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While U.S. president Joe Biden remained out of sight for a second day after his paradigm-shifting exit from the 2024 presidential race, his apparent successor as the Democratic presidential nominee was busy flexing on the fundraising front.
The Kamala Harris campaign – f.k.a. Biden for President – reported raising $81 million during its first 24 hours, “adding to the existing near quarter-of-a-billion dollar war chest already amassed this election cycle.”
News of this massive haul comes as former U.S. president Donald Trump had just surged past Biden in fundraising – reporting $331 million in contributions during the second quarter of 2024 (April through June) compared to $264 million for Biden over the same period.
Trump had also blown by Biden in terms of cash on hand – reporting $285 million at the end of June compared to $240 million for the incumbent. The GOP nominee was extending his advantage even further in the aftermath of the failed attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024 – and a successful convention which included the selection of U.S. senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate.
Has Harris flipped the fundraising script on Trump and the Republicans?
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According to a news release from her campaign, Harris’ haul included more than 888,000 “grassroots donors” – 60 percent of whom “made their first contribution of the 2024 cycle.”
“Team Harris’ 24-hour raise is the highest 24-hour raise of any candidate in history,” the release boasted.
“The historic outpouring of support for vice president Harris represents exactly the kind of grassroots energy and enthusiasm that wins elections,” Harris’ spokesperson Kevin Munoz said in a statement. “Already, we are seeing a broad and diverse coalition come together to support our critical work of talking to the voters that will decide this election. There is a groundswell behind Kamala Harris, and Donald Trump is terrified because he knows his divisive, unpopular agenda can’t stand up to the Vice President’s record and vision for the American people.”
Harris is going to need every cent of that money if she hopes to defeat Trump – who was beating Biden in every key battleground state, according to months worth of polls.
Will he retain that lead against Harris? We shall see …
Not every Democratic donor is happy with the coup that removed Biden. Megadonor John Morgan wrote on X that Biden’s endorsement of Harris “is his fuck you to all who pushed him out.”
“Be careful what you wish for,” Morgan added.
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11 comments
$20 is $20.
Now multiply $20 by 880,000…..in 24 hours
Keep smoking that hopium;-)
You do realize one thing… that mega-donors were holding back all donations as long as Biden was on the ticket. As soon as he stepped down the money was released. It was one of the points the DNC was making to get rid of Biden, donors saw he had no chance of beating Trump. I’ve never taken a criminal justice course but even I was able to figure that one out. Now the DNC just needs to figure out why Kackles is only polling one point higher than Joe.
You can just feel the defeated attitude from MAGA world today.
Still holding on to Biden, even though he’s no longer running. At least they finally moved on from Hillary ;-)
As a Republican I don’t feel any different. We haven’t had a woman president in 250 years and Kamala isn’t going to be the one to break the streak. She slept her way to her position in CA, never passed legislation as a senator, has no clear policies, and failed miserably in the democratic primaries in 2019-2020.
lol
OK, “Katie” ;-)
Bless your heart, you would rather have a man who sexually molests women (and admitted it), who has run around on all three of his wives, who sleept with porn stars while his wife was home with their baby, who has been accused by 12 women of sexual assault, who was found guilty of sexual assault by a jury, and who hung out with and partied with Epstein than a Woman who you think slept her way to the top because you were told that by some right-wing nut. You can’t sleep your way to the AG’s office that’s elected. You can’t sleep your way to the US Senate, that’s elected. I am sure you will find her name on numerous pieces of legislation, and if you don’t know what her policies are by now, you spend too much time on the Faux News Channel.
Not sure if you are a bimbo Stepford Wife, a garden variety racist, or just a Trump cult member.
Now now, Melania earned her way to the top like a real woman should. After all, she’s a strong black woman who… wait… oh, damn it, this is another one of Michelle’s speeches again, isn’t it!
“She slept her way to her position in CA”
Conservatives and misogyny, name a more iconic duo. (Racism? Homophobia? Transphobia? Xenophobia? Oh geeze, I guess I didn’t think that one out.)
It’s no wonder the “aspirin between the knees” GOP hates the fact that women get to vote when they talk like this.
According to Willie, there was not much sleeping going on.
Backed by Soros…