October 28, 2015 🟡 Significant

Falsely claims his campaign is “100 percent” self‑funded

At the same CNBC debate, Trump boasted that he was the only candidate “self‑funding” his run and said he was putting up “100 percent” of the money instead of taking donations, even though campaign finance filings showed he had raised roughly $3.9 million by then and that more than half came from supporters rather than his own pocket.

"100 percent" — CNBC Republican debate in Boulder (Oct. 28, 2015), answer claiming he alone was self-funding

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