U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he departs for Las Vegas and California, from the White House in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2023.
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Republicans’ impeachment efforts are paying off — for President Joe Biden.
A fundraising e-mail from Kamala Harris attacking House Republicans for voting this week to authorize a “ridiculous” impeachment inquiry has already grow to be the vice chairman’s top-performing pitch of your entire reelection, a Biden campaign supply informed CNBC.
It was additionally the campaign’s finest pitch of the month, added the supply, who requested anonymity to debate the fundraising improvement.
It’s “a testomony to the power in opposition to this entire factor,” stated the supply, who declined to say precisely how a lot had been raised.
“This inquiry is nothing however political theater with dangerous actors,” the e-mail learn. Harris accused the Republicans of attempting to “destroy President Biden and our file.”
The impeachment-focused campaign pitch takes a web page out of Donald Trump‘s playbook, by capitalizing on a message of political grievance and presenting the president as a sufferer of unfair assaults.
Trump, the main candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination, usually decries his many energetic legal and civil lawsuits as witch hunts and political “lawfare.” His campaign references these authorized battles in near-daily fundraising pitches that accuse Biden of attempting to suppress his high political rival.
Despite Biden’s low approval rankings, his campaign has already raised large sums towards his bid for a second time period. His fundraising operation raked in over $71 million within the third quarter, far exceeding the totals posted by Trump and different Republican presidential contenders.