Former President Donald Trump surpassed President Biden’s longtime fundraising lead, according to donation filings in June.
Republicans raised $66 million throughout the month, propelling the Trump campaign to surpass the current president’s campaign spending. June was the Republican Party’s biggest monthly fundraising month since 2020, according to The Washington Post.
The latest data comes after the Trump campaign spent much of the summer bragging that it had raised more money than the Biden campaign. Trump’s election campaign In early July, the group and the Republican National Committee announced they had raised an astounding $331 million in fundraising from April through June in the second quarter of 2024, eclipsing the massive $264 million raised by the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the same period.
The former president’s campaign also highlighted that it had $284.9 million raised as of the end of June, compared to Biden’s $240 million.
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Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower on Thursday, May 30, 2024, after being convicted of 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records. (Felipe Ramares for Fox News Digital)
Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign is being rocked by a wave of Democrats calling for him to back down.
Even Biden’s nominal allies in Congress have not been as enthusiastic about him. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, reiterated Saturday that “Biden is our nominee,” but also said he has “big decisions to make.”
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Warren appears to support it too. Vice President Kamala Harris They have hailed her as the ideal candidate to replace Biden if he steps down and take charge of the Democratic Party’s case against former President Trump.
“Joe Biden is our nominee and he has some really big decisions to make. Joe Biden has been a transformative president,” Warren told MSNBC, praising his record. “I’m deeply grateful for all that Joe Biden has accomplished.”
Warren is expected to support Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed Biden if he steps down, praising her as the ideal candidate to carry out the Democratic case against former President Trump. (Bizayev Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Biden has repeatedly insisted he will continue to run despite a growing number of Democrats calling for him to step down, fearing he will lose to Trump. But Warren, like other former Biden campaigners who are reportedly skeptical, Speaker Nancy Pelosi Earlier this month, it appeared to give Biden yet another outlet.
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“Joe Biden is our nominee, and as I said before, he has a really big decision to make,” she said. “But my great hope right now is that even if President Biden decides to step aside, Vice President Kamala Harris will be ready to step up and unite the party, take on Donald Trump and win in November. Let’s not forget that 80 million people voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020.”
President Joe Biden speaks about the assassination attempt on former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Warren’s interview came shortly after Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Martin Heinrich of Minnesota and Jon Tester of Montana called on Biden to drop out of the race this week. Fox News Digital Reported previously.
Fox News’ David Latz and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
