Eric Clapton raised eye-popping sum for RFK Jr's presidential campaign
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Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton raised $2.2 million for Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., at a recent campaign event in Los Angeles.
Video footage of the concert made its rounds online, showing the Yardbirds alum shredding in front of a Kennedy 2024 banner. Houston Keene is a politics writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene
The private concert brought in $2.2 million to Kennedy's campaign coffers, according to a campaign press release. The campaign said it raised $1 million while the remaining $1.2 million went to a political action committee supporting the Democrat's presidential bid.
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