President Joe Biden‘s star-filled fundraiser in Los Angeles this night — an occasion that includes Barack Obama, George Clooney and Julia Roberts — has raised not less than $28 million, based on a marketing campaign official.
The determine surpasses the quantity raised in March when Biden appeared with Obama and former President Invoice Clinton at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor. That occasion raised $26 million, based on the marketing campaign.
The $28 million determine is the biggest raised as a single Democratic fundraiser, per the marketing campaign. In a press release on Friday, Jeffrey Katzenberg, who’s co-chairing the Biden marketing campaign, signaled that the quantity raised would set a document.
Biden landed at LAX this morning, having traveled from the G7 summit in Italy. First Girl Jill Biden is touring to Los Angeles later in the present day.
Tonight’s occasion, on the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, will characteristic Biden in dialog with Obama and Jimmy Kimmel. The occasion is a mixture excessive greenback and low greenback fundraiser, with donors shelling out a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} for a ticket for alternative seats and a reception, whereas the marketing campaign has held a contest to area grassroots donations, with supporters getting into with an opportunity to win a visit to attend.
Others on the invoice tonight embody Jason Bateman, Jack Black, Kathryn Hahn and Sheryl Lee Ralph.