Marjorie Taylor Greene Dominates in Epic Rap Debut as ‘MAGA’s MVP’

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Dominates in Epic Rap Debut as ‘MAGA’s MVP’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has made her debut in the world of rap music, formally championing legislation to protect children

Greene, known for her fiery conservative, America First speeches and policies takes, took center stage in a rap music video titled “MTG” alongside Republican rapper Forgiato Blow. 

The unexpected announcement came through a tweet by Greene, who expressed her astonishment at being featured in a rap video while taking a jab at her political opponents.

Specifically, she wrote, “I never thought I’d be featured in a rap video, but then again I never thought the left would be grooming our children! Check out the new release ‘MTG MAGA’S MVP’ by Forgiato Blow.” 

The title of the song is attributed to the congresswoman’s initials, who is often referred to as “Rep. MTG.” The lyrics of the song further cement Greene’s influential role in the MAGA movement. 

“MTG MAGA’s MVP,” raps musician Forgiato Blow in the music. “Democrats get back, reporters even get slapped. They spreading all these rumors cause Marjorie be spitting big facts.”

A stunning Green can be observed in the music video, wearing sunglasses and sitting in a throne-like chair. The video features a speech of Greene pushing back against radical leftist gender agenda.

Green championed the music video in a statement to Newsweek. “Most rap videos exploit women, glorify drugs and violence, but Forgiato Blow’s new video is about calling out the left’s grooming agenda and protecting our children from genital mutilation,” the congresswoman said. “It was a blast filming this video and I’m proud of Forgiato Blow’s support of my Protect Children’s Innocence Act.”

Greene had championed the bill as a method “to end the multibillion dollar industry in America that preys on children by mutilating their bodies in irreversal ways.”

Cotton Slams Biden Family’s Potential Role in Cocaine Smuggling

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Cotton Slams Biden Family’s Potential Role in Cocaine Smuggling

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., launched a scathing attack on the Secret Service, accusing the agency of a massive security failure in its inability to identify the perpetrator of the cocaine found at the Biden White House.

Speaking in an interview with Fox News’s Shannon Bream, Cotton expressed his dismay at the lack of accountability in this investigation and said that the Secret Service ignored his letter demanding information about the security failure.

“We got no answer and that’s not surprising. The Secret Service is a troubled agency and it’s long had challenges, it probably needs new leadership,” Cotton told Bream, the host of Fox News Sunday. “I take this very seriously. What if this was anthrax? This is supposed to be the most secure building in the world. If the Secret Service closed down this investigation after a few days, it’s my understanding they barely conducted any interviews.”

Cotton continued his criticism, drawing attention to the potential role of the Biden family in the controversy. “I don’t think they interviewed the president’s son, who’s a known cocaine addict,” Cotton added. “This is like if Hamburglar lived in the White House and all the hamburgers disappeared, and they said they didn’t have any suspects or no one they could question.

The Arkansas senator also provided details on how they could zero in on the cocaine smuggler. “If the president was really serious about it, he could demand everybody who goes through those doors submit to a drug test,” Cotton stated. “You could use hair-testing samples and identify anyone who used cocaine in the last few months. Those are steps you would take, if you took this seriously. This just seems like another Biden cover-up.”

Regarding the possibility of a congressional investigation, Bream inquired if it would lead to any meaningful outcomes. Cotton responded, “This is part of the oversight that we conduct on the Judiciary Committee, also on the Homeland Security Committee. I suspect the Republican majority will take this seriously.”

DeSantis Considering Kim Reynolds as Running-Mate

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DeSantis Considering Kim Reynolds as Running-Mate

(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday he would consider Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate, should he win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and dismissed former President Donald Trump’s recent complaints about her as “totally out of hand.”

“Of course,” DeSantis said when asked whether he would consider the second-term Republican. “I mean, she’s one of the top public servants in America.”

Trump last week criticized Reynolds, immensely popular among the state’s GOP base, for her seemingly cozy relationship with DeSantis while stating her public neutrality as the lead Republican figure in the state that hosts the lead-off presidential caucuses in less than six months.

Reynolds has appeared with other GOP White House prospects, but has moderated conversations with DeSantis and his wife Casey DeSantis, while also attending Trump’s first campaign event in Iowa last March.

DeSantis noted that he and Reynolds banter over their similar records, and the playful rivalry between the two states, where conservative policy has moved swiftly this year.

Notably, Reynolds was greeted with a sustained standing ovation when she appeared at a presidential candidate forum Friday, attended by DeSantis and five others, and signed a strict abortion ban before the audience of roughly 2,000 Christian conservatives.

“Anybody who is a Republican who is trying to denigrate her is way off base on that,” DeSantis told reporters, after headlining a fundraiser in suburban Des Moines for U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn.

On Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, the former president took credit for opening the governorship to Reynolds, who stepped into the role after Republican Gov. Terry Branstad became U.S. ambassador to China during the Trump administration.

“Now, she wants to remain ‘NEUTRAL.’” Trump wrote, adding he would not invite her to his campaign events.

Trump is scheduled to be in Iowa Tuesday to participate in a town hall-style event with Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity.

Reynolds, elected in 2018 and easily reelected last year, has been mentioned as a potential 2024 running mate, though Iowa GOP insiders have suggested the former state senator and rural county treasurer has been ambivalent about the role.

DeSantis, who campaigned in Iowa Friday and Saturday, said voters approached him to express dismay at Trump’s criticism of Reynolds.

It struck a chord with Ryan Frederick, a western Iowa county GOP chairman who attended a gathering of about 50 Republican activists at a pizza restaurant in Winterset Saturday morning.

Frederick, who is leaning toward supporting DeSantis said, “At least, I don’t have to worry about him trashing Kim Reynolds.”

“If you’re a party loyalist, that’s a big deal,” Frederick added.

Later Saturday in Tennessee, DeSantis faced a muted audience as he touted his accomplishments as governor and promised to offer the United States a “fresh start” should he be elected president. Top Republican leaders like Gov. Bill Lee, and U.S. Sens. Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn were noticeably absent during the state Republican party’s annual fundraiser — though all three did appear in videos for the event — as DeSantis attracted only mild applause from Tennessee GOP leaders that have largely already pledged their allegiance to Trump.

Yet DeSantis received a partial standing ovation when praising his administration’s decision to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades and making it easier for parents to challenge books in school libraries.

“We have to draw a line in the sand when it comes to our children,” he said.

DeSantis also referenced his ongoing feud with Disney, which opposed the governor’s anti-grooming law.

“Siding with corporations over your own constituency is not going to win elections,” he said.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Woke Fox News Begins Company-Wide Layoffs

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Woke Fox News Begins Company-Wide Layoffs

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Fox News faced the consequences of falling into the woke abyss by being forced to begin “company-wide” layoffs.

Among the ones who were fired from the corporate network were also the remaining former employees of Tucker Carlson, Blaze reported.

The original information about the development was shared by journalist and Carlson biographer Chadwick Moore on Friday, who published a screenshot of an email that informed employees of the impending action.

“@TuckerCarlson’s remaining team at Fox News (nine employees) will be frog-marched out of the building tonight at 9:00 p.m. HR will be waiting outside the control room when they finish tonight’s show to escort the remaining producers outside,” Moore wrote, adding that one of the former Carlson producers called it “Degrading!”

The network ordered the recipients in the email to turn in all company equipment and their ID badges after they finish filming the shows they used to be working on.

“Security will assist you in exiting the lobby turnstiles since you will have returned your ID badge,” the email stated.

A little bit less than two hours ago, Moore reported about the upcoming layoffs at Fox News.

“Morale miserable across teams on both news and opinion,” an unnamed producer said, according to Moore’s tweet.

The producer also added that shows on the network were receiving “frantic, bipolar guidance almost daily on blacklisted and unblacklisted guests, including sitting members of the Senate.”

The news about the layoffs came out the same day as a highly anticipated presidential forum that was moderated by Carlson during which he interviewed many of the Republican candidates, excluding Donald Trump, Blaze reported. Clips of the exchanges from the summit — especially the ones with Asa Hutchinson and Mike Pence — went viral.

Carlson left Fox News after the network settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million in April. Since then, Carlson accused Fox News of breach of contract and fraud, later publishing a new version of his popular show directly to Twitter.

Lesser Known Republican Candidates Bribe ‘Donors’ to Follow RNC Rules

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Lesser Known Republican Candidates Bribe ‘Donors’ to Follow RNC Rules

(Headline USA) With six weeks until the first 2024 Republican presidential debate, lesser known Republican candidates are finding creative ways to boost their donor numbers and ensure they make it on stage.

Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who is quickly closing in on second-place contender Ron DeSantis in some polls, rolled out a plan to let people who raise money for his campaign keep 10% of what they take in from other donors.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is offering $20 Mastercard or Visa gift cards in return for campaign donations of as little as $1.

Businessman Perry Johnson is offering copies of his book in exchange for donations.

The unusual efforts are in response to a Republican National Committee requirement that participants in the Aug. 23 debate in Milwaukee raise money from at least 40,000 donors across the country. That’s a tall task for some of the hopefuls who aren’t as well known as former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

It’s a recognition of the make-it-or-break-it opportunity that the debate stage provides for lower-tier candidates in a large field who need media exposure to share their message and reach voters.

Dan Weiner, an attorney who directs the far-left Brennan Center for Justice’s Elections and Government Program, said “unorthodox fundraising” tactics are becoming more common, noting that candidates are trying new things with the knowledge that the Federal Election Commission could take action if legal or ethical concerns were raised.

“More often than not, these do at least sometimes raise questions about whether they’re skirting at the edge of the law,” Weiner said. “In both instances, do I necessarily think that the FEC is going to do anything about it? Maybe, but I’d be a little bit skeptical.”

On Monday, Ramaswamy — who launched his campaign with a $10 million infusion of his own cash and said he surpassed the unique donor threshold in June — introduced the “Vivek Kitchen Cabinet,” a plan that he said would “democratize” the fundraising process by letting fundraisers keep 10% of what they bring in for him.

“Why should it be some member of some managerial class that’s a secreted, closeted group of fundraisers, in the cloistered world of politics?” Ramaswamy asked in a video posted on Twitter. “It shouldn’t be.”

As of Tuesday, Ramaswamy’s campaign said more than 1,000 people had signed up for the program, which hires people as independent contractors subject to compliance with FEC regulations, according to the campaign’s website.

Burgum, a wealthy former software entrepreneur now in his second term as North Dakota’s governor, announced a program Monday to give away gift cards — “Biden Relief Cards,” as a critique of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy — to as many as 50,000 people, just over the minimum donor threshold.

Campaign spokesperson Lance Trover said the effort “allows us to secure a spot on the debate stage while avoiding paying more advertising fees to social media platforms who have owners that are hostile to conservatives.” The campaign said it could reach its 50,000-card maximum by the end of the weekend.

Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance attorney who has worked for nonprofit watchdog groups like Common Cause, said Burgum’s reimbursement framework seems to be a clear violation of campaign finance law.

“Burgum’s contributing to his own campaign using the names of the people who opt into his gift card scheme,” Ryan said. “All of these gift card recipients are straw donors.”

Burgum’s campaign said its legal advisers had reviewed and approved the fundraising mechanism. The FEC said in a statement Friday that it wouldn’t comment on the legality of Burgum’s plan.

Johnson, a wealthy but largely unknown businessman from Michigan, announced last month that he would be giving copies of his book “Two Cents to Save America” — which retails for $20 — to anyone who donated to his campaign.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Boston Mayor Admin. Admits to Sending List of Critics to Police

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Boston Mayor Admin. Admits to Sending List of Critics to Police

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Boston Mayor’s administration admitted that it went full-on tyrannical mode by creating a list of people who oppose Michelle Wu‘s policies as a mayor and sending it to the Boston Police Department, claiming security concerns.

“The list was made in response to a request from the Boston Police Department after the Mayor had been harassed and physically intimidated by individuals for several months outside her home, at city functions such as the annual neighborhood parks coffee hours and other public events,” Wu spokesman Ricardo Patron said.

The list was uncovered in an email by a group of Wu opponents through a public records request, Boston Herald reported. The email shows the Wu administration using dictatorial tactics against her opponents, coming on the heels of passing an ordinance prohibiting protests outside the mayor’s Roslindale home during certain hours.

“The request (from police) came after many of the individuals on the list repeatedly impeded the Dorchester Day Parade to harass Mayor Wu and her family and staff, yelling through megaphones at her and her children for nearly ninety minutes as they marched in the parade despite being asked by parade organizers to leave the parade route,” Patron said.

Patron then continued defending the administration’s actions.

“Following the Dorchester Day Parade on June 5, 2022, Boston Police met with City staff on June 10 to make a safety plan for the upcoming Bunker Hill Day parade on June 12, and the then-Captain of the District overseeing Charlestown asked for a list of individuals who had been involved in public disruption and harassment of the Mayor at the Dorchester Day Parade and outside her house,” he said.

“The email was sent as a follow-up immediately after that meeting.”

The list that was sent in an email from Wu’s former Director of Constituent Services Dave Vittorini to Boston Police Capt. Robert Ciccolo included Wu’s most vocal opponents, including City Council candidate Christine Vitale, several opponents of the COVID-19 vaccine mandates who have been protesting in front of Wu’s house and North End restaurant owners who have opposed Wu’s policies.

“Careful what you tweet at @MayorWu, she may put you on her list,” Paul Diego Craney, a spokesperson and board member of Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, wrote.  

Hawley Promises to Disrupt Senate to Clean up Toxic Waste

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Hawley Promises to Disrupt Senate to Clean up Toxic Waste

(Joe Mueller, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and a bipartisan group of state and federal legislators on Thursday pledged at the site of a former World War II uranium plant in St. Charles to cleanup hazardous waste in the region and provide compensation for all suffering from exposure.

“It’s time to tell the truth – and the truth is – if the federal government created this disaster, and they did, the federal government should clean it,” Hawley said during a press conference in front of a 41-acre, 75-foot-high enclosure containing hazardous waste from the 1940s. “If the federal government has poisoned the air, the water and the soil that has made so many people sick, there is a simple and just solution: The federal government should pay the medical bills of every person who has been sick because of it.”

The press conference was assembled by State Rep. Tricia Byrnes, R-Wentzville, who said she worked with the group “Just Moms STL” to continually seek government assistance for dealing with multiple hazardous waste sites in St. Louis and St. Charles.

“Our region has been so desensitized to the insanity that has happened to us,” Byrnes said, admitting she didn’t reveal her efforts while running for the House due to possible voter backlash. “Our region was number one in the world for World War II bombs and ammunition and we started the Manhattan Project. But we still don’t have a cleanup site anywhere in this region, including this one. It’s a contained site, but it’s still not cleaned.”

Dawn Chapman from “Just Moms STL” said her group obtained through a records request approximately 15,000 pages of documents revealing the government knew the danger of the radioactive waste. They handed over the documents to three media outlets and they jointly published their analysis earlier this week.

“We read through and highlighted them during COVID because, during COVID, nobody knew if they’d be alive in six months,” Chapman said. “And we couldn’t be the only ones in the world who had read these. … We have a path forward to fix it, to get St. Louis cleaned up, to help these people who have been exposed and to make this right. I wish the government would have done this, but it didn’t.”

The lawmakers admitted there will be many challenges getting legislation passed for cleanup and compensation.

“This legislation is going to be a big uphill climb and we need every one of you,” Byrnes said. “You’re going to have to be leaders, you’re going to have to reach out to people.”

Hawley said he would hold up nominations, interrupt hearings and continually go to the Senate floor until an initiative is passed.

“We seem to have an unlimited source of money to buy and sell weapons for other countries’ wars, but we can’t do anything for anybody here?” Hawley asked. “Why is it that we can spend hundreds of billions of dollars on wars overseas, but in this community, we can’t lift a finger.”

Four More Counties Declare an Invasion of Illegals

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(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The judges and commissioners of four more Texas counties have declared an invasion at the southern border: Frio, Karnes, La Salle and Medina.

The judges of these counties also joined a new coalition led by newly elected Atascosa County Judge Weldon Cude in an effort to urge other counties to declare an invasion and defend the sovereignty of Texas.

Cude was among 87 judges who were newly elected in November. Prior to his election, Atascosa County was among the first to issue a disaster declaration in 2021 and declared an invasion in 2022.

When Cude came into office in January, he couldn’t understand why more counties hadn’t declared an invasion, he told The Center Square in an exclusive interview.

Atascosa County Judge Weldon Cude in front of the historic Atascosa County courthouse, Jourdanton, Texas, June 12, 2023.

“Why wouldn’t you declare an invasion?” Cude asked. “If you have people from all over the world coming into your county by bus, plane, or smuggling people and drugs, why wouldn’t you declare an invasion?”

“It’s important when you have millions coming across your southern border. What is it – if it isn’t an invasion?”

Prior to being elected county judge, Cude was elected to serve for six terms as county commissioner representing a majority Hispanic population in a rural area south of San Antonio that largely votes Republican.

At an orientation for judges in February, he met newly elected Kinney County Judge John Paul Schuster, who described the crisis his county was facing. He and Schuster then started reaching out to other judges, and now four more counties have declared an invasion.

They also formed a coalition with other judges in contiguous counties “to promote the common goal of safety, security, and well-being of their residents” and to “support each other to stop the ongoing crisis by all legal means.”

With the signing of a new resolution, the judges and commissioners of Frio, Karnes, La Salle and Medina declared an invasion.

The movement to declare an invasion was led by Kinney County, which first issued a disaster declaration April 21, 2021. Since then, over 50 counties have issued disaster declarations citing the border crisis.

Next, Kinney, Goliad and Terrell counties declared an invasion July 5, 2022. They were soon followed by Edwards and Presidio counties. By January 2023, at least 42 counties had declared an invasion. On the one year anniversary of declaring an invasion, officials from Kinney, Goliad and Terrell counties called on other counties to also declare an invasion.

Officials from the four new counties signed the same resolution, entitled, “A resolution calling for additional measures to secure the border, stop the invasion at the border, and protect our communities.”

It states that the U.S. Constitution “outlines the chief responsibility of the Federal Government to ‘insure domestic tranquility’ and ‘provide for the common defense.’” It cites Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which states, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government and shall protect each of them against invasion.” It also cites Article IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution, which gives the governor of Texas the legal authority as commander in chief to “have power to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the state, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.”

The resolution also states that “cartels exploit weak and unsecure borders for their own power and profit, to the detriment of our communities” and “act as paramilitary, narco-terrorist organizations that profit from trafficking people and drugs into the United States.”

It also affirms that Gov. Greg Abbott is using “legal authority vested by the Texas Constitution to secure the border,” and the “ongoing border security crisis is not acceptable, and has resulted in a security threat and humanitarian disaster with overwhelming consequences to residents in the state of Texas.”

“Our counties are in a crisis,” Cude told The Center Square. “We absolutely have a right to defend ourselves under the U.S. and Texas Constitution and will. And we 100% support Gov. Greg Abbott and Operation Lone Star.”

So far, the 46 counties that have declared an invasion include: Atascosa, Burnet, Chambers, Clay, Collin, Ector, Edwards, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Frio, Goliad, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Jasper, Johnson, Karnes, Kinney, La Salle, Lavaca, Leon, Liberty, Live Oak, Madison, McMullen, Medina, Montague, Navarro, Orange, Parker, Presidio, Shackelford, Somervell, Terrell, Throckmorton, Tyler, Van Zandt, Waller, Wharton, Wichita, Wilson, and Wise.

Judge Upholds Strict Gun Control Law Setting up SCOTUS Challenge

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Judge Upholds Strict Gun Control Law Setting up SCOTUS Challenge

(Headline USA) A federal judge has ruled Oregon’s severe gun control law is constitutional.

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut ruled that banning large capacity magazines and requiring a permit to purchase a gun falls in line with “the nation’s history and tradition of regulating uniquely dangerous features of weapons and firearms to protect public safety,” Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

The decision comes after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment that has strengthened gun rights across the country.

The case, New York State Pistol & Rifle Association v. Buren requires courts to ground their decisions upon “[America’s] historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

Oregon voters in November narrowly passed Measure 114, which requires residents to undergo safety training and a background check to obtain a permit to buy a gun.

The legislation also bans the sale, transfer or import of gun magazines with more than 10 rounds unless they are owned by law enforcement or a military member or were owned before the measure’s passage.

Those who already own high-capacity magazines can only possess them at home or use them at a firing range, in shooting competitions or for hunting as allowed by state law after the measure takes effect.

Large capacity magazines “are not commonly used for self-defense, and are therefore not protected by the Second Amendment,” Immergut wrote. “The Second Amendment also allows governments to ensure that only law-abiding, responsible citizens keep and bear arms.”

The latest ruling in U.S. District Court is likely to be appealed, potentially moving all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Oregon measure’s fate has been carefully watched as one of the first new gun restrictions passed since the Supreme Court ruling last June.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Fundraising Totals: Trump, DeSantis and RFK Campaigns are Viable

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Fundraising Totals: Trump, DeSantis and RFK Campaigns are Viable

(Headline USA) Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are dominating the fight for campaign cash in the Republican presidential contest, according to federal filings made public Saturday.

On the Democratic side, Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign, though behind Obama’s re-election numbers, are sufficient, but Democratic primary opponent Robert Kennedy Jr. also raised enough to ensure he won’t be ignored.

The federal reports offer several insights six months before the first primary votes are cast.

While Trump is leading most polls, he and DeSantis are in a tier of their own on the fundraising front.

Trump’s team recently confirmed that his joint fundraising operation — which splits money between Trump’s campaign and the Save America PAC — received $35 million in the second quarter.

Overall, Trump’s campaign reported more than $22.5 million in the bank as of June 30. The average donation to the former president’s campaign now stands at $34, evidence of his grassroots backing.

Meanwhile, DeSantis raised more than $20 million for the first six weeks he was in the race. While a massive sum, the Florida governor also burned through nearly $8 million over the same period, leaving his campaign with $12.2 million at the end of June. DeSantis’ report also shows a significant reliance on high-dollar donors who won’t be able to give any more money to his campaign.

Despite the potential warning signs, DeSantis’ allied super PAC, said it raised a stunning $130 million since the committee launched in March. More than half of that came from a state-level political committee once controlled by DeSantis.

DeSantis’ fundraising will buy him some time to strengthen his candidacy as he tries to catch Trump in the polls.

The fundraising numbers carry additional significance because they are tied directly to the GOP’s first presidential debate next month.

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and conservative businessman Vivek Ramaswamy announced in recent days they had reached the 40,000 donor threshold. Pence has yet to make such an announcement.

Biden and the Democratic National Committee have raised $72 million for his reelection in the 10 weeks since he announced his 2024 candidacy.

Biden’s fundraising total includes donations to his campaign and to a network of joint fundraising arrangements with the national and state parties. While sufficient, it is well behind Obama’s totals for his lack luster re-election bid. Obama raised $85.6 million during the April-to-June quarter in 2011 when he launched his campaign for a second term.

Biden’s lackluster fundraising comes as another Democrat, RFK Jr., picks up steam.

Kennedy, though unpopular with the Democratic Party establishment and media has raised enough money to ensure he won’t be ignored completely.

Kennedy’s campaign raised nearly 6.4 million for the quarter and had $4.5 million in the bank as of June 30. A pro-Kennedy super PAC, meanwhile, said it has raised more than $10 million so far.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

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