The Hill News

Ron Paul's campaign has raised over $2.5 million in its latest "moneybomb" fundraiser, and hopes to tack on another half a million before concluding the event according to figures posted to the campaign website.

Paul has leaned on the events - in which grassroots donors on Paul's e-mail list are encouraged to give generously over a quick period - to propel the Texas congressman to the third-largest haul in third quarter fundraising. In this latest ask, Paul told supporters that he needed funds to break through a "media blackout" that was keeping him from being covered like other candidates.

“None of our hard work matters unless I can raise the resources to break through the media blackout and take my message of liberty straight to the voters,” Paul wrote.

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