Trump used his campaign war chest like an ATM. Now it’s dead broke — and GOP donors are furious

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Suckers. That’s clearly how major GOP donors feel after realizing that Trump’s campaign is basically dead broke, he’s dragging down the entire party, and he’s even put Democrats in position to potentially take back the Senate

“The Senate majority is the most important objective right now,” said Dan Eberhart, who has given over $190,000 to Trump’s reelection effort, according to the AP. “It’s the bulwark against so much bad policy that the Democrats want to do if they sweep the elections.”

Eberhart and others feel burned after the state of Trump’s campaign war chest has come into clearer view in the final months of the race. Some Republicans donors even founded a separate pro-Trump super PAC, Preserve America, that was explicitly not run by Trump’s people because he’s clearly not sending his finest. Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson recently poured $75 million into that PAC instead of just handing it over to the Trump campaign. Continue reading.