Hillary Clinton has 18 million new reasons to PANIC

According to the Trump campaign, he raised $18 million in the 24 hours after the debate:

That's serious cash. https://t.co/EqmMP4zDoD

— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) September 28, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump hauled in $18 million today — single biggest fundraising day for the Trump campaign pic.twitter.com/sXz7tXQyUr

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) September 28, 2016

And he’s just getting started:

My supporters are the best! $18 million from hard-working people who KNOW what we can be again! Shatter the record: https://t.co/8ZHGyOth0f

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2016

Reporters, however, are already trying to downplay the huge haul:

A reminder about boasts of single-day small-donor-powered fundraising hauls: they are impossible to prove or disprove using FEC reports.

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) September 28, 2016

Did the media ever add this caveat to small-donor news releases from any other politician?

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