Here’s how the last 24 hours have gone for the Democratic Party: Former President Donald Trump, who would be 82 at the end of a second term, has gone from trolling for more debates with President Joe Biden to trying to wiggle out of one with Vice President Kamala Harris, whose historic bid for the White House so energized the rank-and-file that they’ve donated more than $83 million via the progressive fundraising platform ActBlue since Sunday morning.
“Small donors are fired up and ready to take on this election,” ActBlue said in a statement. Major Democratic donors, such as Netflix cofounder Reid Hoffman and financier George Soros, have already announced they have her back, as has every major potential competitor, from California Gov. Gavin Newsom to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, dashing some pundits’ fevered dreams of a hotly contested open convention.
