Biden campaign raises $30M at star-studded fundraiser
President Biden’s Hollywood fundraiser raked in $30 million over the weekend for his reelection bid, the most of any Democratic fundraiser in history, according to the Biden campaign.
Biden was joined at the fundraiser Saturday by former President Obama, actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts, and comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
The president in his remarks warned against a second term for former President Trump and focused on the Supreme Court and his recent trip to Italy for the Group of Seven (G7) summit.
“The next president is likely to have two new Supreme Court nominees,” Biden said, repeating a prediction he has made before.
“The idea that if he’s reelected he’s going to appoint two more flying flags upside down,” he added, referring to Justice Samuel Alito, who has faced controversy over an upside-down American flag flying over his Alexandra, Va., home.
The president also noted that he had just returned from the G7 summit, where he met with European allies.
“We’re in a situation where I promise you, not because of me, but because of America, they have enormous faith in America,” Biden said, referring to the allies.
Obama, meanwhile, warned against Trump during the fundraiser, saying the U.S. has “normalized behavior that used to” disqualify someone from serving as president.
“We have the spectacle of the nominee of one of the two major parties sitting in court and being convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 counts,” Obama added.
Obama, alongside former President Clinton, helped Biden raise more than $25 million in New York City in March.
Trump’s largest single fundraiser haul this cycle was roughly $50 million at a Palm Beach, Fla., fundraiser in April. The former president also raised $53 million in online donations in the 24 hours after he was convicted.
The Biden campaign launched an ad Monday targeting Trump as a “convicted criminal” to highlight his legal troubles and recent conviction on 34 counts in New York.
This story was updated at 2:13 p.m. to reflect the latest amount raised.
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