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US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Atlanta on July 30 | AFP

On July 21, US President Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 re-election campaign and supported Vice President Harris as the nominee of the Democratic Party.

At first, the international media was paying attention to which political star in the Democratic Party would run for the presidential nomination. But just 48 hours later, people's attention turned to who would be Harris' running mate, because Harris had quickly secured the majority of votes for the Democratic nomination.

Two weeks have passed since Harris announced on the 21st of last month that she had taken over Biden's "political torch". The Harris whirlwind that has quickly swept across the American political arena has made the explosive effect of the attempted shooting of Trump on July 13 disappear invisibly.

On August 2, Vice President Harris' presidential campaign team said its political action organization raised $310 million (about 2.22 billion yuan) in July, dwarfing the amount raised by Republican candidate Trump in the same month.

Statistics released by the US media said that Harris' team raised a staggering amount of money between the campaign team, the Democratic National Committee and the joint fundraising committee. After President Biden withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed Harris, the vast majority of July's statistics (more than $200 million) arrived in the first week of her candidacy. Entering August, the de facto Democratic presidential candidate's team had $377 million on hand.

Trump's shooting effect was neutralized by Harris' whirlwind

Meanwhile, Trump's team said its larger political action organization, which includes the former president's campaign and joint fundraising committees, raised $138.7 million in July. The Trump campaign entered August with $327 million in the bank.

Harris's massive fundraising effort highlights renewed enthusiasm among Democratic donors, some of whom were hesitant to open their checkbooks after Biden's poor performance in the first televised debate against Trump in late June.

Harris' campaign said two-thirds of its fundraising came from first-time donors.

"More than 3 million donors contributed a total of more than $4.2 million, with more than 2 million donors making their first donation this cycle," the organization said in a press release.

“Our money will go toward winning close elections — whether it’s organizers knocking on doors in DeKalb County, opening rural offices in Pennsylvania, or college students setting up tables at club fairs,” Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez-Rodriguez said in a statement.

“This is the product of a movement and a coalition that knows the hard work and fighting spirit it takes to win in November — and when we fight, we win,” Rodriguez said.

Harris has already won the Democratic presidential nomination

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