Three presidents and $25 million: Joe Biden surrounded himself on Thursday March 28 with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton for a record fundraising evening in New York as part of the outgoing president's campaign. Joe Biden and his two Democratic predecessors were acclaimed upon their arrival on the stage of Radio City Hall, in the heart of Manhattan, where the famous dance troupe The Rockettes performs.
The 81-year-old Democrat's campaign team had already announced in the morning "record" fundraising for the event, of more than $25 million, noting in passing that it was more than had been raised raised Donald Trump for the entire month of February.
Joe Biden's supporters had been calling for this political-social evening for several weeks - in the room was, for example, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour. Singers Queen Latifah and Lizzo, among others, heated up the room before the 42nd, 44th and 46th presidents of the United States sat down for a debate moderated by presenter and comedian Stephen Colbert.
This discussion mixing serious topics and jokes was interrupted several times by cries of support for Palestine. Demonstrators also gathered outside, near the performance hall, to denounce Joe Biden's policy of almost unconditional support for Israel.
The American president has already been questioned in this way several times during his public appearances, and each of his trips now gives rise to rallies shouting “Free Palestine!” » or “Genocidal Joe. » The intervention of the three presidents concluded on a lighter note, when they put on Aviator-type sunglasses, Joe Biden's favorite accessory.
Less generous campaign coffers for Trump
A few hours before, Donald Trump also came to campaign in New York, on a completely different note. The Republican went to the funeral wake of a police officer who died in the line of duty. Donald Trump's spokesperson, Steven Cheung, had castigated on the social network
The former Republican president made a short statement after attending the funeral vigil of Jonathan Diller, killed Monday by gunfire during an operation on a public highway. “We have to stop this, we have to return to order and the law,” said the billionaire, who refrained from any direct criticism of his Democratic rival.
He devotes, in fact, a good part of his campaign speeches to attacking illegal immigration and to criticizing Joe Biden for being lax in terms of maintaining order. MM. Biden and Trump, who have already faced each other at the polls in 2020, are assured of winning their respective parties' nominations this summer for the November presidential election.
The White House announced that the president called New York Mayor Eric Adams on Friday to offer condolences for the officer's "tragic death" on Monday. Joe Biden has better campaign coffers than his Republican opponent, criminally charged four times, who spends part of the money collected from his supporters on legal fees. Donald Trump will have his trial open in New York on April 15 in a case of payment of a pornographic film actress in 2016.
