'Dogs won't eat the dog food': Ex-GOP operative warns Trump war chest won't save his party

President Donald Trump is heading into the midterms with ruthless fundraising and a huge war chest, both in his own committees and in the super PACs supporting him, that he can use to protect vulnerable Republicans from whatever onslaught is coming their way. But there's a big problem standing in the way, former GOP strategist Tim Miller told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday's edition of "Deadline: White House."

"Tim, I know there's a lot of sort of political press around the mega-money machine, but you have to be able to deploy the money competently and strategically," said Wallace. "And I wonder what you make of the money situation right now."

"Yeah, two thoughts on this," said Miller, a frequent critic of the administration. "One, the Republicans are going to have more money this midterm, I think, for the first time in a decade or two ... but the Democrats have actually been better at fundraising since Obama. And so that is something the Democrats are going to have to contend with."

"Donald Trump, if you go back to last year, what was he doing this time last year? Shaking people down, like shaking down CEOs, shaking down the richest people in the world. They were funding his ballroom ... he's still doing that," said Miller. "

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