Biden uses Trump’s victory in Iowa to raise money

Washington (EFE).- The President of the United States, Joe Biden, is using Donald Trump’s landslide victory in Iowa to raise money and mobilize the Democratic Party base, calling the former Republican president the biggest threat to American democracy. Believes. ,

As soon as the results of the Iowa caucuses were known on Monday night, Biden published a message on the social network X (formerly Twitter) urging his supporters to contribute to his campaign.

“It looks like Donald Trump just won Iowa. Right now, he looks like the favorite,” he wrote.

He then highlighted the threat that both Trump and the rest of the “MAGA Republicans” pose to democracy, in his opinion, in reference to Trump’s motto in the 2016 and 2020 campaigns: “Make America Great Again”.

Biden portrayed next November’s election as a battle between himself and “MAGA extremist Republicans”, calling on his supporters to contribute to his re-election campaign.

Collection of 235 million dollars

After announcing that he would seek re-election in April 2023, Biden’s campaign has managed to raise $235 million and started the year with $117 million in cash, the most by any Democratic candidate at this time. This is the largest figure ever collected. cycle.

Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign director, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, acknowledged that the figures reflect the importance of the November elections.

Chávez said, “Our democracy and our hard-fought basic rights and freedoms will be at stake in 2024, and these data show that the American people understand what is at stake and are ready to help defeat the Republican agenda again.” Stepping in. MAGA extremists,” Chavez said of Rodriguez.

According to US media, the Biden campaign prefers that Trump emerge victorious in the Republican Party primaries and become the party’s nominee for president.

This way, the campaign can focus on the threat that Trump represents to American democracy and avoid issues that, according to polls, concern citizens, such as Biden’s age, at 81. , inflation and the support provided by them. Offensive against the Gaza Strip.

DeSantis and Haley are in a better position than Biden

In fact, polls indicate that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina governor and former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley could fare better than Trump in a hypothetical confrontation with Biden.

A poll conducted this week by the CBS network has Biden as the loser in any scenario, but suggests Haley will have a more comfortable lead (8 points), followed by DeSantis (3 points ) and Trump (2).

However, faced with these types of predictions, the current president’s campaign has been confident: If Biden defeats Trump in 2020, he will do so again in November.

“We’ve beaten him before”

Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview that aired on ABC last night that she and Biden would defeat Trump again if he becomes the Republican nominee.

“We’ve beaten it before and we’ll beat it again,” Harris said.

The process of selecting the Republican presidential nominee began on Monday with the Iowa caucuses and will continue with the New Hampshire primary on January 23.

The Democratic Party has changed its primary calendar for this election process and its first one will be held on February 3 in South Carolina.

Although Biden’s nomination is not in jeopardy, given that his challengers are barely known, the event in South Carolina will be important to gauge Americans’ enthusiasm for his candidacy.