Former President Barack Obama and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) are teaming up to raise money for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign.
Obama and Harris will come together for fundraising events on Friday, Oct. 2, as reported by Bloomberg on Thursday.
The events include a virtual fundraiser for smaller donations and a virtual fundraiser for larger contributions.
Donors can purchase tickets for $100,000 or $250,000.
Obama praised Biden for selecting Harris as his running mate, as IJR previously reported.
He said Biden “nailed this decision.”
Biden’s first fundraiser with Obama raked in $7.6 million from more than 175,000 people, as IJR previously reported.
His campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) raised $364 million in August alone, which included a record-breaking $205 million from online, smaller donations.
Ahead of the upcoming November election, Biden is sitting on $141 million more than Trump.
Biden, the Democratic National Committee, and other fundraising groups have a total of $466 million in the bank.
President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee have $325 million in the bank.
At the end of August, Biden had totaled $181 million while Trump stood at $121 million.
“Give me one day and a telephone, I could get all these rich people that I know very much to all put up millions of dollars a piece,” Trump said during a Fox News interview.
Democratic candidates and causes raised more than $46 million following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump said on Monday he would announce his nominee to fill her seat on Saturday.
The president and First Lady Melania Trump went to the Supreme Court on Thursday to pay their respects to Ginsburg.
They were met with opposition as those who were there began booing and chanting, “Vote him out!”
Democrats have voiced their disapproval of Trump’s efforts to fill her seat ahead of the election.
