Will Pierce, a Daily Caller columnist, former Biden supporter and Democratic campaign fundraiser, told “Fox & Friends” on Friday that the Democratic National Committee is facing a potential electoral disaster as high-profile parties Donors have announced that their checkbooks will be closed until the president is replaced in the 2024 election.
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Will Pierce: I would be in panic mode because that’s the thing – you know, as we get into season three, it’s make or break when it comes to political fundraising. Now that these donors are gone, where does the money come from? If you’re a Democratic staffer or an entire Democratic committee, how are you going to fund not only your top-tier races, but also your down-ballot races? This is simply a very disastrous thing. And now, Democratic Party, instead of coming out and saying, ‘Hey, what’s good for the party and the country,’ they want to say, ‘Oh, no, let’s let Biden serve. This is a very ridiculous moment.
Hollywood producer Damon Lindelof is the latest Democratic megadonor to call for President Joe Biden to step down, writing an essay in Deadline this week urging Democrats to “stop giving money to candidates who need to drop out of the race.” people provide funds”.
“I fell asleep at the wheel and it was time to wake him up,” Lindelof wrote.
Another big party donor, big-name Hollywood agent Ari Emaunel, declared after last week’s CNN presidential debate that “we’re in the damn city.”
“Well, I’m angry with the Founding Fathers. Their start date was the 35th. They just didn’t tell us the end date,” Emanuel said Friday at the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival.
A recent report in Variety quoted several other Hollywood insiders who noted that major liberal donors have become disenchanted with the former president and want someone else to top the list .
“It’s really hard to see how we can continue to support him. He needs to dig deep into whether he can in good conscience be our nominee,” Hannah Linkenhoker, an adviser to several of the donors, told the outlet.
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Fox News’ Gabriel Hays and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
