Biden plans 4 fundraisers in San Francisco space as he revs up 2024 marketing campaign – MyStateline.com
JOSH BOAK, Associated Press
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FILE — President Joe Biden speaks at a political rally at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is stepping up his re-election efforts this week with four fundraisers in the San Francisco area as his campaign fills its coffers and lays strategic foundations for 2024.
In the second half of June, Biden’s campaign will include over 20 fundraisers involving the president, vice president Kamala Harris, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, according to a person who was involved with Biden’s travel plans and insisted on anonymity to get the to discuss schedule.
More than half of the fundraisers will be at the President’s, who will also be traveling to New York, Maryland and Illinois. Addressing his campaign issues at a fundraiser Friday in Connecticut, Biden said his goal is to tell voters more about his legislative accomplishments in areas including infrastructure, computer chip production and climate change programs, among others.
“We’ve done a lot,” Biden said on Friday. “We just have to show a lot of people that we’ve made it and be honest with people. Just be as forthright as we can.”
The fundraiser follows Biden’s first campaign event Saturday in Philadelphia, where he was supported by key unions — the event marking a key constituency in an embattled state’s largest population center. It was intended as a first expression of enthusiasm for Biden’s campaign and an opportunity for him to interact directly with voters before spending much of the rest of the month meeting with wealthy well-wishers.
The spate of engagements comes before the end of the fundraising quarter at the end of the month — and Biden’s campaign finance report in July will be the first test of Democratic donors’ enthusiasm for his reelection efforts.
Biden, unlike Trump and other 2024 GOP contenders, has not revealed any references to his fundraising since announcing his candidacy in April. And his campaign launch was timed so that he didn’t have to file a campaign financial report for the first quarter, a historically difficult fundraising period.
For the first time in a US election, Biden has joint giving agreements with all 50 of the state’s Democratic parties and the Washington, DC branch, an arrangement that can help maximize giving while reducing costs in the early months of the campaign minimize. It’s part of a broader effort to unite a diverse Democratic coalition behind Biden as Republicans navigate what could be a big and divisive primary.
“While MAGA Republicans burn money in their primary elections vying to see whose agenda is most extreme, the presidential campaign will seize the opportunity to mobilize significant resources,” Biden’s campaign manager Julie C. Rodriguez said, referring to Donald Trump’s ” Make America”. Great Again” slogan.
Separately, Rodriguez travels across the United States to meet with donors, local officials and community leaders and help align the coalition. Along with other campaign officials, the tour begins in Atlanta and travels through Boston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and St. Louis.
Biden will not dedicate all of his time in San Francisco to campaigning. On Monday he will visit the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve in Palo Alto, California. According to the White House, he plans to tour the coastal wetland and announce $600 million for projects to combat climate change.
