Biden and Obama Team Up For a Virtual Event for Supporters By TokyoSand on June 16, 2020 • ( 0). The invitation says most donors are giving $25.The event will be Obama’s first fundraiser for Biden, who he endorsed in April after Bernie Sanders withdrew from the presidential race leaving Biden unopposed for the Democratic nomination.“This is a critical moment in our history -- and we need Americans of all backgrounds and political stripes to join together and fight to create a more just, more generous, more democratic America where everybody has a fair shot at opportunity,” Obama said in an appeal announcing the fundraiser sent out by the Biden campaign. Biden’s campaign raised $3.5 million last week in an online fundraiser featuring Senator Kamala Harris that had a ticket price range of $500 to $100,000.Obama will headline a virtual fundraiser on June 23 for his former vice president, with the price of admission set at just $15.
In contrast, the Obama/Biden dismal track record of record-slow economic recovery and high taxes devastated our economy and come November the American people will not put our country in the hands of that same failed leadership.”This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. All rights reserved.
“President Obama appointed Joe Biden to lead the economic recovery the last time we were on the brink of a great depression, they worked together to rescue the auto industry, to provide health care coverage to millions of Americans, and to prevent Ebola from becoming a pandemic in the U.S.”While political strategists and pundits agree that an active Obama can only help Biden as well as down-ballot candidates this autumn, in the end, there’s only so much a surrogate can do. The top ask for the event is just $1,000, according to a donation form his campaign set up.
Through April, Trump had raised $742 million, more than twice as much as Biden and the DNC. Obama-Biden Fundraiser Brings In $7.6 Million For Biden Camp Former President Barack Obama tells supporters they need to do more to ensure a Joe Biden win in the 2020 presidential race. The fundraiser, which will take place on June 23 and is billed by the Biden campaign as a "virtual grassroots event," will be the first time the two have appeared together since Mr. Obama … Obama will headline a virtual fundraiser on June 23 for his former vice president, with the price of admission set at just $15. Former President Obama will join presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for the first time in a virtual fundraiser next week, the former vice president announced Monday. That actively promotes division and considers some people in this country more real as Americans than others.”“Now that the primary season is over, President Obama can play the role of unifier-in-chief within the Democratic Party,” said Mo Elleithee, the founding executive director of Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service and a Fox News contributor.After the former president and former vice president took questions from the audience, Obama jumped as Biden was wrapping up the event to say “Love you, Joe.”Meanwhile, the Trump campaign hit back at Biden over Obama's help."Love you too, pal," Biden responded.“Barack Obama is in a singular position to make the case about Joe Biden's time in the executive branch,” LaBolt told Fox News.