Todd Bishop
Although US President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives, he has instead become a fuel booster for his re-election campaign, making his campaign team raise $ 46 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, raising a total of $ 103 million.
Trump’s campaign team released relevant figures on January 2 stating that the amount of fundraising in the last three months of 2019 was the largest since its inception, which was more than the $ 42 million raised by Barack Obama in the fourth quarter of 2011 many. Campaign manager Brad Parscale said Democrats and the media are in a false impeachment frenzy that has strengthened Trump’s election campaign and fundraising.
The money doesn’t include the funds raised by the Republican National Committee (RNC), but it still leaves a large number of Democratic candidates. Among them, Senator Bernie Sanders’ team won $ 34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, Pete Buttigieg raised nearly $ 25 million, and former Vice President Joe Biden was The donation of 22.7 million US dollars is his best performance since participating in the competition. In addition, the Andrew Yang camp raised $ 16.5 million, a significant increase from the $ 10 million in the third quarter of the same year.
