It’s a first for President Biden. The president on Monday night will attend a small, top dollar, fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee (DNC), his first in-person fundraising event for his party since taking over in the White House 14 months ago amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The event, in the nation’s capital, comes as the president appears to be stepping up his fundraising efforts for the DNC ahead of November’s midterm elections, when the Democrats will be defending their razor-thin majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
While the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) been holding in person fundraisers for months, the DNC’s finance events have been held virtually due to pandemic restrictions. But with the rates of new COVID cases quickly declining, there’s been a desire by major Democratic donors to enjoy some in-person face time with the president.
With less than eight months to go until the midterms, the RNC enjoys a slight fundraising advantage. As Fox News first reported in January, the RNC hauled in an off-election year record $158.6 million in 2021, slightly edging the DNC. And the RNC out raised its Democratic counterpart in January fundraising, $13 million to $10.2 million.
“Despite Democrats’ controlling the White House, Senate, and House, the Republican National Committee continues to out raise and run laps around the Biden-controlled DNC, RNC spokeswoman Emma Vaughn ttouted in a statement to Fox News.
