Less than 24 hours after debating his Democratic counterpart, Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was celebrating another “win.”
In a statement sent to the media Wednesday morning, the Trump campaign announced it had raised $18 million. The campaign said the 24-hour haul was a signal of “momentum of historic proportions.”
“As a result of Donald Trump’s huge debate win last night, we had a massive fundraising day bringing in more than $18 million,” the campaign’s finance chair, Steven Mnuchin, said. “This is a movement to Make America Great Again. We are grateful for the support of millions of Americans across the country. With this kind of energy and generous support behind us, we are going to have President Donald J. Trump in the White House.”
The campaign said it launched a “national call day” following the debate, breaking its fundraising team into smaller teams—similar to how contestants were grouped on Trump’s reality TV show The Apprentice. The teams were:
- Team YUUUGE: Lew Eisenberg, Cara Mason, Woody Johnson, Carie Bock and Allison Macintosh
- Team MAGA: Steven Mnuchin, Elliott Broidy, Ray Washburne, Brandi Marks and Amanda Ober
- Team IRREDEEMABLES: Michael Cohen, Anthony Scaramucci and Lindsey Reynolds
- Team DEPLORABLES: Roy Bailey, Gentry Beach, Tommy Hicks, Alden Wood, Rachel Kelley and Mallory Hunter
- Team Trump Digital Fundraising: Brad Parscale
- Team Trump: Governor Mike Pence, Chairman Reince Priebus, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Eli Miller
“The National Call Day was a tremendous success,” Trump Victory Finance Chairman Lew Eisenberg said. “Many donors came on board as Donald J. Trump rolls on to victory.”
Following the announcement, the campaign made a push to exceed $20 million. As of this writing, it was less than $1 million from reaching the goal prior to the 1 p.m. EDT deadline.
