In 24 hours, President Joe Biden will go to George Clooney at the G7 summit.
Mr. Biden left Italy late Friday night and arrived in Los Angeles early Saturday morning after meetings with world leaders. A star-studded evening fundraiser With former President Barack Obama, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, Clooney and actress Julia Roberts.
The Biden-Harris campaign said it has already raised $28 million for Saturday night’s event, a record amount for a single Democratic fundraiser. It also surpassed the $26 million the Biden campaign raised through a March fundraiser in New York City with Biden, Obama and former President Bill Clinton.
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Saturday’s celebrity affair will include Kimmel’s moderated interviews with Biden and Obama, which are expected to focus on health care. Kimmel has been a public advocate for the Affordable Care Act, passed by Obama and Biden after his newborn son underwent open-heart surgery in 2017.
Clooney and Roberts will serve as hosts for Saturday’s event. Along with undisclosed musical guests, actors Jason Bateman, Jack Black, Katharine Hahn, and Sheryl Lee Ralph are also expected to appear.
Other celebrities will also attend, including Keegan-Michael Key, Connie Britton, Misha Collins, Jerry Ryan, Jonathan Del Arco, Mandanna Dayani, Blake Cooper Griffin and Adam Matth, according to the Biden campaign.
Ticket prices for Saturday’s event ranged from $250 to $500,000, but grassroots donors could pay $20 to view the fundraiser virtually.
Hollywood actors have joined the campaign in support of Biden in recent weeks. Robert De Niro attended a May campaign press conference outside the lower Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s ‘silencing’ trial was underway. Ralph from Abbott Elementary School campaigned with Vice President Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, and Jane Fonda appeared at a campaign event in Reno, Nevada, with First Lady Jill Biden on Friday.
The money comes at a time of intense competition between Biden and Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. all CBS News Poll Since June, Mr. Biden has risen by one point in battleground states, effectively tying the score. The Biden campaign said Saturday that the money raised will be used to grow its grassroots operations (field offices, staff) and paid media.
“This Saturday we will see unprecedented, record-breaking voter turnout from the media and entertainment industry. The passion and commitment for Biden/Harris could not be stronger. We all know this is the most important election of our lifetimes. there is.” said Biden-Harris campaign co-chair and filmmaker Jeffrey Katzenberg.
While Mr. Biden has enjoyed a significant cash advantage for most of the cycle, Mr. Trump has seen his fundraising increase. According to his campaign $52.8 million raised This happened just 24 hours after he was found guilty on 34 felonies in a “hush hush” trial.
The Trump campaign also said they A record $50.5 million At an April fundraiser in Florida.
Clooney’s participation in the fundraiser comes slightly after a Washington Post report in June that Clooney had called a White House adviser to complain about Biden’s criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC), where Clooney’s wife, Amal, works. aroused interest. Biden criticized the ICC. Application for arrest warrant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
A few days later, the Biden campaign sent a fundraising text from Clooney.
“It is no exaggeration to say that this election is the fight of our lives,” Clooney wrote. “It’s a choice between those who want to take America back to the past and those who want to move America into the future.”
