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June 16, 2020

Trump and RNC mark top online fundraising day, raise $14 million   June 16, 2020: The Joe Biden campaign and two associated Democratic committees raised $81 million in May. Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee had their best online fundraising day on Sunday. Share the latest from the campaign trail.         Notable Quote of the Day “There are always liberal voters in rural, conservative areas — and conservative ones in big cities — but a protest is a public display that can help shift the conversation by allowing people in the political minority to see they are not alone, empowering them and sometimes connecting them into a loose community.” – Andrew Seidman and Jonathan Lai, The Philadelphia Inquirer Election Updates The Joe Biden campaign announced it raised $81 million with two associated Democratic committees in May, up from $60.5 million in April. Biden raised $6 million in his largest single-event fundraiser on Monday night. The event was co-hosted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Former President Barack Obama will host his first virtual fundraiser with Biden on June 23. Donald Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said guests at the campaign’s Tulsa rally on June 20 will receive a temperature check, hand sanitizer, and masks before entering the venue. He also said 1 million tickets had been requested for the event; the venue’s capacity is 19,000 people. Trump will hold a rally in Mobile, Alabama, to support Tommy Tuberville for U.S. Senate in July. Tuberville is running against Jeff Sessions, who previously served in the Trump administration as U.S. attorney general. Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $14 million on Sunday, marking the groups’ top online fundraising day. What We’re Reading The Guardian: Joe Biden needs more than virtue to win. He will have to pick an exciting vice-president The Philadelphia Inquirer: What Black Lives Matter protests in Pennsylvania’s ‘Trump Country’ mean for 2020 RealClearPolitics: 1968? 1920? 1932? Which Election Year Is It? Flashback: June 16, 2016 Rep. Raul Grijalva, the first member of Congress to endorse Bernie Sanders, switched his support to Hillary Clinton.