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Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have been busy funding and promoting their campaigns. For the first time, Trump reported fundraising that tops Biden, but a controversial campaign ad posted to Trump’s Truth Social account has his campaign doing damage control.

Although Trump’s campaign and the Republican Party out-fundraised Biden in the month of April, Biden still holds more cash on hand.

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Trump advisers reported that $76 million was raised in April. Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign reported $24 million raised in the same month.

Alternatively, looking at cash on hand, Biden’s campaign reported $84.5 million on hand, whereas Trump’s campaign reported $48 million.

Trump’s boost in April is in part because of a fundraising gala in Palm Beach, Florida, featuring multiple billionaires. He is also receiving a fair amount of support from donors in the oil and gas industry, raising over $7 million from executives in that field. That is over three times what the industry provided Trump with in 2020.

Despite his financial success, Trump is facing backlash after a campaign ad referencing Nazi Germany was uploaded to his Truth Social account.

The video starts with a picture of Trump on the cover of an old newspaper with a voiceover saying, “What happens after Donald Trump wins? What’s next for America?”

The large headline reads “What’s Next For America?” However, a smaller headline in the left says, “Industrial Strength Significantly Increased — Driven by the Creation of a Unified Reich.”

A “unified Reich” is often a term used to describe Hitler’s regime in the 1930s.

“Donald Trump is not playing games; he is telling America exactly what he intends to do if he regains power: rule as a dictator over a ‘unified reich,'” Biden’s campaign spokesperson James Singer said in a statement.

Trump’s spokesperson said the campaign worker who uploaded the video to Trump’s account did not see those words in the video. According to the spokesperson, the video was made by a third-party using a World War I template newspaper that allowed the team to swap headlines with hypothetical ones for if Trump were to win.

The spokesperson said the staffer missed the controversial rhetoric flashing around the headlines. The video has since been deleted from Trump’s Truth Social account.

Amid the drama with his campaign ad, Trump has been in a New York courtroom. The former president’s criminal trial is close to wrapping up, with both the prosecution and defense resting. Trump will not testify.

Meanwhile, Biden is back on the campaign trail in Boston on Tuesday, May 21. Pro-Palestinian protesters are set to continue congregating at Biden’s campaign stops as they did in Detroit and Atlanta.

Biden supporters continue to protest his stance in supporting Israel in its war with Hamas. On Monday, May 20, the president said the conflict is not genocide.

The two candidates will continue campaigning. The pair has two debates scheduled as the November election approaches.

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[KARAH RUCKER]

CHECKING IN ON BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS –

HERE’S SOME OF THE MAJOR HEADLINES OUT THIS WEEK.

FROM TRUMP’S REPORTED FUNDRAISING TOPPING BIDEN’S FOR THE FIRST TIME.

TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN’S LATEST CONTROVERSY OVER A SHARED-VIDEO REFERENCING NAZI GERMANY. 

AND PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO RALLY AGAINST BIDEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

IN THE LATEST ON CAMPAIGN FINANCES –

BIDEN STILL HOLDS FAR MORE CASH ON HAND.

BUT TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN  AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OUT-FUNDRAISED BIDEN IN THE MONTH OF APRIL ACCORDING TO NEW NUMBERS.

TRUMP ADVISERS REPORTED 76 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED IN APRIL.

BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN REPORTED 24 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED IN THE SAME.

CASH ON HAND – IS A REVERSAL.

BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN HAS MORE THAN 80 MILLION DOLLARS CASH ON HAND.

WHILE TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN REPORTED 48 MILLION DOLLARS.

TRUMP’S BOOST IN APRIL IS IN PART THANKS TO A FUNDRAISING GALA THAT FEATURED BIG BILLIONAIRES IN PALM BEACH FLORIDA.

TRUMP IS DOING WELL WITH DONORS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY –

RAISING MORE THAN 7 MILLION DOLLARS FROM OIL AND GAS EXECS –

THAT’S MORE THAN 3 TIMES WHAT THE INDUSTRY GAVE TO TRUMP IN 2020.

WHILE THE FUNDRAISING REPORT IS GOOD NEWS FOR TRUMP –

HIS CAMPAIGN IS ON DAMAGE CONTROL –

AFTER A TRUMP SPOKESPERSON SAYS A STAFFER UPLOADED THIS CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO TO TRUMP’S TRUTH SOCIAL ACCOUNT.

[CAMPAIGN AD]

“What happens after donald trump wins? What’s next for america?

[KARAH RUCKER]

IF YOU MISSED IT –

HERE IT IS AGAIN. 

IN SMALL PRINT TO THE LEFT READS “THE CREATION OF A UNIFIED REICH.”

WHICH IS OFTEN A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE HITLER’S REGIME IN THE 1930’S.

BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN DENOUNCED IT ON X – SAYING “DONALD TRUMP IS NOT PLAYING GAMES; HE IS TELLING AMERICA EXACTLY WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO IF HE REGAINS POWER: RULE AS A DICTATOR OVER A UNIFIED REICH.

TRUMP’S SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE CAMPAIGN WORKER WHO UPLOADED THE VIDEO TO TRUMP’S ACCOUNT DIDN’T SEE THOSE WORDS IN THE VIDEO THAT WAS MADE BY A THIRD-PARTY – USING **THIS TEMPLATE – OF A WORLD WAR ONE NEWSPAPER – WHERE THEY SWAPPED THESE BOLDED HEADLINES WITH HYPOTHETICAL ONES IF TRUMP WERE TO WIN. 

BUT THE STAFFER MISSED THE CONTROVERSIAL RHETORIC FLASHING AROUND THE HEADLINES.

THE VIDEO HAS SINCE BEEN DELETED FROM TRUMP’S TRUTH SOCIAL ACCOUNT.

TRUMP HAS BEEN BACK IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM THIS WEEK AS HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL IN NEW YORK IS CLOSE TO WRAPPING UP WITH THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE RESTING. TRUMP – WILL NOT TESTIFY.

MEANWHILE BIDEN’S BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN BOSTON TUESDAY.

PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ARE SET TO CONTINUE CONGREGATING AT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN STOPS –

AS THEY DID IN DETROIT AND ATLANTA THIS WEEK.

AS BIDEN SUPPORTERS CONTINUE TO PROTEST HIS STANCE IN SUPPORTING ISRAEL IN ITS WAR WITH HAMAS – THE PRESIDENT MONDAY SAYING EMPHATICALLY THE CONFLICT IN GAZA IS *NOT* GENOCIDE.

THERE’S STILL MUCH TO SEE BEFORE NOVEMBER.

INCLUDING TWO PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES.

BOTH CAMPS ARE FACING THEIR OWN SETS OF STRUGGLES RIGHT NOW.

AS VOTERS ARE STILL MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PRIMARIES.

I’M KARAH RUCKER.

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