Obama and Clinton support Biden in an event that plans to provide him with US$25 million.

The American president, Joe Bidenreceives this Thursday the support of two of his predecessors in the White House, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, in a major electoral event in NY which has sold out and plans to contribute US$25 million to the Democratic candidate.

The co-chair of his campaign, Jeffrey Katzenbergindicated in a statement that this figure “historical” is a sign of enthusiasm for the current president and the vice president, Kamala Harris, and “a testament to the unprecedented fundraising machine” that was built.

Radio City Music Hall expects to host more than 5,000 people who, according to The Washington Post, will have paid between 225 and US$500,000.

The largest donors to the meeting will have the opportunity to be immortalized with the three presidents by photographer Annie Leibovitz.

The central event of the night will be a conversation between Biden, Obama (2009-2017) and Clinton (1993-2001) moderated by presenter Stephen Colbert, but guests such as Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt and Lea are also expected to perform. Michele.

For Katzenberg, “lThe numbers don’t lie” and constitute “a massive show of force”. The campaign also emphasizes that “unlike” of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), who if there are no surprises will face Biden again in November at the polls, every dollar raised “will reach voters”.

The current president’s team boasts of accumulating records in its efforts to achieve electoral victory.

In the 24 hours after the State of the Union address on March 7, $10 million was raised, the largest 24-hour amount received by the campaign to date, and on March 6, The day after Super Tuesday, they pocketed $1.5 million online alone, which by their calculations was one of their highest-performing days since launch.

The Biden and Harris campaign has about US$155 million available, compared to the US$42 million attributed to Trump.

The Republican has even opted for the sale of Bibles with his name to cover both his electoral and judicial expenses, including those derived from the four criminal cases he has open, two of them for trying to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential elections.

Last month, after a New York court imposed a $355 million sentence on him for fraudulent activities by his company Trump Organization, he launched a brand of sneakers for which he was paid US$9,000 for a signed pair, and This Wednesday it launched its Bible with the slogan ‘Let’s make America pray again’ and a price of US$60 per copy.

Source: EFE

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