Beto O 'Rourke beats rivals by collecting $ 6.1 million in first 24 hours – live | American News

Donald Trump badaults former vice president, Joe Biden, calling it "weak I.Q. individual."

He seems to be referring to comments made during the weekend, during which Biden said he had the most progressive record of presidential candidates before correcting himself because he had not yet taken the race.

Federal authorities have raided Donald Trump 's fundraising office, Elliott Broidy, last summer as part of a money laundering investigation, reports ProPublica.

According to a search warrant obtained by the news site, officials were looking for information on fundraising operations carried out by the Republican Party with foreign officials and Trump administration staff.

Broidy was a major fundraiser for the Trump campaign and was National Vice President of Finance of the Republican National Committee until last April. He resigned after it was revealed that he had agreed to pay $ 1.6 million to a former Playboy model to keep quiet about their alleged affair – a deal negotiated by the former Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen. The woman accused Broidy of physical abuse, forced her to have an abortion and did not reveal that he had herpes.

Vice President Mike Pence will announce the kickoff of Senator Lindsey Graham's re-election campaign later this month, the senator said in a tweet.

Donald Trump has appealed to General Motors for the reopening of a closed factory in Lordstown, Ohio, saying the company and the auto union should begin talks "now".

"General Motors and the UAW will start" talks "in September / October. Why wait, start them now! Trump said in a tweet Monday morning. "I want jobs to stay in the United States and that I wish Lordstown (Ohio), one of the best economies in our history, to be open or sold to a company that will open it quickly!"

Trump encouraged the company to close factories in other countries. "Open this big and beautiful plant in Ohio now. Shut down a factory in China or Mexico, where you have invested a lot before Trump, but not in the United States. Take home jobs! ", Did he declare.

In Sunday's tweets, Trump said he talked about the plant to GM GM's Mary Barra, and criticized both the company and local union leader David Green.

Beto O'Rourke raised $ 6.1 million in the 24 hours following the launch of his presidential campaign, surpbading all other Democrats on the ground who published their numbers.

The Texas Democratic Party campaign released figures Monday morning, according to NBC News. The $ 6,136,763 was entirely in the form of online contributions.

"In just 24 hours, Americans from across the country have come together to prove that it's possible to have a real grbadroots campaign for the presidency – a campaign for all of us that does not fit with PACs, big business and to special organizations. interests, but to the people, "said O & # 39; Rourke.

O'Rourke, a former congressman who ran in the Senate unsuccessfully last year, ran for president on Friday.

O'Rourke defeated Sen. Bernie Sanders, the game's biggest winner, who raised $ 5.9 million in the first 24 hours of his own campaign, NBC reported.