Democrats’ Donation Boom: Since Kamala Harris Launched Her Campaignthat is, immediately after Biden’s announcement of his withdrawal, which foreshadowed his support for her, 46.7 million dollars were raised among small donors.
“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination. These are not normal times and this will not be a normal election. But this is our America. And I I need you in this battle“, Harris says in one of her first fundraising messages.
As for the choice of a new vice president, the list of possible candidates includes at least six namesfrom Michigan Governor Gretchen to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. –
ROY COOPER: The North Carolina governor is a moderate who has navigated the state’s complicated political system and prevailed. Cooper has won many bipartisan victories, including working with Republicans to expand Medicaid, health care for the poor. JOSH SHAPIRO: The Pennsylvania governor won in 2022, and has long been tipped to become America’s first Jewish president. At 51, he is relatively young, and could serve to emphasize Donald Trump’s advanced age. He has never held a high-profile government role, but with Trump choosing JD Vance, that’s a detail that may not be of much interest.
GRETCHEN WHITMER: Now in her second term as governor of Michigan, Whitmer is very popular in the Midwest and has never hidden her political ambitions. She confessed to the New York Times that in 2028 she would like to see a president from Generation X in the White House, without explicitly suggesting that it could be her. During the pandemic, she hit the headlines as one of Donald Trump’s enemies for his strict anti-Covid measures, which made her the target of an attempted kidnapping by a far-right armed group that wanted to prosecute her for her crackdown on the virus.
MARK KELLY: The Arizona senator and former astronaut is the husband of former Rep. Gabby Gifford, who championed gun control after barely surviving a shooting in 2011 that killed six people. A moderate, he has sometimes voted against Biden, especially on immigration.
ANDY BESHEAR: The governor of Kentucky won two terms in one of America’s most Republican states, campaigning on the defense of abortion rights. Unlike other potential candidates, however, he comes from a state that is irrelevant to the Democrats’ electoral strategy.
PETE BUTTIGIEG: The face of the Biden administration for transportation, the secretary is considered one of the most skilled communicators in the government. His political ambitions are known given his candidacy for the White House in 2020.
Meanwhile, Trump is relaunching by asking for the Republican Party to be reimbursed of the expenses incurred so far in the electoral campaign because “now” with Joe Biden’s withdrawal “we have to start over”. For the tycoon “Shouldn’t the Republican Party be reimbursed for fraud since everyone around Joe, including doctors and the fake media, knew he was not capable of running or being president?”, he highlights.