Trump campaign raised $3.1M from impeachment hearing: manager
Trump 2020 had set a goal of $3 million in 24 hours.
President Trump's re-election campaign raised $3.1 million from Wednesday's public impeachment hearing, campaign manager Brad Parscale announced on Twitter on Thursday.
Trump 2020 had set a goal of $3 million in 24 hours.
Parscale referred to the money raised as "small dollar donations" on Twitter.
"WOW! $3,144,257 RAISED YESTERDAY! [The president] loves these huge numbers. He knows that it isn't enough to end this IMPEACHMENT SCAM. We're upping the goal to $5 MILLION! ALL DONATIONS WILL NOW BE TRIPLE-MATCHED! Donate below," Parscale wrote with a link to the giving platform.
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A pop-up message on the campaign website stated that Trump wanted to raise the money "to end these fake impeachment hearings," promising that all donations would be "double-matched."
A message on Trump's 2020 campaign website that popped up on users' browsers as of Thursday morning. Screenshot
Even before the public hearings began, Trump fundraisers reported seeing a surge in donations in response to impeachment talk. Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted in September that donors gave $5 million in the 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry.
FOX Business' James Leggate contributed to this report.