In a 68-minute address to Congress on Thursday, Biden also
charged Trump, his Republican challenger in the Nov. 5 election,
with burying the truth about the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the
U.S. Capitol and bowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The fundraising haul is notable given the Biden campaign and his
Democratic Party allies raised over $42 million in the entire
month of January.
An estimated 32.2 million people watched Biden's State of the
Union speech, according to Nielsen ratings from 14 television
networks, an increase of 18% from last year. This did not
include viewers on streaming, social media and other platforms.
Leaning into its cash edge, the Biden campaign on Saturday
announced a $30 million ad blitz, which will target key
battleground states over the next six weeks.
Biden and Trump remain neck-and-neck in the contest for the
White House, a Reuters/Ipsos poll in February showed, with the
former president backed by 37% of respondents and Biden
supported by 34%.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose in Washington, editing by Deepa
Babington)
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