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The Democrats are breaking fundraising records following the death on Friday of progressive US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
According ActBlue, the most popular virtual platform among progressive candidates and causes, donors contributed more than $ 91 million within 28 hours of the announcement of Ginsburg’s death.
The platform indicated that the death of the judge caused an unprecedented increase: donors gave $ 6.3 million in just one hour on Friday, and $ 70.6 million on Saturday, both record numbers.
“The record response we’ve seen from small donors shows that the left is excited to fulfill its (Ginsburg’s) dying wish and ready to fight (President Donald) Trump“said ActBlue CEO Erin Hill.
The death of the judge has unleashed a pulse between Republicans and Democrats on the search for a replacement, an issue that will radically change the dynamics of the campaign for the presidential elections.
The Supreme Court is composed of nine magistrates with lifetime positions who have the power to change the laws of the country for decades. Until Ginsburg’s passing, the court it had five conservative and 4 progressive magistrates, which are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Trump anticipated the intention to present his candidate next week and who will probably be a woman. While the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, promised that he would put the president’s nominee to a vote in the hemicycle.
“Grassroots donors are excited and investing to win back the majority of the Senate and the White House, electing Democratic candidates at the polls and strengthening the organizations on the front lines of the imminent fight for judicial confirmation, “said Hill.
The Democratic candidate for the White House, Joe biden, has opined that the US president who is elected at the polls on November 3 should be the one who chooses a replacement for Ginsburg.