US Election 2024: Ms. Harris earns impressive numbers far surpassing Mr. Trump, deputy Tim Walz officially receives ‘honor of a lifetime’.H
Vice President Kamala Harris’s main fundraising team raised $204 million in July, and her running mate Tim Walz has officially accepted the nomination to be the US vice presidential candidate.
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| Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has accepted the Democratic nomination to run for Vice President of the United States, alongside Ms. Harris. (Source: AFP) |
According to Axios , in a report sent to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on August 20, the fundraising group for Ms. Harris announced that it had raised an additional $204 million in July. Meanwhile , the amount of money for Mr. Trump was $48 million.
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Including allied committees, Ms. Harris’s campaign raised a total of $310 million last month, while Mr. Trump’s campaign and allied committees raised $138 million.
According to Harris’s aides, most of the money raised by the campaign group and related committees was concentrated in the last days of July, after President Joe Biden announced he was ending his campaign and supporting his vice president as the Democratic candidate on July 21.
More than $60 million was raised in just the first three days after Harris entered the race for the White House.
FEC records show that Ms. Harris’s campaign also spent more than Mr. Trump’s campaign in the past month — $81 million compared to $24 million.
On August 20, Ms. Harris appeared online at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), officially accepting the party’s presidential nomination. She is scheduled to speak at the DNC on August 22 (US time) – the last day of the event.
Ms. Harris, 59 years old, is the first woman of color to be selected as the presidential candidate of a major party in the United States. If she wins the election taking place in November, Ms. Harris will be the first female President of the United States since the founding of the country.
Meanwhile, on August 21, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz also officially accepted the Democratic nomination to become the US Vice President candidate for the next term, running with Ms. Harris.
Speaking at the DNC in Chicago, Illinois (USA), Mr. Tim Walz called this “the honor of a lifetime”.
In his 15-minute speech, he declared: “We are all here tonight for a simple and beautiful reason – we love this country.”
The 60-year-old politician made headlines across the country when Vice President Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate, a decision the Democratic Party hopes will bolster support among working-class white men – a key group that could help the party win battleground states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Observers say that Mr. Tim Walz and Ms. Harris have created a clear contrast with their Republican rivals, presidential candidate Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate JD Vance.
Tim Walz – a former public school teacher, football coach and war veteran – has a demeanor that makes many Americans think of the portrait of “an ideal father, fun, approachable and very down to earth.”
