Extremely, Democratic small-dollar donors erased Donald Trump’s money benefit in a single day.
Peter Hamby reviews in Parker:
Harris’ fundraising numbers are completely astounding. In simply 24 hours, the marketing campaign raised $81 million. It was the biggest single-day fundraising whole in U.S. historical past, and the quantity erased the money benefit Trump had constructed up in current weeks. Democratic donors, huge and small, have been declining to donate for the reason that Atlanta debates, and the subsequent spherical of votes within the Senate and Home have been met with party-wide anguish and confusion, I can reliably inform. Harris’ flood of cash has eradicated that drawback, simply in time for the newly minted Harris marketing campaign to indicate off what is bound to be a wild July fundraising whole subsequent month. I’ve by no means seen something like this.
The Harris marketing campaign launched an replace Tuesday afternoon saying they’ve raised greater than $100 million:
Harris’ workforce raised greater than $100 million between Sunday afternoon and Monday night time and now has greater than 1.1 million distinctive donors since Sunday, 62% of whom had been first-time donors. The quantity displays cash raised by all the marketing campaign, the Democratic Nationwide Committee and the joint fundraising committee.
On high of that, Harris’ workforce raised $81 million within the first 24 hours, including to the almost $2.5 billion already amassed this election cycle. With this historic victory, Harris’ marketing campaign for president recorded the best 24-hour fundraising of any candidate in historical past, with greater than 888,000 grassroots donors contributing.
None of that is regular. Political events do not change presidential candidates 100 days or so earlier than Election Day, and the get together base does not rally round a brand new candidate and flood them with cash and help inside 24 hours.
Elections will grow to be harder. Trump and the Republican Social gathering will reply with sexist and racist assaults on Vice President Harris. It will not be simple as a result of Donald Trump has a stable help base and a conservative media operation that may echo and attempt to legitimize each vile assault.
For 9 years, Trump has proven he’s not leaving. He should be defeated.
Democrats had been emboldened, energized, and again on this election to indicate up and wipe out all of Trump’s rich donor cash via a wave of small-dollar donations from unusual individuals.
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