Election 2024 live: Harris campaign rakes in $200m of donations in first week since Biden endorsement

Just days after officially joining TikTok, Kamala Harris’ account has accrued more than 3 million followers.

The vice president’s account has, as yet, only posted four videos – all of which have millions of views.

Her first was a short introductory video, though others included a phone call from Barack and Michelle Obama – in which they gave Harris their full support – and another with Lance Bass, former member of boy-band NSYNC.

The Harris campaign says the $200 million raised during its first week was a “record-shattering amount.”*

Of that amount, 66 percent came from first-time donors, according to the campaign.

In a release Harris’ team said that, since last Sunday, it had seen “unprecedented” support from across the US, with more than 170,000 volunteers joing the campaign, with plans to mobilize 2,300 in key battleground states. Engagement with younger voters continues, with the vice president joining TikTok officially.

*The Independent has reached out to the Harris campaign to clarify which records the numbers have broken.

Kamala Harris acknowledged that she and the Democrats are “underdogs in this race” as she addressed a packed out theatre in Pittsfield, Massachussets on Saturday.

The vice president was greeted with a standing ovation at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, where she was introduced by musician James Taylor.

Harris repeared her line that she “knows Donald Trump’s type” from her career prosecuting “predators… fraudsters… and cheaters.” “We are the underdogs in this race. Level set, ok. We are the underdogs in this race, but this is a people powered campign,” she said.

“You may have noticed, Donald Trump has been resorting to some wild lies about my record. And some of what he and his running mate are saying, well, it’s just plain wierd. I mean that’s the box you put that in.

“You may have seen he just pulled out of our debate. I hope he reconsiders because we have a lot to talk about.”

Kamala Harris has been very clear that she “knows Donald Trump’s type” from her years as a prosecutor.

Watch her describe her campaign focus in her own words here:

Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is quickly gaining on former President Donald Trump among Hispanic voters, a new poll shows.

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