Jen Psaki: What Biden's rivals underestimate

Don't worry about Biden's digital strategy [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news with Jen Psaki [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news with Jen Psaki Saturday, May 27, 2023 [What Biden's rivals underestimate]( [Alternate text] [By Jen Psaki]( Ever since the 2020 primary, there has been an (inaccurate) perception that Joe Biden and his team are bad at digital. Trump’s outlandish (and inaccurate) tweets left some Biden supporters thinking he was being outshined and outflanked. But the Biden campaign actually outraised the Trump team in online small donors in 2020. They raised more than any presidential campaign in history while creating a massive digital organizing apparatus that was more focused on person to person organizing than going viral. Ron DeSantis seems to want to make inroads on Twitter, even after his embarrassing failure to launch (which, team Biden was quick to [zing him]( for). Maybe that will work. Maybe Tim Scott or Trump becomes a fixture on Facebook. But they are focused on defeating each other, not on organizing the masses. And that is where the Biden digital team has an advantage. So don’t freak out If Trump and his rivals trend this year. [Read more exclusive insights from Jen Psaki here](. And tune in to "Inside with Jen Psaki," on Sundays at 12 p.m. ET on MSNBC, and streaming on Peacock.     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [EVETTE DIONNE]( [I grew up in the 90s. I've never seen anything like the new 'The Little Mermaid.']( It's even bigger than just another Disney remake. This movie is a cultural moment. [Read more.]( [HAYES BROWN]( [This conservative radio host called for an American dictator. Believe him.]( In conservatives' eyes, a dictatorship still a viable prescription for the supposed "woke mind virus" that has infected the country. [Read more.]( [STEVE BENEN]( [The Freedom Caucus is likely about to be denied. McCarthy should brace accordingly.]( In the debt ceiling fight, House Freedom Caucus members thought they were running the show. Now they're learning otherwise. [Read more.]( [JA'HAN JONES]( [Rampant child sexual abuse is occurring in churches — not at drag shows]( A new report alleges widespread sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy in Illinois. Will conservatives call for a ban on minors in churches? [Read more.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] THE LAST WORD]( [TX State Rep: GOP wants to 'hijack the largest urban voting district']( THE LAST WORD]( [Rep. Kildee: GOP wants to solve the debt ceiling problem they created]( DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE]( [Stacey Abrams follows up first thriller with second novel, 'Rogue Justice']( THE LAST WORD]( [Richard Lui on the need to change the 'cultural conversation' on mental health]( [MORE FROM MSNBC]( [Alternate text] This week on Into America, three years after George Floyd’s murder, Trymaine Lee learns how Black communities have historically worked to keep themselves safe and created alternatives to calling the police. He speaks with a retired paramedic and healthcare worker about how an organization called Freedom House laid the foundation for emergency healthcare and its lasting impact for generations to come. [Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.](   Tomorrow, Senator Chris Murphy, Ukrainian Ambassador the United States Oksana Markarova, and Virginia State Delegate Danica Roem join Jen Psaki. Watch Inside with Jen Psaki, tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET on MSNBC.   [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)