The secret of her funding is ActBlue – a group long considered by Republicans as a foreign money scam. They can take in billions overnight if they want, all from Red China, and there is no way to stop their deceit.
Democrats supposedly rallied behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, cementing her status as the party’s front-runner for the presidential nomination and sparking an unprecedented wave of fundraising for both the party and Harris’ campaign. This will not last more than a few weeks at most.
🇺🇸🔴 Supporters had raised $46.7 million in donations to #Democratic candidates as of 9pm Washington time Sunday.
📈 This surge follows VP #KamalaHarris‘ campaign launch, marking the most significant fundraising day of the 2024 cycle.@ChPilgrim breaks it down ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/ia8833zRaJ
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) July 22, 2024
Late Monday night, NBC News projected that Harris had secured endorsements from a majority of the Democratic Party’s pledged convention delegates. The required threshold is 1,976 delegates, and NBC estimates that Harris has received verbal or written backing from 1,992 delegates.
Although not yet officially the presumptive nominee, Harris’ frontrunner status is firmly established, with no potential challengers indicating plans to contest her for the nomination. Meanwhile Hillary Clinton is making her moves behind the scene.
Following President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would end his reelection campaign, Harris and the Democratic Party have raised approximately $250 million in online donations and major donor commitments. The Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue has processed $106 million in contributions to Democratic candidates since Biden’s exit, according to an automated tracker.
It remains unclear how much of this money was allocated to House and Senate campaigns versus the rebranded Harris for President campaign, which previously supported Biden.
Fox: Breaking right now Vice President Kamala Harris campaign which began today has announced a whopping $81 million fundraising haul since she entered the race. That is the largest 24-hour total of any candidate in U.S. History. pic.twitter.com/gf7nEYylGH
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 22, 2024
Alongside online donations, a super political action committee supporting the Biden-Harris ticket revealed that major donors have pledged $150 million to Harris’ election effort over the past 24 hours. These commitments, made to the PAC Future Forward, reportedly came from donors who had been hesitant to contribute amid concerns about Biden’s candidacy.
However, these pledges to Future Forward are currently just promises. Verification will come only when the PAC files mandatory federal campaign finance reports.
The historic fundraising figures are invigorating Democrats and injecting new energy into their campaign to defeat former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
Since Sunday, more than 888,000 small-dollar donors have contributed to the Harris campaign, according to a memo released late Monday. – These small donations are untraceable and often 100-200 of these small contributions are found out to be supposedly from the same person, who did not donate a dime. The scam is afoot.
Harris’ growing momentum may have influenced West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who recently changed his political affiliation to Independent, to abandon any notion of challenging Harris for the Democratic nomination.
Meanwhile, Republicans are in a rush to reconfigure a Trump campaign originally designed to compete against Biden, adapting it to face a very different opponent in Harris. One many say will be even easier to defeat.
Vice President Harris’ team has raised more than $81 million in the 24-hour period since President Biden announced his decision to step aside, Associate Press reported.
The massive fundraising haul represents the largest 24-hour fundraising sum by either party in the 2024… pic.twitter.com/tei3uvOQYz
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) July 23, 2024
Major Points:
- Democrats have united behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the front-runner for the presidential nomination, with Harris securing endorsements from 1,992 delegates.
- Following President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection campaign, Harris and the Democratic Party have raised approximately $250 million in online donations and major donor commitments.
- The Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue processed $106 million in contributions since Biden’s exit, though it’s unclear how much was allocated to House and Senate campaigns versus the Harris campaign.
- A super PAC supporting the Biden-Harris ticket, Future Forward, received $150 million in pledged contributions from major donors within 24 hours, though these figures are yet to be verified.
Lap Fu Ip – Reprinted with permission of Whatfinger News
