Vice President Kamala Harris vs Former President Donald Trump - Photo by CNN
WASHINGTON D.C. (WSAU) – Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has garnered support from big names on Wall Street as she hopes to rally fellow Democrats to her cause by outraising former President Donald Trump.
According to sources who spoke to the New York Post, major financial players including Avenue Capital CEO and former Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry, Lazard President Ray McGuire, Centerview co-founder Blair Effron, Paul Weiss Chair Brad Karp, and C Street co-founder Brian Mathis will connect with around 40 other prominent Wall Street titans on a call scheduled for Wednesday at 3 PM to fundraise for Harris as her campaign released figures that showed over $100 million raised since Sunday.
Although Wall Street insiders told The Post that they believe Kamala supports additional taxes and regulations, she has won their support by coming out as more steady and dependable in their opinion than former president Trump, with one anonymous fund manager saying, “Wall Street doesn’t like Trump’s impetuous nature and lack of predictability.”
Trump’s campaign reported that $111.8 million was raised in June, which brought his second-quarter haul to $331 million, with high numbers also expected to be reported for July following the failed assassination attempt against the former president last week in Pennsylvania and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pledging $180 million to the former president over the next three months.
The latest polling from Yahoo/YouGov shows Harris and Trump tied in a presumptive national race at 46%, with Trump ahead of Harris by two percentage points with leaners, while Quinnipiac’s latest poll released on Tuesday shows Trump ahead by four percentage points nationally on the back of a wide 46% to 32% lead over Harris with registered independents.
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