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Joe Biden ’s campaign raised more than Donald Trump in June, despite the president’s disastrous debate performance last week.
The Biden campaign raised $127 million in June, compared to Trump’s $111.8m, according to announcements from both campaigns on Tuesday.
The president’s June fundraising haul includes $38m in the four days after the 2024 debate. During the face-off against Trump, the 81-year-old president at times muddled his words and appeared to lose his train of thought.
As a result, the president is facing a growing chorus of calls to step down , including some from within his own party.
On Tuesday, the president blamed his poor debate performance on jet lag , telling reporters that he “wasn’t very smart” for “travelling around the world a couple of times” before the event.
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However, some Democrats weren’t convinced. Representative Lloyd Doggett, of Texas, became the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to publicly call for Biden to step aside. Former Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan wrote in a Newsweek op-ed that he believes Vice President Kamala Harris is the party’s “best path forward,” accusing those who believe she has less of a chance of beating Trump than “the Joe Biden we saw the other night and will continue to see” of “not living in reality”.
Despite Biden’s campaign haul in June - boosted by a $30m LA fundraiser featuring George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Barack Obama - the Trump campaign raised more overall in the second quarter.
Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $331m in the second quarter, according to their report, while Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $264m in the same period.
The Trump campaign ended June with more cash on hand than the Democrats, raising $284.9m to Biden’s $240m.
However, Trump has been forced to balance his campaign costs with his growing legal bills. The former president spent $55m on legal bills in 2023, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Trump started May owing his lawyers a seven-figure sum. The Save America leadership political action committee ( PAC ), founded and controlled by Trump, continues to absorb most of the cost from his legal troubles.
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