Trump raises $24.8 million for reelection in less than 24 hours, RNC says

President Trump held a rally in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday night billed as the kick-off to his reelection campaign. And according to the Republican National Committee, Trump received nearly $25 million in contributions in less than a day.

RNC chair Ronna McDaniel https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1141304398963990528 that Trump raised a “record breaking $24.8M in less than 24 hours for his re-election.”

“The enthusiasm across the country for this President is unmatched and unlike anything we’ve ever seen!” she tweeted.

It’s unclear how many donors contributed to that effort. RNC officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

But Trump’s reported haul is nearly four times the amount former Vice President Joe Biden raised in the first 24 hours after announcing his 2020 presidential campaign.

Biden took in $6.3 million, the largest first-day total for any of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. According to Biden’s campaign, the money was raised from nearly 97,000 individual donors across all 50 states.

The former vice president’s campaign raised slightly more in its first 24 hours than former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke ($6.1 million) and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ($5.9 million).

Biden, though, has faced criticism among Democratic rivals for his embrace of high-rolling donors and top-dollar fundraisers.

“I don’t spend time at fancy fundraisers,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted earlier this week. “Instead, I spend my time meeting voters and thanking grassroots donors who chip in what they can.”

At a $2,800-a-plate fundraiser in New York City Monday night, Biden said that his campaign had already raised nearly $20 million, mostly from small donors.

But at another fundraiser at the Carlyle Hotel on New York’s Upper East Side Tuesday night, Biden asked for support from about 100 prominent Democratic donors and promised he would not “demonize” them for their wealth.

“What I’ve found is rich people are just as patriotic as poor people,” Biden said, according to Bloomberg News. “I need you very badly.”

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