2023-08-29 01:03:39
Donald Trump’s campaign said Sunday it has raised $7.1 million since the former Republican president’s mugshot related to his Georgia impeachment was released Thursday.
Accused of having tried to manipulate the results of the 2020 presidential election in that southern state, Trump was photographed for a mugshot in an Atlanta prison, an unprecedented situation for a former president of the United States.
In the image, the favorite for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential elections is shown with a frowning look and a defiant expression.
In his three previous criminal charges, the tycoon had managed to evade that requirement of police protocol.
Since the publication of the snapshot, his campaign team has used the shock to address every American “patriot”, stating in a statement that “the shadow state tries to make President Trump public enemy number one for daring to defy class.” corrupt leader of Washington”.
“This mugshot will go down in history as a symbol of America’s defiance of tyranny,” said a fundraising email sent by the “Trump 2024” team, asking supporters and supporters for a $47 donation in exchange for a T-shirt with the new image.
POWERFUL TOOL. Marketing guru Daniel Binns had predicted that the photo could be an “enormously powerful” branding tool for Trump.
In a statement to AFP on Sunday, the Trump campaign spokesman confirmed that “nearly $20 million has been raised in the last three weeks, coinciding with the indictment in Washington and the court ID photo in Atlanta.”
“$7.1 million since Thursday. $4.18 million yesterday” Saturday, for what constitutes the largest fundraiser “in one day of the entire campaign,” Steven Cheung wrote.
AFP was unable to independently verify these claims.
On X (formerly Twitter), Cheung urged the media to “keep showing” the photo, accompanying the message with a higher-resolution version of the image.
T-shirts, mugs, stickers and other items were released by Trump’s team within hours of the publication of the photo, now possibly one of the most famous in US history. Although such a photo could mean the death of the political ambitions of many other candidates, Trump is taking advantage of it to show himself as the victim of a persecution and a “witch hunt” orchestrated by the Democrats of President Joe Biden.
However, Democrats also used the image to reaffirm that no one is above the law.
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