This archive report was first published on 2 July 2020.
President Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee (R.N.C.) have announced a record-breaking $131 million in fundraising for the month of June, surpassing their previous high in 2016.
The massive haul, which includes both the Trump campaign and the R.N.C., represents a significant spike of $57 million more than the $74 million raised in May, when former Vice President Joe Biden first outraised the president.
According to the Trump campaign, they now have $295 million in the bank, a formidable financial advantage entering the summer months, and have raised nearly $950 million over the last two years.
Mr. Biden has not announced his fund-raising total for June, but people familiar with the figures said his sum in June would be higher than Mr. Trump's. He raised $80.8 million in May.
Despite a tumultuous June, marked by protests, a scathing book, and a series of tweets that renewed accusations of racism, the Trump campaign's fundraising machine continues to hum.
Mr. Trump's campaign said it had set a single-day record for online fund-raising on his birthday, June 14, collecting $14 million. The full $131 million sum came as Mr. Trump held only two fund-raising events for the month.
The Trump campaign did not break down how much of the money was raised online or came from large donations, but it said the outpouring was 'largely fueled by the robust digital, mail and online donor base' of the president.
Brad Parscale, Mr. Trump's campaign manager, said, 'The Trump campaign's monumental June fund-raising haul proves that people are voting with their wallets, and that enthusiasm behind President Trump's re-election is only growing.'
The campaign has also reserved about $95 million in television ads for the fall, beginning after Labor Day in half a dozen states, including Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
