The Trump campaign reported a “record-shattering, small-dollar fundraising haul” of nearly $35 million by the morning after former President Donald Trump was convicted on felony charges in New York City.
That’s “nearly double the biggest day ever recorded for the Trump campaign on the WinRed platform,” the campaign’s statement said. The totals were announced just before 10 a.m. May 31, less than 24 hours after the conviction was announced.
“Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrats, with their election interference political witch hunt, have awakened the MAGA movement like never before,” the campaign said.
Within minutes after the “sham trial verdict,” the digital fundraising system was “overwhelmed,” causing “temporary delays” because of the amount of traffic, the campaign said, adding that nearly 30 percent of the donations came from first-time contributors….
