Highlights: Biden campaign announced that it had raised at least $25 million on this occasion alone. Singers Queen Latifah and Lizzo heated up the room before the 42nd, 44th and 46th presidents of the United States sat down for a debate moderated by Stephen Colbert. This discussion mixing serious topics and jokes was interrupted several times by cries of support for Palestine. The goal is to show that contrary to what the polls say, the outgoing president is appreciated and helped. The Biden campaign takes in more than the Trump campaign, which spends a lot on legal fees.

This is one of the obligatory passages of any American presidential campaign: fundraising evenings, to finance the activities of the candidate and the teams campaigning for him. Joe Biden in…

United States: Biden rallies Obama and Clinton for $25 million fundraising

This is one of the obligatory passages of any American presidential campaign: fundraising evenings, to finance the activities of the candidate and the teams campaigning for him. Joe Biden had an important one Thursday evening March 28, with some beautiful people.

Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, during an evening at Radio City Music Hall in New York, March 28, 2024. REUTERS - Elizabeth Frantz

By: RFI with AFP

They are three Democratic presidents gathered on the stage of a prestigious New York performance hall.

Joe Biden

, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton gathered around television host Steven Colbert. The room is packed, more than 5,000 people, despite entry prices of $225 to $500,000 depending on the degree of proximity to the three speakers, specifies our correspondent in Washington,

Guillaume Naudin

. Before the evening even began, the Biden campaign announced that it had raised at least $25 million on this occasion alone.

Singers Queen Latifah and Lizzo, among others, heated up the room before the 42nd, 44th and 46th presidents of the United States sat down for a debate moderated by presenter and comedian Stephen Colbert. This discussion mixing serious topics and jokes was interrupted several times by cries of support for Palestine. Demonstrators also gathered outside, near the performance hall, to denounce Joe Biden's policy of almost unconditional support for Israel -

despite a notable change in tone

and Israeli-American relations at their lowest point. . The American president has already been questioned in this way several times during public appearances, and each of his trips now gives rise to rallies shouting “

Liberate Palestine!”

» or “

Joe the genocidal

”.

The intervention of the three presidents concluded on a lighter note, when they put on Aviator-type sunglasses, Joe Biden's favorite accessory. Donald Trump's spokesperson, Steven Cheung, castigated

the

social

network

New York's elites are both Democrats, wealthy and generous when it comes to supporting their champion. The goal is to show that contrary to what the polls say, the outgoing president is appreciated and helped. At the beginning of April, the consolidated campaign accounts for the first quarter will be published and they should confirm the trend observed since February. The Biden campaign takes in more than the Trump campaign, which spends a lot on legal fees. The former president sells Bibles for $60 in a country where they are easily available for free, and different models of caps. For Donald Trump, whose trips have become less frequent, undoubtedly for financial reasons, it is an opportunity to say he is close to the people and also to recall that in 2016, he won by raising much less money. money than Hillary Clinton.

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United States: Biden rallies Obama and Clinton for $25 million fundraising

United States: Biden rallies Obama and Clinton for $25 million fundraising

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