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Kamala Harris Raises Nearly $47 Million for Her Campaign in Just Seven Hours

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American Vice President, Kamala Harris Raises Nearly $47 Million in Donations for her presidential campaign seven hours after Joe Biden endorsed her as his successor in the November

American Vice President, Kamala Harris Raises Nearly $47 Million in Donations for her presidential campaign seven hours after Joe Biden endorsed her as his successor in the November election.

According to ActBlue, one of the main fundraising platforms for the Democratic Party, these donations come from mostly from small donors supporting Harris’ candidacy be nominated by that party to replace President Biden, who announced his withdrawal from the presidential race yesterday.

“Until 21:00 Grassroots supporters raised $46.7 million. via ActBlue following the launch of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign,” the platform explained.

“This was the biggest fundraising day of the 2024 cycle.”“Small donors are excited and ready to take part in this election,” the platform wrote on its X profile.

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The increase in fundraising, including money for Kamala Harris’ campaign and other Democratic candidates and groups, reflects Democratic enthusiasm that “we haven’t seen before this cycle” platform specified.

ActBlue previously said that in the first five hours of the Harris campaign, the platform has already added over $27.5 million through donations from small donors.

These initiatives were also reflected in the newspaper. New York Times, which guarantees that Small donors are quickly rallying behind Harris.

And he gives an example: David Hogg, a gun control activist and survivor of the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, challenged his followers on social media: quickly raise funds for a new presidential candidate.

Photo: Reuters archive

Hogg said his call to the X network had been successful. raise $200,000 in donations in just a few hours.

Biden’s decision not to seek re-election comes after weeks of Democrats urging the president to drop out of the race following his disastrous performance in a televised debate with the Republican former president. Donald Trump.

Biden and his campaign team have ignored repeated calls from his party to reconsider their decision to withdraw from the presidential race. until yesterday Sunday.

Hours after Biden’s statement Many Democrats have backed Harris as their likely nominee. for the November elections, who confirmed that he would stand as a candidate.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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