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Rubio asks donors for $400,000 by Saturday to fight 'con artist'

Marco Rubio's campaign is asking donors to contribute $400,000 before Saturday's contests in Kansas, Louisiana, Kentucky and Maine, saying he needs help to battle Donald Trump.

"We are not going to let our party be taken over by a con artist, and we’re not going to nominate a candidate who’ll be totally steamrolled by the Democratic machine," the campaign said in its fundraising appeal. "Marco is not going to give up this fight—he’ll do whatever it takes to stop Trump."

"If we reach our goal well ahead of time, it’ll show the media that conservatives are coalescing to stop Trump. Be part of that movement right now," the campaign said.

Rubio is expected to finish well behind Trump in many of the states voting tonight, with the bulk of the voting in Trump's southern strongholds. In place of the "DONATE" button, supporters are urged to click "STOP TRUMP" in the email.

Rubio's fundraising pitch comes less than 24 hours after Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders raised $4 million on Monday alone, ahead of the monthly deadline.