NEW YORK (AP) Donald Trump s campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday, a staggering reported haul as his campaign works to catch up to the fundraising juggernaut of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party .

The reported haul from the event with major donors at the Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor John Paulson sets a new single-event fundraising record and is almost double the $26 million that Bidens campaign said it raised recently at a gathering with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Its clearer than ever that we have the message, the operation, and the money to propel President Trump to victory on November 5, his campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in a statement.

The event, billed as the Inaugural Leadership Dinner, sends a signal of a resurgence of Trump and the Republican Party s fundraising, which has lagged behind Biden and the Democrats.

Trump boasted about his evening with wealthy donors in a post on his social media network a few hours before he arrived at the event with his wife Melania Trump: Biggest night in Fund Raising of ALL TIME!!!Will double up the Biden number of last week at Radio City. People are desperate for change. They want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Trump and the GOP announced earlier in the week that they raised more than $65.6 million in March and closed out the month with $93.1 million. Biden and the Democrats announced Saturday that they took in more than $90 million last month and had $192 million-plus on hand.