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mitty14u2

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Wed Nov 16, 2016, 07:00 PM Nov 2016

What was Trumps First Big Lie Self Funding?



The Myth of Donald Trump’s Self-Funded Presidential Campaign Is Officially Dead

The claim that Donald Trump funds his own campaign has always been misleading. Now the billionaire can't even pretend it's true.

One thing that has appealed to Republican primary voters and helped Donald Trump win the GOP nomination is the fiction that the spray-tanned billionaire’s campaign was “self-funded.”

Trump has never been shy when it comes to boasting about it: By self-funding my campaign, I am not controlled by my donors, special interests or lobbyists. I am only working for the people of the U.S.!

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/05/15/myth-donald-trumps-self-funded-campaign-officially-dead.html

Open Secrets adds up the numbers, Summary data for Donald Trump, 2016 cycle
https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00023864

Old Indian proverb; Trump Speaks with Fork Tongue, like no other!
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What was Trumps First Big Lie Self Funding? (Original Post) mitty14u2 Nov 2016 OP
A large share of Trump's funding was by the Mercer family... Raster Nov 2016 #1

Raster

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1. A large share of Trump's funding was by the Mercer family...
Wed Nov 16, 2016, 07:15 PM
Nov 2016

...reclusive, uber-conservative hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer_(businessman)

The also are the main money behind "Breitbart."

They own the Super Pac that Kellyanne Conjob was part of.

They brought Conjob and Bannon into the Trump campaign.

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