Opponent of Rep. Joe "You Lie" Wilson raises $600,000+ in a day

by TheCameraObscura | September 10, 2009 at 11:54 am

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Whether or not the Democrat health plan passes, at least one Democrat has gotten an enormous boost from Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst at President Obama last night, Wilson's opponent Rob Miller.

Rob Miller, the opponent of GOP Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), who yelled "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress on healthcare, has raised more than $600,000 from online donors since Wednesday evening.

ActBlue, a liberal advocacy group, posted an online contribution page appeal for Rob Miller, a Democrat. Within hours, online donors flooded the site, leaving the Republican's Democratic opponent flush with new campaign cash overnight.

By Thursday morning, a spokesman for ActBlue told RAW STORY that Miller has raised "north of $96,000" since Wilson's outburst Wednesday.

By 2pm ET, spokesman Adrian Arroyo said Miller had pulled in "9,000 donations" -- raking in a total of at least $330,000.

"For 150 minutes earlier today, he was pulling in $1,000/minute," Arroyo said.