'Betting on a loser': Internet in splits as Biden-Harris campaign raises $27M after President's awful debate performance

ATLANTA, GEORGIA: President Joe Biden's reelection campaign claims to have raised an astounding $27 million following his fractious debate performance against former President Trump.

According to Fox News, the Biden-Harris campaign reported that it had raised $27 million between the day of the debate and Friday night, June 28. The revised amount was released after the campaign announced on Friday, June 28, that it had raised $14 million on debate day and the morning after, calling it "a sign of strength of our grassroots support."

The campaign also mentioned on Friday, June 28, that Thursday's first hour following the debate, from 11 to 12 pm, was its best fundraising hour since its founding in April 2023.

Democrats are reportedly in panic mode following Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance

The substantial financial contributions coincide with Biden's campaign's attempt to allay Democratic Party concerns about his suitability for the presidency in light of his dreadful confrontation with Trump in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, June  27.

"I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious," Biden, who at 81 is the oldest president in the nation's history, told cheering supporters at a Friday afternoon rally in the crucial battleground state of North Carolina.

"Folks, I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to," Biden acknowledged. "But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done. And I know, like millions of Americans know, when you get knocked down you get back up," he added.

Joe Biden pointed to his 2024 rematch with Donald Trump

The president, pointing to his 2024 rematch with Trump, emphasized, "I would not be running again if I did not believe with all my heart and soul that I can do this job."

Biden faltered during some of the debate, speaking in a throaty voice and giving long, meandering responses. But as the debate went on, a number of political observers noticed that the president became more acerbic in his responses.

The majority of the debate's headlines were dominated by Biden's uneven and occasionally halting performance, which also prompted calls for the president to resign as the party's standard-bearer from political pundits, publications, and some Democrats.

Top Joe Biden allies have defended the president following the debate

Prominent Biden supporters have refuted such claims, standing up for the president and criticizing Trump for "lying" during the discussion. Top Biden campaign officials convened in private on Friday at a prearranged meeting with prominent party donors, as two Democratic sources told Fox News, with the aim of allaying worries and anxieties.

"Biden‘s record grassroots fundraising from the day of the debate is critical. It helps blunt the criticism from Biden’s performance," veteran political strategist and Democratic National Committee member Maria Cardona told Fox News.

Cardona, a top Biden supporter, said spotlighting the fundraising "reminds Democrats that there is enthusiasm for the president and urgency to make sure that the liar and criminal Donald Trump doesn’t get close to the Oval Office." Another Democratic strategist and presidential campaign veteran said that team Biden's focus on fundraising "is their best and maybe their only card to play."

Trump campaign senior adviser Brian Hughes discounted the Biden fundraising

Senior advisor to the Trump campaign Brian Hughes downplayed the Biden funding.

"As of last week, the Biden campaign has spent $100 million on cable, TV and radio. They've spent money on a bloated organization. Yet President Trump's lead has grown in battleground states, and now we see polling and enthusiasm on the ground putting Virginia and Minnesota in play for the GOP nominee for the first time in many election cycles," Hughes told Fox News.

Internet laughs at Joe Biden campaign for still raising money despite his incompetence

Netizens poked fun at the president and the fundraisers for wasting their money. "Need that money to smear Trump because he can't debate lol," mocked one user while another tweeted, "BRILLIANT: betting on a loser." "They are panicking. Then need to keep this stiff in office somehow," remarked one. "All the people in charge don’t want him gone. lol," someone else said. 

"They know that they will need a lot of money and propaganda ads to reverse the effect of the Thursday night debacle," commented one user. "Democrats are used to throwing money at failures," opined another. 

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