NY v. Trump trial fueling $1M a day in small-dollar donations, says new RNC chair

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley said on "America's Newsroom" Friday that former President Trump's New York trial has resulted in a major boost of small-dollar campaign donations, telling host Dana Perino that Trump is "playing offense" while President Biden is on the defensive.

"I think that what we're doing is we're opening up the map. President Biden right now is playing defense all across the country. And President Trump is playing offense all across the country. We're leading in the national polls. We're leading on the issues, and we're leading on the polls in every single battleground state," said Whatley, who took over as head of the RNC last month, replacing Ronna McDaniel.

Whatley said when Biden interacts with the press, it "never goes well."

"President Biden's team has a really hard time right now, because they are either going to shield him from the press, or they are going to allow him to interact with the press."

Whatley also slammed the president for his schedule.

"He is going to bed at 4:30 in the afternoon. We're already running events with Donald Trump out there before the guy even gets out of bed," he said, questioning whether Democrats will "shield" Biden like they did in 2020.

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In an interview Friday with Howard Stern, Biden said he'd be "happy" to debate Trump.

Whatley went on to downplay the Democrats' fundraising advantage heading into the November election.

"We know that the Democrats are going to have a ton of money. They always have a ton of money. That is absolutely not a surprise. What we've seen, though, is that every day that President Trump has been in court,