In the five hours since the Harris for President campaign announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is the Vice President’s pick to be her running mate, millions of dollars have flooded into ActBlue, Democrats’ umbrella fundraising platform. And in just 40 minutes, the Harris-Walz campaign’s first ad, introducing Gov. Walz, was viewed over one million times on the social media platform X. It took just 23 minutes for the campaign’s second ad to hit one million views.
According to the popular ActBlue Tracker, on Tuesday, over $18 million has poured in (although not all earmarked for the Harris-Walz campaign) as of 3:00 PM ET. That’s more than any other day in the past week – Wednesday, July 31 saw $27 million in ActBlue donations.
The Harris campaign, now the Harris-Walz campaign, has been in existence for just 16 days. The two Democrats will appear together publicly for the first time in Philadelphia in Tuesday at 5:30 PM ET. They will travel together to swing states over the next week, visiting Detroit, Michigan and Eau Claire, Wisconsin (both Wednesday), Raleigh, North Carolina (Thursday), Phoenix, Arizona (Friday), and Vegas, Nevada (Saturday).
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Donald Trump this week is scheduled to visit Bozeman, Montana.
Watch the Harris-Walz ads below or at this link.
Growing up, I learned to be generous toward my neighbors, compromise without compromising my values, and to work for the common good.@KamalaHarris and I both believe in that common good – in that fundamental promise of America. We’re ready to fight for it. And like she says:… pic.twitter.com/5SfrDRqx7C
— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) August 6, 2024
When I called @Tim_Walz this morning to ask him to join our campaign, I shared my deep level of respect for him and the work we’ve done together.
We’re going to unify this country and we’re going to win.
Let’s go get this done. pic.twitter.com/EcqZ497lyk
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 6, 2024
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