{"id":2249409,"date":"2024-05-21T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tops-biden-fundraising-for-first-time-as-democratic-donor-issues-warning\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:05:56","slug":"trump-tops-biden-fundraising-for-first-time-as-democratic-donor-issues-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tops-biden-fundraising-for-first-time-as-democratic-donor-issues-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump outpaces Biden in fundraising for the first time, as Democratic donor raises concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-tops-biden-fundraising-for-first-time-as-democratic-donor-issues-warning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249409&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President\u200b Joe Biden faces backlash over \u200dhis Israel policies ahead of \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-student-loan-chief-allegedly-facilitated-racist-sexist-work-environment-at-cfpb\/\" title=\"Federal Student Loan Chief Allegedly Facilitated Racist, Sexist Work Environment at CFPB\">campaign fundraiser<\/a> in Boston, Massachusetts. The dispute\u200b centers on \u2062the handling of the Gaza conflict, with co-host George\u2062 Krupp \u200burging\u200c Biden to address the\u2062 issue promptly.\u2063 Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s fundraising surge is also threatening Biden&#8217;s lead in \u2064campaign contributions. President Joe Biden is under scrutiny for \u200bhis Israel\u2062 policies before a fundraiser in \u200dBoston, Massachusetts. The \u2064focus is on\u200b the Gaza conflict handling, with co-host George Krupp pressing Biden\u200c for swift action. Additionally, former \u2063President Donald Trump&#8217;s fundraising momentum poses a \u2062challenge \u200cto Biden&#8217;s campaign funding dominance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> will attend a campaign fundraiser in <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Boston\">Boston<\/a>, Massachusetts, Tuesday evening, yet one of the event\u2019s hosts is warning that the president\u2019s Israel policies could cost him in November.<\/p>\n<p>The president will travel to Boston after campaigning earlier on Tuesday in New Hampshire, which some polls now show as a toss-up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> general election.<\/p>\n<p>Despite pausing the transfer of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel earlier this month, the president is still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-states-move-to-block-school-mask-mandates\/\" title=\"GOP states move to block school mask mandates\">facing heavy criticism<\/a> within the Democratic Party over his handling of the war in Gaza, and George Krupp, a co-host of the president\u2019s Boston fundraiser on Tuesday, urged Biden to take the matter \u201coff the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this Israel thing has been a catastrophe for him,\u201d Krupp said in an interview with the <em>Financial Times<\/em> on Monday. \u201cI absolutely think that Biden\u00a0needs to suspend arms shipments both for humanitarian and political reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krupp\u2019s comments came the same day Biden forcefully denied genocide allegations levied against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-allegations-gets-dropped-from-record-label\/\" title=\"Marilyn Manson Denies Evan Rachel Wood\u2019s Abuse Allegations, Gets Dropped From Record Label\">allegations made<\/a> against Israel in the International Court of Justice, what\u2019s happening is not genocide,\u201d the president told attendees at a Jewish American heritage celebration at the White House on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> appears to be shortening Biden\u2019s lead on total campaign cash. The former president outraised the current with $76 million in donations compared to $51 million for Biden and the Democratic Party, the first month this cycle in which Trump and Republicans have bested Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The influx of cash shows Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">criminal hush money trial<\/a> in New York and the threat of prison time have not spooked major donors. Trump was aided by a high-dollar Palm Beach fundraiser hosted by billionaire John Paulson that brought in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-campaign-raises-51-million-april-down-march-2024-05-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"record-setting $50.5 million\">record-setting $50.5 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only people left in America who support Crooked Joe Biden are out-of-touch billionaires in Hollywood, and it turns out even they are done giving to a failing campaign,\u201d Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s fundraising prowess and his increasingly dominant position in the polls proves three things \u2014 the momentum is 100% on President Trump\u2019s side, Americans see the truth about Joe Biden\u2019s witch-hunt trial in New York, and they want President Trump back in the White House to Make America Great Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden still holds a commanding lead over Trump in total fundraising, ending the month with roughly $100 million more cash on hand, and the president\u2019s campaign argues that the former president\u2019s mounting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">legal fees<\/a> undercut his ability to campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden campaign officials sent a memo to reporters Monday evening, claiming that the Trump campaign spent twice as much on legal fees as on campaigning last month and that 200 of his donors had maxed out over that period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s this simple \u2014 the Trump campaign does not have the campaign infrastructure, message, or candidate to win in November,\u201d Biden\u2019s campaign said in a statement. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to take our word for it \u2014 we just found out Trump canceled a\u00a0third trip to Arizona this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is set to join a fundraiser in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday evening. However, a host of the event cautions that the president&#8217;s Israel policies may impact his standing in November. Following campaigning in New Hampshire, now considered a toss-up in polls, Biden will head to Boston for the fundraiser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2249410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24125559681818-1-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24125559681818-1-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}