Claim: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) “single-handedly” outraised House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) in April, May, and June, raking in $29 million to McCarthy’s $22 million.

Who said it: Jeffries press adviser Justin Chermol in a Monday tweet.

Why it matters: McCarthy and Jeffries are in the early stages of a fight for control of the House in 2024, and winning the fundraising battle is a crucial part of that fight.

Context: Jeffries used his purported second-quarter fundraising lead on McCarthy to argue that he will have “the resources necessary to retake the majority next year,” rhetoric that media outlets such as CNN echoed. Jeffries’s ability to outraise McCarthy, CNN wrote in a Wednesday piece, is “impressive … given it’s his first year serving as Democratic leader.”