Biden backers express 'depression' after Trump's massive fundraising haul: report

Donors to President Biden’s re-election run are feeling the vigor aft former President Trump’s caller fundraising hauls erased what was seemingly an insurmountable currency gap.

"There was the strategy of raising each this wealth connected the beforehand extremity truthful we could person this immense edge," a large Biden donor, who wanted to stay anonymous, told Politico in a study Sunday. "The full constituent of it was to travel retired with a sizable currency vantage and, you know, we’re present adjacent and it’s June.… I person nary different connection for it different than ‘depression’ among Biden supporters."

The comments travel aft Trump was the beneficiary of a question of donations, outraising Biden and the Democratic National Committee successful back-to-back months and fundamentally erasing what was erstwhile a monolithic cash-on-hand vantage for Biden.

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President Biden and erstwhile President Trump (Getty Images)

Another large Biden donor, who was besides granted anonymity by Politico, described the caller fundraising developments arsenic "disappointing, but not surprising."

Trump’s monolithic fundraising hauls travel aft helium clinched the GOP information successful aboriginal March, signaling different large surge aft being convicted connected 34 felony counts successful New York successful May. 

Trump’s haul besides comes arsenic Make America Great Again (MAGA) Inc., a apical ace PAC backing the erstwhile president, received a monolithic $50 cardinal donation from blimpish banker Timothy Mellon.

Despite the monolithic Trump haul successful caller months, Biden’s run reported rebounding fundraising numbers successful May, a needed propulsion aft a anemic showing successful April. Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg besides gave a max donation of $1 cardinal to the run past week, adding to the $19 cardinal the erstwhile politician had contributed to a pro-Biden ace PAC.

Former President Trump speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally successful Vandalia, Ohio, connected March 16, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

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Biden’s run besides raised $40 cardinal past week aft large fundraising events successful Los Angeles and Northern Virginia, portion different large fundraiser in Philadelphia scheduled for Monday is already sold out, Politico reported. 

Nevertheless, the president finds himself down successful the wealth contention for the archetypal clip successful the wide predetermination campaign, with reports filed Thursday indicating that Trump and the Republican National Committee person $116.5 cardinal successful currency compared to the $91.6 cardinal successful the slope for Biden and the Democratic National Committee.

That caller world has immoderate Democratic strategists spooked, particularly with the numbers coming aft the erstwhile president’s New York conviction.

President Biden speaks astatine a run lawsuit astatine Pullman Yards connected March 9, 2024, successful Atlanta. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

"What Democrats should interest astir is that it’s adjacent wrong region – that the wealth is going connected astatine Trump’s broadside astatine specified a clip," Hank Sheinkopf, a longtime Democratic strategist, told Politico. "You would deliberation a feline who’s convicted of crimes would beryllium nowhere, but he’s everyplace financially. And that is simply a existent occupation for Democrats.

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"The challenger shouldn’t adjacent beryllium adjacent connected the wealth side, particularly a feline who’s convicted of felonies," Sheinkopf added. "How is this possible, is what the Democrats should beryllium asking.… That’s what they should beryllium disquieted about."

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