Trump raised $137 million in July, less than Harris in a week

(Washington) Former Republican President Donald Trump’s campaign and its affiliates announced Thursday that they raised $138.7 million last month, still less than what the Democratic front-runner for the November election, Vice President Kamala Harris, raised in her first week of campaigning.

The Trump clan claimed to have $327 million in cash on hand as of July 31, with the election now just over three months away. The Trump campaign^me Harris has not yet announced her July fundraising totals or the amount of her campaign funds, but she says the vice president’s entry into the race has sparked a wave of new donations and volunteers.

The former president’s entourage, the Republican National Committee and others had previously announced that they had raised $331 million in the three months that ended in June, meaning that the money raised in July was collected at a faster pace.

They may have been helped by Mr Trump’s survival of an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, which galvanised some of his supporters, and by the subsequent announcement of his running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee a few days later.

Until recently, some Democrats were panicked by the prospect of a President Joe Biden defeat in November. But donors have been generous enough that M’s team^me Harris announced that she had received $200 million in a week after Mr Biden revealed on July 21 that he was dropping his re-election bid and formally endorsing the vice president.

She has since stepped up her touring itinerary and released a series of ads featuring her personal story and criticizing Mr. Trump. Some in her party, who thought Trump would be given a leg up by Mr. Biden’s dismal performance in the June 27 presidential debate, are now looking at the race in a completely different light with Mr.^me Harris, 59 years old.

Kamala Harris is expected to become her party’s official presidential nominee through virtual voting by delegates at the Democratic National Convention in a process expected to conclude Monday. She is expected to name her running mate around the same time. The Democratic convention opens in Chicago on Aug. 19.