Trump, Republicans spend big in midterm home stretch

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRepublicans are betting on a late flood of cash to protect their most vulnerable candidates, less than two weeks before Election Day.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPresident Trump announced Tuesday that his political operation will spend over four hundred million dollars backing GOP candidates, and the Republican National Committee confirmed it is moving fifty million dollars as well.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe RNC says it moved more than forty-four million dollars between mid-August and mid-October, split about evenly between the House and Senate committees.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYahoo News reports that Trump's post said more than three hundred million has already been spent, without saying where it came from.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRNC Chairman Joe Gruters says, quote, "We're now deploying it aggressively and strategically to directly benefit our candidates when and where it has the highest impact."

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTrump's ad buy is set to launch October twenty-ninth, according to Fox News.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA June Supreme Court ruling struck down limits on how much parties can spend in coordination with campaigns.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDecision Desk HQ gives Democrats a seventy-seven percent chance of winning the House and fifty-six percent for the Senate.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFour hundred million dollars. That's a lot of ads in your swing-state streaming queue.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBetween every episode, twice.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd one strategist says the RNC money is better than nothing, but still costs two times or more what a candidate pays for the same ad.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEven the discount aisle has a markup.