Trump 2020 campaign raises $266M in second quarter of 2020
President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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UPDATED 11:59 AM PT — Thursday, July 2, 2020
The president’s reelection campaign has set a fundraising record. On Wednesday, the campaign announced they had raised more than $266 million in the second quarter of 2020 in a joint effort with the Republican National Committee (RNC).
Approximately $131 million from this total came from the month of June alone, which is the most raised in one month since 2016. The campaign raised $155 million in the last quarter, which is an increase of 71 percent from the first to the second quarter.
The new record setting number comes as good news to the Trump campaign who has been out raised by the Biden campaign in the past two months. Biden and his team raised $81 million dollars in May and then in June it raised $141 million, which the campaign called “a jaw dropping amount of money.”
The recent surge in fundraising by Biden, however, seems to pose no threat to President Trump and the RNC.
“We actually have $265 million cash on hand and we started raising money very early for the president, and we are just getting started quite frankly,” said Kimberly Guilfoyle, national chair of Trump Victory Finance Committee
Over the past two years, the Trump campaign has hauled in more than$947 million. As November approaches, the Trump campaign said there’s no slowing down in sight as its set to hold an in-person fundraising event next week with each ticket costing nearly $600,000.
“We’re going to have in-person events with the president, we’ve got like three plans coming up,” said Guilfoyle. “Plus we are going to do a fantastic zoom event with the president that I think is going to get a long of attention and interest in it as well. ”
Additionally, the RNC recently announced the hiring of 300 additional field staffers, which brings the Trump Victory Operation to more than 1,000 crew members. This nearly doubles the force behind the Biden campaign.
FILE – In this Nov. 9, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden a question about President Trump as he get a bowl of chili at the Fire Fighter Chili and Canvass Kickoff in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/ Cheryl Senter, File)