The former president took part in a virtual fundraiser Tuesday for his former vice president.Former President Barack Obama joined his former vice president, Joe Biden, on a virtual fundraiser on Tuesday evening as top-level Democrats seek to consolidate voters around the party's 2020 presumptive nominee.
"Given what's going on with criminal justice reform and Black Lives Matter, having the first African American president out there publicly backing Biden is extremely helpful.
Aggressive, in-your-face fundraising emails from political campaigns are nothing new, but the Trump campaign has taken it to a new level. Former President Barack Obama, who endorsed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in April, will hold his first fundraiser for Biden's campaign online Tuesday night. The former president took part in a virtual fundraiser Tuesday for his former vice president. "Among those reforms, under Obama, the Justice Department June 23, 2020 / 3:14 PM He said the shift has as much to do with how Trump has handled the coronavirus and recent protests over racial injustice as with Biden himself.Biden's campaign has put the money to use. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Ed Rendell, a Biden backer, recently told NPR he's been raising money for political candidates for four decades and said he's never seen this much of a sudden uptick in fundraising enthusiasm. Former President Barack Obama tears into his successor on a regular basis during private meetings with donors, calling out sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump and the "racist" overtones he uses. "I appreciate you all being on this call, but man, this is serious business.
"I am here to say the help is on the way if we do the work, because there's nobody I trust more to be able to heal this country and get back on track than my dear friend Joe Biden," Obama told supporters on the video conference.
The former president took part in a virtual fundraiser Tuesday for his former vice president.Former President Barack Obama joined his former vice president, Joe Biden, on a virtual fundraiser on Tuesday evening as top-level Democrats seek to consolidate voters around the party's 2020 presumptive nominee.
"Given what's going on with criminal justice reform and Black Lives Matter, having the first African American president out there publicly backing Biden is extremely helpful.
Aggressive, in-your-face fundraising emails from political campaigns are nothing new, but the Trump campaign has taken it to a new level. Former President Barack Obama, who endorsed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in April, will hold his first fundraiser for Biden's campaign online Tuesday night. The former president took part in a virtual fundraiser Tuesday for his former vice president. "Among those reforms, under Obama, the Justice Department June 23, 2020 / 3:14 PM He said the shift has as much to do with how Trump has handled the coronavirus and recent protests over racial injustice as with Biden himself.Biden's campaign has put the money to use. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Ed Rendell, a Biden backer, recently told NPR he's been raising money for political candidates for four decades and said he's never seen this much of a sudden uptick in fundraising enthusiasm. Former President Barack Obama tears into his successor on a regular basis during private meetings with donors, calling out sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump and the "racist" overtones he uses. "I appreciate you all being on this call, but man, this is serious business.
Biden was dead even with Trump's fundraising numbers in April and outraised him in May.