President Biden’s reelection campaign raised more than $1 million through online fundraising alone in the 24 hours after the president’s Jan. 6 anniversary speech, according to numbers exclusively …

President Biden’s reelection campaign raised more than $1 million through online fundraising alone in the 24 hours after the president’s Jan. 6 anniversary speech, according to numbers exclusively provided to The Hill.

Biden on Friday gave a full throated attack against former President Trump, his likely GOP opponent, and warned Americans that Trump’s reelection would pose a threat to American democracy. The president zeroed in on Jan. 6 to mark the third anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riots and argued in his remarks that democracy is on the ballot in 2024.

In response to the 24-hour fundraising haul, the Biden campaign noted that they see preserving democracy as a political winner for the president in 2024.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    10 months ago

    Well yeah, they already have an incumbent and no one was dumb enough to burn piles of money running a campaign to try and primary that candidate.

    No, no one had the option to try…

    I

    • nxdefiant@startrek.website
      63·
      10 months ago

      Just so we’re on the same page, each state decides how it chooses candidates to put on the ballot. That’s the whole thing going on with DT and the SC right now.

      Derived from that power is the president primary, where parties from each state decide who to present as their candidate.

      The Democratic National Committee says “Ok, everyone should just submit Biden as the candidate and skip the primary” because that’s what they decided is best.

      It’s now up to the state parties to implement that decision or not. New Hampshire, for example, decided to hold a primary anyway:

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dnc-blasts-new-hampshire-democrats-over-detrimental-primary-plans/ar-AA1mArq2

      But it’s politics, so who knows if it’ll actually happen. I just want to point out that the national committee doesn’t have power over what the states get to do, it’s all just a power brokering game.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        10 months ago

        States can’t put someone a ballot for a race that doesn’t exist…

        It’s not that Biden is unopposed, it’s that there isn’t going to be a race.

        And the only ones that have a say, are the people running the DNC.

        Since that’s mostly decided by how much money you can pull in…

        How is this not the rich overriding democracy?

        • nxdefiant@startrek.website
          42·
          10 months ago

          That’s just not how it works. If New Hampshire decides to put Steamboat Willy on the ballot, only the SC could stop them, maybe. it’s kind of up in the air right now apparently.

          Realistically, no one wants to give up that sweet national committee money, so they’ll probably cave, and it is the rich owning democracy. That’s why I kept saying you’d have to light money on fire to get it done, but it could theoretically be done: you just have to grease a lot of wheels.