Democrats see fundraising spike following Ginsburg death

[RandySF]

Democrats saw a massive fundraising spike in the hours following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a jurist who had been lionized by progressives over her liberal stances on the high court.

ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s online donation platform, broke a single-hour fundraising record on Friday night when donors flooded it with $6.3 million in donations. In total, between the hours of 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday, the platform had processed nearly $31 million, ActBlue confirmed to The Hill.

The tally kept on the platform’s homepage continues to rise by the second.

Donations processed through ActBlue can go to several Democratic candidates for office up and down the ballot as well as a slate of liberal groups.

WinRed, ActBlue’s GOP equivalent, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill regarding any fundraising it’s seen since Ginsburg’s death.

Ginsburg, 87, died Friday due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. She was just the second woman nominated to the Supreme Court and served on the high court for 27 years.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/517228-democrats-see-fundraising-spike-following-ginsburg-death

[DarthDem]

1. LOL - a "spike"

Never change, The Hill. I'd say the kind of money they're talking about is more like a "surge." Also, I just saw a figure of about $60MM being reported, not 31.

[lunatica]

2. Actually it's More like a Blue Tidal Wave.

[Renew Deal]

3. $30 million used to be a big monthly haul for Obama

[Politicub]

4. We owe it to RBG to keep fighting.

Realizing progressive values takes struggle and always will.

RBG is my North Star. She was fearless; I think she wants us to be fearless, too.