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President Biden’s reelection campaign raised more than $1 million through online fundraising alone in the 24 hours after the president’s Jan. 6 anniversary speech, according to numbers exclusively provided to The Hill.

Biden on Friday gave a full throated attack against former President Trump, his likely GOP opponent, and warned Americans that Trump’s reelection would pose a threat to American democracy. The president zeroed in on Jan. 6 to mark the third anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riots and argued in his remarks that democracy is on the ballot in 2024.

In response to the 24-hour fundraising haul, the Biden campaign noted that they see preserving democracy as a political winner for the president in 2024.

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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 73 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Honestly only a million is a weak number. Three or four would have been good, six would make me think democracy might survive. The 2020 election was over $14 billion, and we've had strong inflation since then.

Getting people pumped to support Biden is like getting excited about plain toast. We best start acting like it's our first food in a month.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Democrats 101. Let perfection stand in the way of pragmatic voting.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Never underestimate the DNC's ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 8 points 10 months ago

DNC 101: let 1992 thinking stand in the way of 2024 solutions to 2024 problems.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is everyone losing their fucking minds? I'll shove that plain toast up my fucking ass if it means my kids can keep waking up, going to school, and altogether living normal lives. Comfort apparently does breed contempt because nobody is really fighting for this shit. None of us were there before plumbing, before democracy, lets not fucking find out.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Yeah. One party wants minorities crushed, women dead in childbirth, and Christianity to be law. The other kinda sucks. None of the above isn’t happening. The Dems won’t learn a lesson from losing but the gop sure will learn from winning

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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I dunno, America seems to be in a real fuck around kinda mood this year.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I gave Bernie a ton of money because I knew he was getting mostly grassroots donations.

Biden has a bunch of millionaires to ask for money who have a lot more disposable income than I do. He can go ask them.

Meanwhile my $27 a month is going to bail funds.

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s pretty telling that a dollar amount is an indicator of chances to win an election. The fact that you’re talking about this like it’s normal says so much about how fucked our political system is.

(Not at all saying that what you’re saying is wrong at all. Just commenting on how accustomed we’ve become to it that it’s normalized)

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Oh it's completely fucked up, and I fully realize that. Worse yet, the million dollars that were reported is merely a polling sample of the actual cash flows to superPACs and other organizations both domestic and foreign.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

I'll support Biden. Not super excited, but I'll still support him given the alternative.

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck is going on in these comments?

[–] snipgan@kbin.social 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Tankies and hardcore leftists despising liberals, then throw in information wars of Israel/Palestine, and then add a dash election astroturfing.

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Trump raised $4 million the day after his indictment.

I really hope the election doesn't come down to who outspends who, or the grifter with NFT trading cards may end American democracy after all.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The grifter with the NFT cards is using the money he raises, plus all his party's money, on legal fees. Michigan and New Mexico GOP are both broke because they can't get any national funding because it's all going to Trump's legal fees.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No Presidential election since 2012 has been decided by who pays more, so there's some good news.

[–] DBT@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Yes and no. Biden should win, but you can't champion democracy while keeping money in politics.

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