The Biden campaign had its best online fundraising day so far following former President Donald Trumpâs felony conviction by a Manhattan jury, according to Politico.
President Joe Bidenâs reelection campaign and two of his joint fundraising committees collectively raked in $8.1 million on May 31, the day after Trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records, Politico reported. The post-conviction bump constituted Bidenâs best online fundraising day of the campaign so far, with the president attracting over 114,000 donations on May 31.
âWhen people hear Trump is getting all this money from his donor base off of , Democratic donors are automatically like, âOK, how do we counter that?â one Democratic operative said, according to Politico.
The Biden campaign sent out a fundraising email at 9:41 p.m. on May 30, after the former president was convicted, titled âLetâs keep Trump out of the White House,â according to an archive of political fundraising emails. âYou know that I hate to ask, but there couldnât be a more important moment for you to make your first donation to keep this guy out of the White House once and for all,â the email says.
Bidenâs campaign sent out another email the following morning titled âApropos of nothing,â a phrase meaning without reference to anything in particular, again soliciting donations by saying âwe think todayâs a great day to give to our campaign.â
The Biden campaign drew in about 52,000 new donors on May 31, its biggest haul of the campaign, according to Politico.
Following the deluge of cash the Biden campaign took in after May 30, it sought to further capitalize on Trumpâs conviction by spending $50 million on an ad campaign targeted at swing states that hits the former president for being a convicted felon, ABC News reported. âThis election is between a convicted criminal, whoâs only out for himself, and a president who is fighting for your family,â the adâs narrator says.
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Though Biden enjoyed an abnormally high fundraising haul following Trumpâs conviction, it was dwarfed by the $52.8 million brought in by the former president in the 24 hours following his conviction.
âBiden and his Democrat allies have turned our legal system into a political tool, and Americans from every corner of the country have had enough,â a pair of senior Trump campaign advisors said in a press release. âThis momentum is just getting started and together, as President Trump stated perfectly, Americans will render the real verdict November 5th.â
Trumpâs post-conviction momentum has helped the former president achieve a cash on hand advantage over Biden, according to Politico. The former presidentâs newfound cash advantage is leading to âdepressionâ among Bidenâs supporters, an anonymous Biden fundraiser said.
The Trump and Biden campaigns did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundationâs requests for comment.
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