- George Clooney and Julia Roberts expected to attend Hollywood fundraiser
- Barack Obama and the Clintons will also host events for Biden’s campaign.
- It comes as Biden’s advisers are worried about Trump raking in campaign cash.
A star-studded team from the political and entertainment elite will headline a major fundraiser for Joe Biden in Hollywood next month, as even his own advisers acknowledge that Donald Trump is closing the gap.
George Clooney and Julia Roberts, one of Hollywood’s most famous on-screen couples, will do the hard work for the campaign at an event in Los Angeles in June.
Not only will the stars of Oceans Eleven and Ticket to Paradise be in attendance, but they will also be taking part in a contest that will take over the campaign’s social media platforms.
Both Oscar winners will also put their names in text messages and emails on behalf of their campaign.
More Hollywood celebrities are scheduled to participate, as is former President Barack Obama.
A star-studded team from the political and entertainment elite will headline a major fundraiser for Joe Biden in Hollywood next month, as even his own advisers acknowledge that Donald Trump is closing the gap.
George Clooney and Julia Roberts, one of Hollywood’s most famous on-screen couples, will do the hard work for the campaign at an event in Los Angeles in June.
Biden’s campaign has circled around Trump in raising cash from big donors, but a campaign staffer admitted they will likely need even more money for their November rematch.
“We’re under no illusions that it’s not going to close the gap,” said a Biden campaign adviser. NBC News.
“But what you can’t get back is the time we’ve had with all this money to do what we’ve done.”
On another date early this summer, Biden will meet again with former President Bill Clinton for a fundraising event on the East Coast, which former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also scheduled to attend.
Biden held events with Clinton, Obama and actor Michael Douglas in late March and April, raising more than $26 million, a party record for a single event.
It led Biden’s campaign to raise $43.8 million a month, triple what Trump raised in that period, according to FEC filings.
The Trump campaign has claimed to top it with a $50.5 million event in Palm Beach in April that has not yet been reflected in campaign documents.
The Biden event in New York arrived the same day as Trump traveled to Long Island to join grieving family members at the wake of slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, who died in the line of duty.
Biden held events with Presidents Clinton, Obama and actor Michael Douglas in late March and April, raising more than $26 million, a party record for a single event.
On another date early this summer, Biden will meet again with former President Bill Clinton for a fundraising event on the East Coast, which former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also scheduled to attend.
He was shot and killed in Queens during routine traffic. Stop Monday and horrifying surveillance footage captured the moment.
Biden got the date of the Jan. 6 riot wrong while attacking Trump during a fundraiser hosted by Douglas in Westchester, New York, in late April.
His visit closed roads and schools around the village of Irvington, as anti-Israel protesters took to the streets.
The fundraiser was held at the home of Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, who did not attend due to filming, according to the White House group’s report.
Clooney has long been an ally of the president, and Biden said he would have supported him if he had run against Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The star has long been a consistent supporter of liberal Democrats, and once hosted a fundraiser at his home for Obama that added $15 million to the president’s re-election coffers.
The fundraising comes as Biden continues to battle Trump in the polls despite his huge monetary lead.
According to the latest fivethirtyeight On average, Trump leads Biden by one point.