The Trump campaign has raised $150 million since Election Day as they have sought to paint the outcome of the results as illegitimate and inaccurate.
First reported by the Washington Post on Monday night, the campaign’s post-election fundraising numbers come as they are fighting to stop battleground states from certifying their election results as the president refuses to concede the race.
The campaign has sent approximately 500 fundraising pitches to donors with hyperbolic and sometimes inaccurate claims about the outcome of the election and allegations of voter fraud and voter irregularities. Those messages appear to have been successful given his November haul, which was mostly through small-dollar donors, was nearly double his campaign’s single best month, September, when it raised $81 million.
“Our democracy and freedom is at risk like never before, which is why I’m reaching out to you now with an URGENT request,” an email to donors from Vice President Mike Pence states. “President Trump and I need our STRONGEST supporters, like YOU, to join the Election Defense Task Force. This group will be responsible for DEFENDING the Election from voter fraud, and we really need you to step up to the front lines of this battle.”
The donations are supposedly being solicited for the Official Election Defense Fund, however, the fundraising push is being made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, which is a joint committee for the campaign and the Republican National Committee.
President-elect Joe Biden won the election with 306 Electoral College votes compared to Trump’s 232, although not every state has certified their election results. It appears that the former vice president won a handful of states that the president won four years ago, including Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan, which is what won him the White House.
While the Trump campaign’s legal moves have largely been unsuccessful in the courtroom, it appears the campaign’s next move is looking to convince GOP-led state legislatures in battleground states such as Pennsylvania to select electors who would cast their Electoral College votes for the president because of a flawed popular vote that fell in Biden’s favor.
