(CNN) As President Donald Trump tours the country holding rallies to support his reelection campaign this fall, he often brags about what the political landscape will look like in January 2021.

"95% Approval Rating in the Republican Party," he tweeted in October 2019. "Thank you! Just won two Congressional Seats in North Carolina, & a Governors runoff in Louisiana, which Republicans should now win! Because of Impeachment Fraud, we will easily take back the House, add in the Senate, & again win Pres!"

Trump is, as is well-known by now, a serial exaggerator. ( And far worse .) But his boast about "easily" winning back control of the House his party lost in 2018 looks like one of his bigger fibs.

Here's why: To win back a congressional majority, you need two things -- opportunities and money. And at the moment, House Republicans have precious little of either.

According to Politico's Jake Sherman , House Republican leaders held an emergency meeting on Capitol Hill Tuesday to address a "full-blown fundraising crisis, which would imperil any chance they have at regaining their majority in 2020." The numbers are stark: The House Democrats' campaign arm collected $40 million more than its GOP counterpart in 2019, and Democratic candidates -- whether incumbents or challengers -- are also outraising their Republican opponents in a number of key swing districts that the minority party needs to win to keep its majority hopes alive.

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