Biden anticipates raising $25 million at fundraiser with Obama and Clinton as special guests
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is set to receive a boost of $25 million following a star-studded fundraiser with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. The event at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, hosted by Mindy Kaling, will feature performances by top artists and an engaging discussion panel moderated by Stephen Colbert. Additional online programming will cater to remote supporters.
President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign is expected to end the day with another $25 million in its coffers after an all-star fundraiser featuring former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
More than 5,000 people will attend the Thursday event, hosted by Mindy Kaling at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, for performances by Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, and Lea Michele, in addition to an armchair conversation with the three presidents, moderated by Stephen Colbert. There will also be separate programming online for supporters who cannot be there in person.
“This historic raise is a show of strong enthusiasm for President Biden and Vice President Harris and a testament to the unprecedented fundraising machine we’ve built,” Biden campaign co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg told reporters Thursday. “Unlike our opponent, every dollar we’re raising is going to reach the voters who will decide this election — communicating the president’s historic record, his vision for the future, and laying plain the stakes of this election.”
“The numbers don’t lie: Today’s event is a massive show of force and a true reflection of the momentum to reelect the Biden-Harris ticket,” said Katzenberg, one of the organizers, along with Anna Wintour.
While Democrats are hoping the event will present a united front against former President Donald Trump, Biden’s campaign is simultaneously hoping it undermines his predecessor on the fundraising front. The Trump campaign raised $20 million in February, less than half the $53 million the president did during the same month. Trump’s campaign also had less than $42 million cash on hand, under a third of the $155 million the Biden counterpart had on hand.
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“Democrats are unified and energized behind President Biden’s reelection campaign — and that will be on full display this Thursday in New York City,” Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz told the Washington Examiner Wednesday. “Donald Trump has no juice heading into the general: Huge chunks of Republican primary voters have made clear they have no interest in voting for him this November, Republican leaders like his own vice president are openly opposing him, and even if Trump wanted to reach them (he does not!), he has no cash or energy to do so.”
“Elections are won by putting in the work to assemble a broad, diverse coalition — and Joe Biden is doing just that,” Munoz said.
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