Big money donors are pressuring Joe Biden against picking Elizabeth Warren for VP: ‘He would lose the election’Published Thu, Apr 30 20202:48 PM EDT
Brian Schwartz
CNBC
Key Points
*Big money donors are pressuring Joe Biden to not choose Sen. Elizabeth Warren as his running mate, even while the centrist former vice president tries to appeal to progressive voters.
*Those conversations have recently included attempts to push the campaign away from picking Warren and encouraging the choice of other candidates purportedly on his list, such as Sens. Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
*“She would be horrible. He would lose the election,†said a Wall Street executive who was once backing others running in the Democratic primary and later joined Biden’s donor ranks.
... Biden and his team, according to people familiar with the matter, have heard from many donors in the business community about who they think would be best to be chosen as his vice presidential nominee.
Those conversations have recently included attempts to push the campaign away from picking Warren and encouraging the choice of other candidates purportedly on his list, such as Sens. Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Many Biden contributors spoke on the condition of anonymity as these conversations, both with Biden and among his associates, were in private. ...
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