In less than 24 hours, President Joe Biden will visit George Clooney from the G7 summit. Mr. Biden left Italy on Friday night and arrived in Los Angeles early Saturday morning ahead of a star-studded evening fundraiser with former President Barack Obama, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, Clooney and actress Julia Roberts.
The Biden-Harris campaign says they’ve already raised $28 million for Saturday night’s event, a record amount for a Democratic fundraiser. It also covers the $26 million the Biden campaign raised from a March fundraiser in New York City with Biden, Obama and former President Bill Clinton.
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Kimmel delivered a moderate interview with Biden and Obama on Saturday’s star-studded affair, which touched on health care, abortion and the Supreme Court. After undergoing heart surgery on his son in 2017, Kimmel was a public advocate for the Affordable Care Act passed during the Obama administration. But Mr. There was a contrast between Biden and his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump. Fundamentals of Programming.
“I did nothing and could have done better than he did,” said Mr. Biden said at the top of their debate.
Whoever wins in November can appoint two Supreme Court justices, Mr. Biden said it was a reference to potential vacancies over the next four years.
“The Supreme Court has never been like this. It is beyond hierarchy,” said Mr. Biden said of the current 6-3 majority of conservatives on the Supreme Court.
Clooney and Roberts kicked off pre-programming at Saturday’s event. Mr. Biden was part of the entertainment prior to his discussion with Obama and Kimmel.
Other celebrities like Keegan-Michael Key, Connie Britton, Misha Collins, Jerry Ryan, Jonathan Del Argo, Mandana Dayani, Blake Cooper Griffin and Adam Mead, According to the Biden campaign, there were people on the fundraiser’s guest list.
Prices for tickets to Saturday’s event ranged from $250 to $500,000, although grassroots donors can watch the fundraiser for $20.
Hollywood actors have been on the campaign trail in recent weeks in support of Biden. Robert De Niro participates in a campaign press conference in May outside a lower Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial is underway. Ralph of “Abbott Elementary” campaigned in Pennsylvania with Vice President Kamala Harris, and Jane Fonda appeared Friday with first lady Jill Biden at a campaign event in Reno, Nev.
The money comes at a time when the race between Biden and Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is tight. A CBS News poll Mr. in the battleground states since June. Biden was up by 1 point, a virtual tie. The Biden campaign says the money raised Saturday will go toward their grassroots operations (field offices, staffing) and paid media.
“We’re going to see an unprecedented and record-breaking turnout in the media and entertainment world this Saturday. The enthusiasm and commitment of the Biden/Harris could not be stronger. We all understand that this is the most important election of our lifetime.” said Biden-Harris campaign co-chairman and filmmaker Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Mr. Although Mr. Biden has had a substantial monetary advantage throughout most of the cycle, Mr. Trump held his own fundraiser. says his campaign raised $52.8 million Within 24 hours he was convicted of 34 crimes in his “hush money” trial.
The Trump campaign says they raised one A record $50.5 million At an April fundraiser in Florida.
In fundraising Mr. Clooney’s involvement brought some intrigue The Washington Post In June, it was reported that Biden had invited a White House counsel to air grievances as he criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC), where Clooney’s wife Amal works. Biden has criticized the ICC Application for warrants of arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
Days later, the Biden campaign sent a fundraising speech from Clooney.
“I’m not exaggerating when I say this election is the fight of our lives,” Clooney’s speech exploded. “It’s a choice between those who want to drag America into the past and those who want to move America into the future.”
