They spotlighted that «not only was the amount historic, but 29.7% of yesterday’s donors were brand-new donors to the WinRed platform.»
Trump earned applause from supporters as he commented Friday morning on what he described as «record» fundraising.
Minutes after the verdict was read in the first trial of a former or current president in the nation’s history, Trump’s team put out a fundraising appeal to supporters.
«Friend: Is this the end of America?,» Trump asked in the email. «I was just convicted in a RIGGED political Witch Hunt trial.»
LaCivita advised donors encountering a WinRed error message to sign up for Trump’s text messaging list or log back onto the site and try again.
«If you are one of the millions of American Patriots wanting to donate to Donald Trump’s campaign and you get an error message from @WINRED …don’t give up! Log back on and try again ! or Text TRUMP to 88022,» LaCivita wrote in a tweet.
Trump’s campaign website also directed donors to Anedot, another fundraising platform used by various GOP campaigns.
Trump’s team also fired off a warning shot to the campaigns of down-ballot Republicans not to try and raise money directly off of the former president’s conviction to prevent the «siphoning» of donations headed to Trump’s coffers.
Meanwhile, the former president’s top pollsters put out a memo on the eve of the verdict arguing that a conviction would not have any electoral consequences.
President Biden speaks at a campaign rally at Girard College in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Biden and Vice President Harris used the rally to launch a nationwide campaign to court Black voters. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Trump has been aiming to close his fundraising gap with Biden. In April, his campaign and the Republican National Committee for the first time outraised the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee.