Biden campaign raises more than $33 million since debate with Trump

President Biden’s campaign has raised more than $33 million since his debate with former President Trump last week, despite some backlash over his performance.

In an email Sunday, a Biden campaign official said they have raised more than $33 million since Thursday’s debate, including $26 million from grassroots donations. This fundraising comes despite concerns from some Democrats about Biden’s poor performance last week.

The campaign said nearly half of its grassroots donations came from first-time donors in the 2024 election cycle, noting that Thursday was “our best grassroots fundraising day ever, while Friday was the second best.”

The person responsible said that they have more recurring donations at this point in the 2024 cycle than at the same time in 2020, which, according to them, is “an important indicator of popular support and the sustainability of fundraising”.

Biden and former President Trump’s campaigns touted their fundraising numbers after the debate. Biden campaign raised more than US$27 millionbetween the day of the debate and Friday night, the team said Saturday morning. Trump’s campaign raised $8 million on debate day.

Biden and his campaign have defended the president amid the concerns, rejecting suggestions that Biden should forgo the polls and let someone else secure the nomination. The Biden campaign said in a Saturday memo that the debate “did not change the horse race.”

Biden addressed the debate at a rally in North Carolina on Friday.

“Guys, I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t speak as well as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to,” Biden said at a campaign rally in Raleigh.

“But I know what I know,” he continued. “I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this work. I know how to do things. And I know what millions of Americans know: When you get knocked down, you get back up.”

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