KA-CHING! Trump, RNC have YUGE fundraising quarter

So, maybe President Trump is more popular with the base than the polls suggest? As they say, follow the money:

Thanks to slew of fundraising emails, Trump/RNC raised $42.6 mil in Q1, more than 2x Obama/DNC eight years ago https://t.co/bGKCKXmNPY

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) April 14, 2017

Now check out this comparison to then President Obama’s first quarter fundraising total:

How nonstop email fundraising is helping Trump stockpile money for 2020:

Trump 2017 q1: $6.6 mil raise
Obama 2009 q1: -$90K raise

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) April 14, 2017

Boom. Thank you small donors:

Trump's reelection stockpile grows as small donors keep giving, @mateagold https://t.co/aPAG4ANZV0

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) April 14, 2017

Trump hotels are big winners, too:

Trump campaign has paid nearly $500K this year to Trump hotels, Trump Tower and Trump restaurants, filings show. https://t.co/bGKCKX5cYq

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) April 14, 2017

As is Steve Bannon:

Trump campaign reports paying Bannon Strategic Advisors $28K in January for administrative assistant/secretarial services.

— Chris Zubak-Skees (@zubakskees) April 14, 2017

And the GOP can thank Reince Priebus for the windfall?

https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/853032024671694848