Members of former President Donald Trump’s campaign claim to have raised more than four million dollars (3.68 million euros) in the 24 hours following the announcement of his indictment in the investigation into the alleged bribery of the porn actress known as Stormy Daniels.
As they have communicated, more than 25 percent of these donations are from people who had not previously given money to the Trump campaign, which »solidifies President Trump’s status as the clear frontrunner in the Republican primaries».
The former president has solicited donations for his campaign through his social network and more than a dozen emails in the last day, according to NBC, which adds, citing a Trump campaign worker, that they have received about 16,000 new requests from volunteers who want to collaborate.
In a message on his social network, the former president wrote: »If you are not having a good time (financially), as so many of you are, don’t send any (money). If you are having a good time, which has been made possible by the great policies of the Trump administration, send your contribution».
As subject lines in the numerous emails, NBC highlights ‘PRESIDENT TRUMP, IMPEACHED’, ‘RUMORS ABOUT MY ARREST’, and ‘Yes, I have been impeached, BUT’.
Trump released a statement following his impeachment in which he has denounced »political persecution and election interference». »This has never been done before in the history of our nation,» he has reproached, while accusing »the Democrats of the radical left» of »a witch hunt to destroy the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement» and has stressed that he is »a completely innocent person».
ASKING FOR DONATIONS, A COMMON PRACTICE IN U.S. POLITICS It is not the first time that former President Trump uses the media interest in one of his controversies to initiate fundraising from his followers, donation campaigns are common in U.S. politics to finance the race to the elections.
Following the announcement of his candidacy for the Republican primaries in November, the former president’s team launched a fundraiser that raised $9.5 million (8.7 million euros) in six weeks, a figure that according to NBC is a »flop» considering the amounts that political campaigns usually raise and Trump’s notoriety.
Both Democrats and Republicans have this time joined the fundraisers on the occasion of the impeachment. A Republican politician running for Senate in the state of Indiana, Jim Banks, launched his petition under the slogan ‘FALSE POLITICAL CHARGES’ — despite the fact that the charges for which Trump is indicted are still unknown — and promises to deliver half of the donations to the former president’s campaign, while his own campaign will keep the rest.
In the state of Missouri, both the current Republican senator, Josh Hawley, and the candidate for the same Democratic office, Lucas Kunce, have jumped on the donation bandwagon.
On the one hand, the Republican asks to ‘Stand with President Trump’, while the Democrat points to the former president’s supporter as »a fraud and a phony», and asks for money to compete in the elections against him.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
