It was also an event that has potentially awakened a sleeping giant and mobilized an untold number of Americans in support of Trump, as evidenced by a record-breaking fundraising haul taken in the hours after the verdict was announced. Following the verdict, the Trump campaign brought in a “record shattering” small donor tally of $34.8 million, according to a statement emailed by campaign senior advisors Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, who say the figure nearly doubles its single-day fundraising record. Within minutes of the verdict being announced, the digital fundraising system WinRed crashed after being flooded with an overwhelming amount of traffic. “Not only was the amount historic, but 29.7 percent of yesterday's donors were brand new donors to the WinRed platform,” the campaign said. Among the top donors was Shaun Maguire, partner at Sequoia Capital, who ponied up $300,000 for Trump.Yesterday’s conviction of former President Donald Trump was a watershed moment in U.S. history.
I just donated $300k to President Trump
The timing isn't a coincidence https://t.co/LDU4nJ8FBx
— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire) May 30, 2024
“I know that I’ll lose friends for this,” he said in a statement posted on X explaining his decision to back the embattled former president. “Some will refuse to do business with me. The media will probably demonize me, as they have so many others before me. But despite this, I still believe it’s the right thing to do.”
The Trump campaign told NBC News that the latest fundraising figure includes donations made between yesterday’s verdict and midnight and does not count any money donated after 12 a.m. today.
“President Trump and our campaign are immensely grateful [for] this outpouring of support from patriots across our country,” the campaign said in its statement. “President Trump is fighting to save our nation and November 5th is the day Americans will deliver the real verdict."
On the day of the verdict, a new Emerson College Polling/The Hill/PIX11 survey of New York voters was released showing President Joe Biden with a 7-point lead over Trump.
In 2020, Biden carried New York by a margin of 60.9 percent to 37.7 percent.
“Independent voters in New York who traditionally vote for Democrats, according to exit polling, have flipped to lean toward Trump by a margin of ten points, 43% to 33%,” said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling.
