Conway: Trump not done putting his own money into campaign

Donald Trump’s campaign manager on Friday insisted he’s not done pouring his own wealth into his presidential campaign, despite new filings that show the billionaire well short of his boast to spend $100 million to boost his bid for the White House.

“He will continue to make investments into his campaign including in these last 11 days,” Kellyanne Conway said in an interview on Fox News. When pressed on whether Trump would write a check on Friday, Conway responded, “He may. We’ll see what happens today."


According to reports filed Thursday night with the Federal Election Commission, Trump donated just $31,000 to his campaign during the first three weeks of this month, bringing his self-funding total to $56.1 million for the campaign. Trump, who has often bragged about not being beholden to special interests, previously said he was ready to spend at least $100 million of his own money during the presidential race.

The filings also showed that Trump lags significantly behind the Clinton campaign in terms of funds for the final stretch before Election Day. The reports, which covered the period from Oct. 1-19, revealed that that Clinton’s campaign committee, its joint committees with the Democratic Party and the super PACs devoted to her finished the period with $172 million in the bank, compared with $73 million for Trump’s campaign, joint committees with the GOP and super PACs.

Conway on Friday morning also took the opportunity to defend the ticket's decision to campaign in Arizona at this late stage in the campaign, a traditionally red state where Clinton and Trump are running neck-and-neck. "Well, we haven't been to Arizona for a while and we're making a stop there while we're in the West," she said, adding, "We know we are going to hold Arizona. We have a great team there on the ground."

She then went on the offensive, questioning why the Clinton campaign is devoting so much time and effort to campaign events in Pennsylvania. "This safe, reliable Pennsylvania that's always a pipe dream for Republicans. I would ask both Clintons and Tim Kaine why they're going to Pennsylvania, especially after they snookered so many in the media to write these ridiculous stories that they're competing in Texas."

Conway, a longtime GOP pollster, also argued that "undercover" Trump voters may hide the fact that they're voting for the Republican nominee because, "they are more traditionally a Democratic voter." She said they may have voted for Bill Clinton or Barack Obama, adding, "they're just tired of arguing with family, friends and colleagues about it."

She further argued that other "undercover" Trump supporters are people who don't want to vote for Clinton. "They're just trying to get over to Trump," she said.