In the wake of his State of the Union speech Thursday, President Joe Biden hit the campaign trail Friday morning with a huge boost to his campaign coffers. According to reports, the 9, 10, and 11 p.m. hours after the State of the Union were Biden's best for fundraising of the campaign cycle so far.
The Biden campaign raised $1 million on Thursday before the speech even began, and the record hauls continued while he was speaking.
Speaking to network contributor Van Jones Friday, CNN's Kate Bolduan mentioned the fundraising haul, calling it Biden's "best online fundraising since the reelection launch." She asked Jones what he thinks the cash influx means.
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"That means he was fired up and he fired up the base and the base was nervous," Jones said. "I got a lot of text messages — 'I hope he does okay, I hope he doesn't embarrass himself,' blah, blah — and Joe Biden put his chest out last night."
According to Jones, Biden was "directly challenging Republicans" in his speech.
"And Republicans were getting schooled by grandpa," Jones continued, adding that there was complete "silence" when Biden sarcastically asked if they wanted to give tax cuts to billionaires.
"So, he was in command," Jones said. "He was the Commander in Chief — he's definitely the commander of that body, and people responded."
February was also a strong fundraising month for Biden, with records showing he raised at least $42 million for his reelection campaign and the Democratic Party, campaign officials told CNN earlier this month — "A total fueled by the strongest month of grassroots donations during this election cycle, which campaign officials say demonstrates an under-appreciated level of enthusiasm for the president," CNN's report stated.
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