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Obama and Clooney will engage in a “virtual conversation”
according to an invitation to donors obtained by Reuters.
Tickets range from $250 to $250,000.
In June, Obama held a fundraiser for Biden, Obama’s former vice
president, that brought in more than $11 million. Biden will
face President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 general election.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced Biden to hold campaign
events online or close to his Delaware home. But virtual
fundraisers have proven to be effective for Biden, helping him
and allied Democratic groups outraise Trump and Republican
groups in May and June.
Biden on Tuesday will also give an address in Wilmington,
Delaware detailing how he would address systemic racism and
racial economic inequality, the fourth and final plank of his
sweeping plan to revitalize the coronavirus-hit U.S. economy.
Clooney, an outspoken critic of Trump, and his wife Amal head
the Clooney Foundation for Justice, a global human-rights
advocacy organization. Last month, he donated $500,000 to the
Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit that provides legal
representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly accused.
(Reporting by James Oliphant; Editing by Alistair Bell)
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