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Joe Biden reported raising $10 million more than President Donald Trump last month amid new polls showing the former vice president holding a solid lead in the race for the White House. The increasingly strong footing of Trump’s presumed Democratic challenger comes at a time when most Americans disapprove of the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the nationwide protests over racial injustice and police brutality, polls show. Biden and the Democratic National Committee reported raising $141 million in June, surpassing the $131 million in donations to Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee. For April, May and June combined, Biden also eclipsed Trump, collecting $282 million with the DNC as the president and the RNC took in $266 million. “It’s clear that voters are looking for steady leadership, experience, empathy, compassion, and character — and they’ll find all of these qualities in Vice President Joe Biden,” Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon told supporters in an email. Biden’s campaign did not disclose how much cash it had on hand, so it’s unclear whether it has overcome its previously strong disadvantage on that score.