"My presidency would not be a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency," Harris told interviewer Bret Baier, an anchor with Fox News. "And like every new president that comes to office, I will bring my life experiences and professional experiences" to the job. "I represent a new generation of leadership."
70% of the billion dollars? link?
My bad, it's 40% not 70%. I juxtaposed it with another stat in the article.
#26
The information is from Open Secrets and only goes thru 9/20. That's what the article lists and that's what I noted.
President Joe Biden and then Vice President Kamala Harris have raised a staggering $285 million from such donors since April 2023, representing more than 40% of their fundraising, according to data from OpenSecrets.
@#28 ... The information is from Open Secrets ...
The graphic in that link ("Total from Small Donor Donations, Current Candidates Only") was interesting.
... Why talk about Harris when the real news is about Trump's 'owners' - three billionaires. ...
Yup.
In addition to the link you provide, there's this...
Here's Just How Massive Elon Musk's $75 Million Trump Donation Is
www.wired.com
... Elon Musk isn't the only Silicon Valley billionaire to line up behind Donald Trump's presidential campaign. See how his donations, which total $75 million, make everyone else look tiny in comparison. ...
So, having the uber-wealthy pay less taxes, and working people pay more taxes, seems to be A Big Thing for some billionaires.
Ebs, go ahead and ascribe anything you like to me words because you haven't for a second understood why I mentioned that Harris took over from Biden on the fly and amassed over $1 billion in donations.
The post was in response to Democrats being sorry that Harris has replaced Biden. They haven't been, and the donations were only ONE of the points I made in that regards.
As I've repeatedly stated unambiguously, it's not about the money, it's about what the money represents in the context of my answer. That amount of money from the unprecedented numbers of donors (not just billionaires) that donated to Harris is a reflection of her popularity across a wide swath of American voters - 1.5 million unique contributors - not just billionaires.
And she's also given million to other down ballot Democrats in the effort to use her fundraising clout not just for herself alone, unlike Trump who does the opposite.
Even people who give $1 usually want something from the person they donate to. This is not unique to millionaires or billionaires who give far more than working class citizens. No one is denying that the wealthy expect at minimum access to the candidate they fund or at least a sympathetic ear to their concerns passed through high level officials when access to the nominee simply isn't possible.
Great. That's the system we have and I've never denied that it's purposely flawed due to our campaign finance laws. But back to the only point I was trying to make. No one on the Democratic side is unhappy that Biden stepped down and Kamala stepped up and took the campaign from where it was to where it is. And if anyone thinks that yesterday's interview lessened enthusiasm for Harris' campaign, I'd watch for the inevitable announcement in the coming days about how much money Harris raised in the aftermath. It's not the money from millions that's problematic. It's the hundreds of millions from a handful of people that raises serious issues and questions about quid pro quos in ways reliance on smaller donors simply does not.
"Why do maga maroons (formerly known as Republicans) feel they need to be such A holes ?" -
Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-17 11:46 AM
They feel the need to be such A holes because they want to emulate their hero.
Viral image from last night's town hall with Trump on Univision:
Hispanic Ladies Incredulous Reaction to Trump's Claim that January 6th Was A "Day of Love."
#73 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:31 PM | (Notice how he writes like "bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!) | Flag: Will We Know the Winner on Nov. 5? Don't Count on It
#73 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:31 PM | (Notice how he writes like "bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!) | Flag: Source of shrimpy's fascinating facts
#73 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:31 PM | (Notice how he writes like "bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!)
You keep repeating "DJT will still be declared the next potus by 11 EST on 11/5"
Your BS line about "illegals voting" aside, here's your challenge:
Give us a blow-by-blow list of states that Trump will have won by 11:00pm Eastern Time on November 5th so we can follow along that evening.
Are you up for this challenge, shrimptacodan?
Has she released the playlist yet?
I heard she's opening with the 'Play That Funky Music'/Hollywood's Swinging' cover by Prince, followed by "Baby Got Back," "Back That --- Up" and George Clinton with Parliament/Funkadelic's "One Nation Under a Groove."
And then she plans to really get funky up in the hizzy.
#93 | Posted by JeffJ/Bellringer at 2024-10-17 02:32 PM | Reply | Flag: Still awaiting word on this book
#108 | Posted by JeffJ/Bellringer at 2024-10-18 11:05 AM | Reply | Flag: Still awaiting word on this book
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