United States VP Kamala Harris Breaks Zoom Record With Supporters Raising Over $1.8 Million
Kamala Harris Fundraiser Breaks Zoom Record With 100k supporters Raising Over $1.8 Million.
Kamala Harris supporters — including singer Pink and actress Connie Britton — broke a Zoom attendance record on Thursday night and raised more than $1.8 million for the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate.
They
also kind of broke Zoom as the call dropped in and out, with the
donation link quickly maxing out before its traffic capacity was raised.
“Friday
Night Lights” star Britton said, “When Biden stepped down from his run
for president and endorsed Kamala Harris, the world blew up. Did you
feel it? It was seismic, cosmic, even. It was, for sure, bigger than we
are.”
Pink signed on moments after ending a concert in Stockholm,
Sweden, where it was 3 a.m. local time. She was fired up about Harris’
unprecedented wave of support just days after President Biden stepped
down on Sunday.
“We are in this … and I’m just really grateful
that us women are going to have a voice, and we’ve always made our
voices heard, and now it’s time to just get extra loud. Let’s go. Let’s
get loud,” the singer said.
Comedian, writer and KCET board
member Carol Leif, wearing a Hillary 2016 T-shirt, got the fundraiser
ball rolling by pledging $500,000 that was quickly matched.
Also
among Thursday’s speakers was anti-gun activist Shannon Watts, who said,
“Vote like your safety and your freedom depends on it.”
This
was the third massive Zoom call for Harris, following Sunday night’s,
which saw a then-record 44,000 Black women dial in. On Monday night,
50,000 Black men, including Georgia senator Raphael Warnock, then raised
$1.3 million for her campaign.
The demo of Thursday
night’s record-breaking call was white women. An additional planned Zoom
for this Sunday will be open to all, organizer and host Elizabeth Minnella noted.
OpenSecrets reported earlier on Thursday that Harris had already raised $100 million in the first 36 hours of her campaign.
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