Posted on 07/04/2024 4:27:44 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Joe Biden is facing an uprising from some his own party’s wealthy donors, including an heiress to the Disney family fortune, who say they will no longer fund the Democratic Party until Biden drops out of the presidential race following his disastrous debate performance.
Abigail Disney, the granddaughter to Roy O. Disney, who cofounded The Walt Disney Company, said Thursday that she plans to withhold donations to the party she has funded for years until Biden drops out.
Disney pointed to Vice President Kamala Harris as a solid alternative to Biden, arguing she’d be able to defeat Trump.
“We have an excellent vice president. If Democrats would tolerate any of her perceived shortcomings even one tenth as much as they have tolerated Biden’s (and let’s not kid ourselves about where race and gender figure in that inequity) and if Democrats can find a way to stop quibbling and rally around her, we can win this election by a lot,” Disney said.
And she’s not the only one pausing gifts until Biden steps down. Gideon Stein, the president of the Moriah Fund, said he’s decided to pause planned donations of $3.5 million, earmarked for nonprofits and political organizations aligned with the presidential race.
“Joe Biden has been a very effective president, but unless he steps aside my family and I are pausing on more than $3 million in planned donations to nonprofits and political organizations aligned with the presidential race, with the exception of some down ballot work,” Stein said. “Virtually every major donor I’ve talked to believes that we need a new candidate in order to defeat Donald Trump.”
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He who pays the fiddler calls the tune.
Don’t be bullied, Joe!
I’m having a great day.
BS. Put a D next to a chomo and they will support it without hesitation.
Walt espoused family and wholesome entertainment. All of this must have him spinning.
She has been lied to for 5 years but that is OK.
Oh my!
Right.
Right.
The Biden campaign currently has $250 million cash on hand. Does Biden really care if donors threaten to stop giving?
When does he go? After this long weekend?
I guess hes not grooming and transing the kids enough.
Come on. Scale that down, man.
They sound like a bunch of ageists to me. Biden should sue every one of them.
The Implosion continues.
Popcorn. I cannot eat any more.
Need an alternative snack while enjoying this spectacle.
So we are to believe that poor Abigail Disney is shocked! to learn of Biden’s dementia, the very same dementia half the country has seen for the past three years. Wow.
IMO, there is little doubt that Abigail Disney is a huge pro-abortion, emotion-driven liberal. You know the kind, can never ever be talked to or reasoned with. All she knows for certain is that Trump is evil. Republicans are evil. And she is certain she is morally superior and feels she is a good person.
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