{"id":2271047,"date":"2024-06-18T21:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-biden-fundraiser-hillary-clinton-laments-voters-who-want-to-risk-trump-again\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T21:41:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T01:41:26","slug":"at-biden-fundraiser-hillary-clinton-laments-voters-who-want-to-risk-trump-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-biden-fundraiser-hillary-clinton-laments-voters-who-want-to-risk-trump-again\/","title":{"rendered":"At a Biden fundraiser, Hillary Clinton expresses concern over voters willing to &#8216;risk&#8217; Trump once more"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fat-biden-fundraiser-hillary-clinton-laments-voters-who-want-to-risk-trump-again%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=2271047&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>Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-political-director-rick-klein-calls-for-cleansing-pro-trump-movement\/\" title=\"ABC Political Director Rick Klein calls for \u2018cleansing\u2019 pro-Trump movement\">expressed concern<\/a> over the possibility of him being reelected during \u200ca fundraiser for Joe Biden. \u200dAt\u200d the event, held by former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, which raised $8 \u2064million and was noted \u200bas the largest \u2063and highest-grossing Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">backyard<\/a> fundraiser, Clinton highlighted the difficulty in understanding why voters might consider\u2063 reelecting Trump. At the same event,\u200c President Biden criticized Trump\u2019s tenure, specifically his \u2063Supreme Court nominations, failure to pass significant infrastructure legislation, tax reforms,\u2062 and handling of\u200d the justice system. This fundraising event occurred five\u200b months before the anticipated 2020 rematch between Biden and Trump, highlighting \u200cthe critical stakes of the upcoming election, \u2062including concerns about Supreme Court appointments following the repeal of Roe \u200bv. Wade.  <\/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>Former Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hillary Clinton<\/a> criticized the presidency of her 2016 rival, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, as she lamented at a fundraiser for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> that some voters might \u201crisk\u201d voting for him again in November.<\/p>\n<p>Five months before Biden\u2019s 2020 rematch against Trump, Clinton told donors during a $8 million fundraiser in Virginia it is \u201chard\u201d to imagine people \u201ccould want to see that again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, there are many of our fellow Americans who seem willing to take that risk,\u201d Clinton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seungminkim\/status\/1803202508606619783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton was introduced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boat-shoes-meets-blackface-buttigieg-honored-to-appear-with-virginia-governor-he-urged-to-resign\/\" title=\"Boat Shoes Meets Blackface: Buttigieg \u2018Honored\u2019 to Appear with Virginia Governor He Urged to Resign\">fundraiser host<\/a> and former Virginia Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terry-mcauliffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Terry McAuliffe<\/a>, whose 450-person event, held in the backyard of his home in the northern Virginia suburbs, was the largest nonauditorium Biden fundraiser of the election cycle and sold out in days, with campaign officials telling the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>it was \u201cthe highest grossing backyard\u00a0fundraiser\u00a0in the history of the\u00a0Democratic\u00a0Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe later returned to the stage to introduce former President Bill Clinton, who spoke before Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who described the Clintons as \u201cdear friends\u201d and \u201cgreat Americans,\u201d underscored, as he did last weekend during a Hollywood fundraiser with former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a>, the prospect that, if reelected, Trump could appoint more justices to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a>. Biden has become increasingly critical of the Supreme Court since the repeal of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/em>  two years ago next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t let that happen,\u201d Biden said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also scrutinized Trump for his failure to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>infrastructure<\/a> law the president eventually enacted, Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tax<\/a> reform, his \u201call-out assault\u201d on the justice system, and his 2020 election challenges. Biden went on to claim his predecessor would make the economy, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>consumer prices<\/a>, \u201ca hell of a lot worse,\u201d citing Trump\u2019s proposal to impose 10% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tariffs<\/a> on all imports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe threat Trump poses in a second term will be greater than his first term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his trip this month to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which put the United States on a path to victory in World War II, Biden reminded the crowd how those troops did their part for freedom and democracy and \u201cnow we\u2019ve got to do ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Combined, the two fundraisers with Obama and then the Clintons raised roughly $40 million, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/president-joe-biden-bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-campaign-2024-02d96752bb9dd34f73ca4bc88dfcd73c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>. But Biden is still facing a recent fundraising surge by Trump after his campaign and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Committee<\/a> reportedly raised $141 million last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-post-verdict-fundraising-poised-to-evaporate-biden-cash-advantage\/\" title=\"After the verdict, Trump's fundraising may dwindle, giving Biden a financial edge\">including  million<\/a> after a New York jury convicted him in his hush money trial.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Tuesday\u2019s fundraiser cost $1,000 to $6,600 for a cocktail reception on McAuliffe\u2019s lawn and $50,000 to $250,000 for a dinner in an air-conditioned tent on his tennis court afterward, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/link.axios.com\/click\/35764832.66111\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjQvMDYvMTgvYmlkZW4tZnVuZHJhaXNlci1tY2F1bGlmZmUtOC1taWxsaW9uP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zc25lYWtwZWVrJnN0cmVhbT10b3A\/58839cfa6ce954e1068b49a9Bc5adcaf9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Axios<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a fundraiser for President Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, criticized Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency. With Biden&#8217;s rematch against Trump approaching in five months, Clinton expressed concern at the $8 million event that voters might consider re-electing Trump in November<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2887,"featured_media":2271048,"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\/06\/bill-hillary-clinton-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bill-hillary-clinton-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271047","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\/2887"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}