The money flow HAS returned after Biden stepped aside for Kamala Harris….
Vice President Harris raised nearly $50 million in grassroots donations Sunday in the hours after President Biden stepped aside as the nominee and backed her to replace him.
“Since the President endorsed Vice President Harris yesterday afternoon, everyday Americans have given $49.6 million in grassroots donations to her campaign,” said Lauren Hitt, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign, in a statement.
The impressive haul is a sign of the grassroots enthusiasm among Democrats in the immediate aftermath of Biden’s decision not to seek reelection, and it reflects Harris’s strength as the likeliest choice to replace the president atop the ticket.
Biden announced Sunday afternoon he would not run for a second term amid mounting pressure from elected Democrats for him to step aside, citing concerns he could not defeat former President Trump in November. A short time later, he endorsed Harris as the nominee.
Harris said she planned to “earn and win” the party’s nomination, and it’s unclear if she will face any serious challengers in the month before the Democratic convention begins next month in Chicago….
Democratic Down ballot money INCREASE….
Down-ballot Democrats are seeing major fundraising hauls, the party’s fundraisers said.
As of Monday morning, Kamala Harris’ nascent campaign said it had raised just shy of $50 million in the wake of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race and endorse the vice president. Total online fundraising on ActBlue hit $70 million, suggesting in the ballpark of $20 million was raised for down-ballot Democrats and other groups. (For comparison, ActBlue processed roughly $7 million total donations on Saturday, the day before Biden dropped out….
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“We’re seeing House, Senate campaigns and PACs having some of their best fundraising days of the cycle,” said Kenneth Pennington, a partner at the Democratic fundraising firm Middle Seat. “The decision by the president is a spark for a lot of grassroots donors … you’re just seeing people respond to that with, kind of, renewed hope and optimism….