare poorly to those previously announced by his opponent Joe Biden. On Wednesday they announced that they raised a record $383 million in September, and have $432 million in reserves.
9.05am BST
Donald Trump’s campaign director of comms, Tim Murtaugh, has been vexed overnight that Joe Biden was not pressed on the recent reporting by the New York Post about his son Hunter Biden – declaring journalism to be dead.
Pretty astounding that in 90 minutes with ABC, Biden was not asked about NY Post reporting that he lied about never speaking to Hunter about foreign business deals.
Hunter even arranged a meeting.
Twitter & Facebook banning of the story elevated it further.
Journalism is dead.
Even though the commission canceled the in-person debate that could have happened tonight, one occurred anyway, and President Trump soundly defeated NBC’s Savannah Guthrie in her role as debate opponent and Joe Biden surrogate. President Trump masterfully handled Guthrie’s attacks and interacted warmly and effectively with the voters in the room. Over on ABC it was a completely different scene, as once again Biden was kept comfortable and away from any questions that might challenge him.
Continue reading…Candidates offer dramatically different visions at dueling town hallsTrump refuses to disavow QAnon conspiracy theoryMcConnell says he has votes to confirm Amy Coney BarrettSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 9.18am BSTOvernight the Donald Trump campaign released their September fund-raising figures. Trump, the Republican National Committee and affiliated joint fundraising committees raised $247.8 million last month. The campaign says it has $251.4 million cash on hand.The figures compare poorly to those previously announced by his opponent Joe Biden. On Wednesday they announced that they raised a record $383 million in September, and have $432 million in reserves. 9.05am BSTDonald Trump’s campaign director of comms, Tim Murtaugh, has been vexed overnight that Joe Biden was not pressed on the recent reporting by the New York Post about his son Hunter Biden – declaring journalism to be dead.Pretty astounding that in 90 minutes with ABC, Biden was not asked about NY Post reporting that he lied about never speaking to Hunter about foreign business deals.Hunter even arranged a meeting.Twitter & Facebook banning of the story elevated it further.Journalism is dead.Even though the commission canceled the in-person debate that could have happened tonight, one occurred anyway, and President Trump soundly defeated NBC’s Savannah Guthrie in her role as debate opponent and Joe Biden surrogate. President Trump masterfully handled Guthrie’s attacks and interacted warmly and effectively with the voters in the room. Over on ABC it was a completely different scene, as once again Biden was kept comfortable and away from any questions that might challenge him. Continue reading…