President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign said it raised $10 million in the 24 hours following his impassioned speech to Congress Thursday night, in which he accused incumbent Donald Trump of threatening democracy and torpedoing a bill to fix America’s immigration problem. problems, reports Reuters.

The amount raised is impressive, considering that the campaign of Biden and his allies in the Democratic Party raised more than 42 million dollars for the whole of January.

In a 68-minute speech to Congress on Thursday, Biden also accused Trump, his Republican opponent in the Nov. 5 presidential election, of covering up the truth about the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol and siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

About 32.2 million people watched Biden’s State of the Nation address, up 18 percent from last year, according to Nielsen ratings for 14 television networks. This figure does not include viewers on video streaming, social networks and other platforms.

Building on its cash advantage, Biden’s team announced Saturday a $30 million ad campaign that will target key states over the next six weeks where the race between Biden and Trump is hot.

Biden and Trump remain very close in the race for the White House, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed in February, with the former president supported by 37% of respondents and Biden by 34%. (news.ro)