2024 US Presidential Polls: Donald Trump campaign raises $7.1 million since Georgia arrest with mugshot merchandise
Donald Trump raised $7.1 million since his arrest in Georgia on Thursday as his election campaign sought to capitalize on the mug shot taken at a Fulton County jail, according to a report published by Bloomberg News. A person familiar with the matter informed that Trump brought in $4.18 million just on Friday, the highest single-day haul of his 2024 presidential campaign effort, the report said. In the last three weeks, Trump's campaign has taken nearly $20 million.
This was the time that covered his two most recent indictments in Washington and Georgia. Trump's fundraising accelerated after he returned to X (formerly Twitter) for the first time since January 2021 to post his mug shot, a link to a fundraising landing page for his presidential campaign, the person said as quoted by Bloomberg News. Earlier, Politico reported the figures that the $7 million raised is roughly a fifth of the more than $35 million he received in the second quarter through the Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee.
ANI reported citing The Washington Post that Trump has effectively capitalized on his mug shot. Just an hour and a half after being released from an Atlanta jail, merchandise featuring his mug shot such as T-shirts, mugs, koozies, and bumper stickers was already available for purchase. The merchandise, priced at $34 for shirts, features the slogan "NEVER SURRENDER!" Notably, Trump surrendered at the jail on Thursday and was released on a USD 200,000 bond in a move his legal team negotiated this week.
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