President Joe Biden is hoping the sequel will live up to the original when it comes to his campaign’s blockbuster Hollywood fundraiser starring former President Barack Obama, George Clooney, and Julia Roberts.
A similarly star-studded event in New York in March that also included former President Bill Clinton helped Biden raise a record $26 million. But since then, former President Donald Trump, Biden’s 2024 Republican rival, has experienced a cash bonanza, raising $53 million during the first 24 hours after he was convicted in his hush money trial in May alone.
The star power of Clooney, Roberts, and even Obama for Biden’s fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday is “huge” for his campaign and his campaign coffers, according to University of Southern California political science professor Christian Grose.
“The celebrities help create an excitement around the event and likely yield more donations,” Grose told the Washington Examiner.
FILE – George Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney, pose for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film The Boys In The Boat, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in London. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP, File)
Democrats have had a celebrity advantage for so long that it is almost assumed in elections, George Mason University political science professor Jeremy Mayer added, agreeing that it he …