Pro-Biden super PAC Unite the Country sees fundraising dip during peak of coronavirus lockdown

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Pro-Biden super PAC Unite the Country saw a fundraising slide during the peak of the coronavirus lockdown and while the Biden campaign pushed donors to give to another group.

A person familiar with Unite the Country's fundraising explained that April wasJoe Biden's campaign and the Democratic National Committee reached a joint fundraising agreement, while noting that the outside group didn't want to detract any resources that could go toward that effort. This person declined to be named as these decisions were made in private.

Meanwhile, Priorities USA, which includes the three entities Priorities USA, Priorities USA Foundation and Priorities USA Action, the super PAC, combined to raise $7.6 million. Although the PAC's latest filing had yet to be made public as of late Wednesday, a spokesman for Priorities told CNBC the committee raised more than the Unite the Country's April total.

Lily Adams, a spokeswoman for Unite the Country, pointed to the coronavirus as the reason it believes its fundraising wasn't up to its highs in previous months. She also noted that the PACs fundraising haul in May was strong enough to go on the air with a recent seven-figure ad buy. Those figures will be made public next month.

"We don't expect to have a record breaking fundraising month every single month, particularly when so many are struggling in this pandemic," Adams said. "We're proud of the support we've received so far in May which allowed us to go on the air with a recent 7-figure ad buy, and we're in a strong financial position to have Joe Biden's back and tell the positive story about his candidacy.

The top donors to Unite the Country last month include Joshua Bekenstein, co-chair of private investment firm Bain Capital, and John Bell, a partner at Bell & Brigham.

 

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The questions that needs to be asked is : A. Will there be a convention? B. Will there be any debates this year? I bet Joe ducks the debates and Dems have a virtual convention

Nobody is voting for Biden... Most of the democrats I know personally, are voting for Trump in 2020 because they’re disgusted at the partisan lockdown power grab. They dig their own grave, once again.

try to fix this lol

I thought Biden had dropped out.😂

I'm sure this has nothing to do with a poor candidate who can't even formulate a proper sentence, even with cue cards.

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