OAN Staff Abril Elfi
3:03 PM – Monday, July 22, 2024
ActBlue has raised nearly $50 million in donations for Vice President Kamala Harris soon after President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the race and would be endorsing her as his successor.
“ActBlue Charities Inc. is an American political action committee and fundraising platform established for serving left-leaning and Democratic nonprofits and politicians,” according to their website.
ActBlue is also the same donation platform that the now-deceased Trump shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, reportedly used to financially support a Democrat political action committee back in 2021.
According to a spokesperson for Harris’s campaign, within hours of receiving Biden’s backing, she raked in $49.6 million in grassroots donations.
“As of 9pm ET, grassroots supporters have raised $46.7 million through ActBlue following Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign launch. This has been the biggest fundraising day of the 2024 cycle. Small-dollar donors are fired up and ready to take on this election,” ActBlue said.
Many Democrats moved quickly to throw their support behind Harris, including Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn), as well as the political action committee representing the Congressional Black Caucus.
In addition, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement on Monday endorsing Harris after initially declining to do so.
Meanwhile, other Democrat leaders, such as former President Barack Obama, have praised President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the race, but have not yet endorsed Harris.
In an open letter shared on social media platforms on Sunday, Biden announced his decision to step aside from campaigning for re-election, even after claiming for weeks that he would be the 2024 Democrat nominee. This came after weeks of intense pressure from fellow Democrats, prompted by his highly criticized debate performance in late June.
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