Donald Trump: I'll Put Up My Own Money If I Have To
The orange face of today's GOP, Donald J Trump, has, from the start, bragged about his unique position of being a self-funded candidate, immune to the corrupting influence of wealthy donors and big corporations. This is what many of his 'poorly educated' supporters found so attractive about the reality TV bigot. Katy Tur, the designated NBC/MSNBC Trump reporter, had the unpleasant task of asking him about the latest claims that his campaign is underfunded.
TUR: Your critics say, within your own party, your campaign is not organized well enough, it doesn't have the money and it doesn't have the infrastructure in the battleground states. How do you combat that perception? What are you doing to basically reassure people in your own party that you can win? There's a real deep concern about that.
Naturally, his response is laden with his annoyingly repetitious verbiage. He seems to repeat things because he is dishonest as well as uncomfortable, unless he's self-aggrandizing.
TRUMP: If it were short of money, because we're raising a lot of money for the party, but if it were short of money for myself, I would put up my own money. I mean, I'd just put up my own money if it were at all short of money.
TUR: How much would you put up?
TRUMP: I'd put up as much as I need. To win. (once again) I'd put up my own money. I wouldn't be that generous outside.