The Democrat posted a campaign link “apropos of nothing” as his rival was being booked into Fulton County Jail
US President Joe Biden leveraged his chief Republican rival Donald Trump’s legal troubles to raise funds for his reelection campaign in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday.
“Apropos of nothing, I think today’s a great day to give to my campaign,” the president’s account wrote, accompanied by a link to Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue and a graphic of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with “Let’s finish the job! – Joe” scrawled beneath their portraits.
The post was made at the same time that Trump, Biden’s predecessor and primary challenger, was being booked into Fulton County Jail in Georgia on charges of interfering with the 2020 election, a fact remarked upon by several news outlets.
Conservative commentators including Kyle Becker and Ben Shapiro weighed in on Biden’s fundraising tweet,…