President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump walk along Pennsylvania Avenue before his swearing-in for his first term. Trump is preparing for his second inauguration in 2025, for which he has raked in record-high fundraising numbers. (Evan Vucci/USA Today Network)
"The demand has just been unprecedented," Li said of the response from donors. "Honestly, Biden and Harris never had this issue. They never had to turn people away."
Fox News Digital was told that donors offering as much as $1 million to the inaugural committee have been turned away due to space limitations, as first reported by the New York Times. Since then, the inaugural committee said they are working to find a bigger location for some of the events in order to meet the intense and growing demand.
To date, Trump's inaugural committee has raised a record-shattering $170 million in donations, with proceeds used to fund both the inauguration weekend and longer-term projects, such as a presidential library.
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Lindy Li, a former DNC finance committee member, speaks to ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ after the 2024 elections. (Fox News)
Asked whether it was difficult to build out a base of Republican donors less than a month after leaving the Democratic Party, Li told Fox News that she is dealing with many of the same financial contributors.
"These are Democratic donors," she said.
While Li noted they aren't among the most liberal Democrat donors she has worked with, "They're still donating," she said.
"They're still so eager and willing to come to the table."
Many, she said, share in the belief that Trump has been "great for the business community" and hope to build on that in future conversations with the administration.
And even donors who have been wait-listed or turned down from attending the VIP events during the inaugural weekend due to the lack of space have expressed interest in working with the administration in the future.
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Just yesterday, she said, a donor noted, "'You know, even if we can't can't come this time, please let us know the next time that we can show our support.'"
The reception as a whole has been "overwhelmingly positive," Li said of the response from donors. "The enthusiasm is just through the stratosphere."
Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.
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