The Trump campaign raised $14 million on President Trump’s birthday, marking the campaign’s best day of online fundraising.
The tremendous fundraising haul comes as Trump’s poll numbers and approval rating have dropped amid the coronavirus outbreak and the civil unrest over race relations and police use of force.
“Enthusiasm for President Trump continues to be our greatest motivator and political weapon,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told Fox News. “Republicans are thinking smarter digitally and harnessing support and energy for President Trump to up our online fundraising game and outwork, outdo, and outmaneuver the Democrats at every turn.”
Trump and the RNC have $255 million cash on the hand compared to former Vice President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee’s $100 million cash on hand, according to the Hill.
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale shared the news on Twitter.
“The grassroots support behind President Trump’s reelection is something no campaign has ever seen,” he said. “Just as more than a million people have registered for tickets to the President’s rally this weekend [in Oklahoma], they are also donating to help his campaign in record numbers. There is an enthusiasm gap — it is real and it is wide. President Trump’s supporters would run through a brick wall to vote for him. Nobody is running through a brick wall for Joe Biden.”
Trump turned 74 on Sunday.
The Trump reelection campaign’s previous high for online fundraising in a day was $10 million on Oct. 19, 2016. Their largest-ever total 24-hour haul, beyond just online fundraising, was $25 million on the day the president announced his reelection bid.
