Jen Psaki assured Joe Biden supporters that they have no reason to “cynicalize” about the propensity of Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and their other political rivals on social media to “let alone win elections.”
In the MSNBC host’s Sunday blog, she said there is a “misconception that Joe Biden and his team are bad at digital,” basically because Trump’s tweets in the 2020 primary and now on TruthSocial were “so outlandish (and wrong) to many observers.” “They thought he was overtaking and outpacing Biden. Not true,” Psaki said.
Psaki wrote, “The truth is that the Biden campaign actually focused more on person-to-person organizing than viral tweets in 2020 on online small-donation donors, building the Trump team a massive digital organizing system.” focused.”
The Florida governor’s team raised $8.2 million within 24 hours of announcing he was throwing his hat in the 2024 presidential race, according to the new York TimesTrump’s team said it more than doubled that amount to $4 million within 24 hours after his criminal indictment in March. The Times noted that, in contrast, Biden raised $6.3 million in his first 24 hours as a candidate in 2019.
“But more importantly as Trump fought legal battles and was removed from various social media platforms, the Biden team continued to build. it’s not just about online fundraising or online advertising, TikTok (love it or hate it) doesn’t even allow political advertising,” Psaki continued. “Biden is building an online organization that connects with supporters and allows them to talk to each other. encourages.”
Technology doesn’t seem to be DeSantis’ friend. The Twitter space earlier this week had some hiccups at the start of his presidential campaign, as the platform went completely offline before he even had a chance to speak. At its height, the Twitter Spaces room featured 650,000 listeners and counting, an overload that left a nervous Elon Musk, who was hosting the event to his 140.8 million followers, trying to overcome the 15-minute delay. Said “on a large scale”.
The next day, video of DeSantis froze in the middle of his mouth during an interview on the conservative cable news channel Newsmax.
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