President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday said it raised $127 million in June—its strongest fundraising month of the election cycle—throwing the Democrat a much-needed lifeline amid an intensely negative reaction to his calamitous debate performance against Donald Trump last week.
The campaign said it had raised $38 million in the four days after the debate, since which the 81-year-old has faced calls to drop out and allow a successor to replace him on the ticket. Supporters have highlighted Biden’s ability to raise money as a reason for him to remain in the fight.
The hour after the debate saw a record level of grassroots fundraising, the campaign said, adding that the day of the debate itself had been the campaign’s strongest day for small-dollar donations. The overall monthly haul was almost a 50 percent increase on May—when Trump raised more than Biden for the second month running amid his hush money trial and verdict.
