Kamala Harris campaign raises $200 million in one week

(Washington) Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $200 million since she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee last week, a major achievement in her race against Republican nominee former President Donald Trump.

Campaign officials, who announced their latest fundraising totals Sunday, said the bulk of the donations — 66% — came from new contributors in the 2024 election cycle and were made after President Joe Biden announced his exit from the race and endorsed Ms.^me Harris.

More than 170,000 volunteers have also signed up to help with M’s campaign.^me Harris by helping with phone banking, door-to-door canvassing and other efforts to get people out to vote. The election is in 100 days.

“Vice President Harris’ momentum and energy are real, as are the fundamentals of this race: This election will be very close and decided by a small number of voters in just a few states,” Michael Tyler, the campaign’s communications director, said in a note.

Kamala Harris campaigned Saturday in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, drawing hundreds of people to a fundraiser held when Joe Biden was still the frontrunner on the Democratic ticket. The fundraiser was originally expected to raise $400,000 but ended up bringing in about $1.4 million, according to campaign officials.

M^me Harris quickly rallied support from Democrats after President Biden, whose candidacy faltered after his disastrous June 27 debate performance against Donald Trump, dropped out of the race.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, former House Minority Whip Jim Clyburn, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were quick to publicly endorse the vice president.

Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama announced their support on Friday.

M^me Harris, at her fundraiser Saturday, said she remains “the underdog” in the race but that her campaign is gaining momentum.

Future Forward, the largest Super PAC in Democratic politics, announced last week that it had secured $150 million in pledges from donors in the first 24 hours after Joe Biden stepped down and endorsed Harris.

Democratic candidates for the House and Senate say they have also seen an increase in support since Mr.^me Harris has become the party’s presumptive nominee.

Trump continues attacks

Meanwhile, Donald Trump and his team have stepped up their efforts to present M^me Harris as a far-left politician out of touch with the American mainstream.

Mr. Trump, at a campaign appearance in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday, called his challenger a “crazy liberal,” accused her of wanting to “defund the police” and said she was an “absolute radical” on abortion. The vice president, a staunch supporter of abortion rights, made clear that she would make a sustained effort to prevent Republicans from restricting reproductive rights and that doing so would be a key part of her campaign.

Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas and a Trump supporter, also tried to portray Kamala Harris as an equal partner in “many of the worst decisions of the Biden administration” on the show. State of the Union on CNN. Mr. Cotton cited the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 as an example, which led to the rapid collapse of the Asian country’s government administration and military.

Mr. Cotton also accused Kamala Harris of emboldening Iranian sponsors of Hamas and Hezbollah by pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over civilian casualties in the Gaza war.

Mr Netanyahu met separately with Mr^me Harris and Mr. Biden at the White House on Thursday. Afterward, Mr.^me Harris said she urged the Israeli prime minister to quickly reach a cease-fire agreement with Hamas so that dozens of hostages held by the group in Gaza since October 7 can return home.

M^me Harris said she also reiterated Israel’s right to defend itself, but expressed deep concern about the high death toll in Gaza and the “dire” humanitarian situation there.

Some Republicans, however, fear that the arrival of Kamala Harris has given a spark to the Democrats and that Donald Trump needs to reposition himself.

New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu said on the show: This week on ABC that M^me Harris was in a “honeymoon” period that would likely last a month, but she also acknowledged that Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance should stop making personal attacks on the vice president because they won’t convince people to vote. Mr. Sununu said they should stick to the issues and “stay away from name-calling.”