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The fundraising
totals, first reported by Fox News, did not include a breakdown
of how much of the total the New York real estate mogul
contributed to his own campaign. Trump said at a rally on
Tuesday that he himself contributed a lot of the money to his
campaign in August.
Clinton, who raised $143 million in the same time period, has
consistently outraised Trump, allowing her to spend more widely
on expensive television advertisements.
Clinton has also built a vastly larger campaign payroll,
spending millions more than Trump to hire staff around the
country that will be the backbone of her efforts to get people
to turn out and vote.
In July, Trump took in $80 million.
Trump, a former reality TV star who has never held elected
office, has already defied precedent in campaign spending.
During the primary, he was outspent by many of his Republican
rivals but was able to leverage free media coverage to secure
the party's presidential nomination.
But Republican supporters have warned that he may not be able to
replicate the winning formula in the general election, when
turning out less-engaged voters is a key piece of victory.
Trump did not begin fundraising with intensity until June.
Clinton began August with $58 million, compared to Trump who
started the month with $38 million.
(Reporting by Washington newsdesk; Editing by Alistair Bell and
Frances Kerry)
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