(NewsNation) — The Kamala Harris presidential campaign says it has raised $200 million in the week since President Joe Biden announced he was withdrawing from the campaign and endorsed Harris to lead the Democratic ticket.
“Team Harris has raised $200 million since President Biden’s endorsement last Sunday – a record-shattering haul,” said a campaign letter released Sunday morning. “Of that amount, 66% came from first-time donors, further proof of the tremendous grassroots support for the Vice President,” the statement continued.
The announcement came the morning after Harris appeared at a fundraiser in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, her first as the likely Democratic party nominee. The event was projected to raise about $400,000, but the campaign said the actual haul was more than triple: $1.4 million.
The Harris campaign has matched its fundraising with a new aggressive voice not seen when Biden was the candidate, as evidenced by the Sunday fundraising statement.
“Donald Trump is scrambling,” it said. “Trump is weighed down by his extensive vulnerabilities, for example, his Friday comments about ending elections in this country. Or his historically unpopular VP pick in JD Vance largely driven by his (Vance’s) deep seeded and revealing disdain for women.”
Trump, meanwhile, has quickly pivoted to focus on Harris.
“She has no clue, she’s evil,” Trump said of Harris at a Saturday night rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota. “Kamala Harris’ deadly destruction of America’s borders is completely and totally disqualifying for her to be president.”
Trump also recycled a lot of his past material targeting Biden, showing how his campaign has sought to keep Biden’s pitfalls fresh in voters’ minds.
The Hill and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
