Top Hollywood donors threaten to stop giving to Dems if Biden not replaced as candidate: report
'It’s just really hard to see how we keep supporting him,' an advisor to several Hollywood donors told Variety this week
By Gabriel Hays Fox News
Published June 29, 2024 2:37pm EDT
High-profile Hollywood donors said they’ll not be giving any more money to the Democratic Party if President Biden doesn’t end his re-election bid, Variety reported
The Friday story cited several Hollywood insiders who noted that, following Biden’s debate performance on Thursday, major liberal donors have become disillusioned with the former president and want someone else at the top of the ticket.
"It’s just really hard to see how we keep supporting him. He needs to dig deep about whether he can in good conscience be our nominee," Hannah Linkenhoker, an advisor to several of these donors, told the outlet.
The Hollywood honchos’ reported flip on Biden reflects the general shift in Democratic Party supporters and even liberal pundits that occurred following Biden’s highly criticized debate performance against former President Trump on Thursday.
The debate sparked panic among Democratic strategists and commentators, some of whom are now calling for Biden to be replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee.
An anonymous Hollywood donor told the entertainment outlet that in his network, many people are declaring that they’ll be withholding donations unless Biden is moved aside.
"With all the text chains I’m on, people are basically like, ‘If he doesn’t drop out, we’re not giving any more money to Democrats or the Democratic Party.’ It’s like super intense," he said.
Another industry person, who Variety described as being "plugged in at the highest level of Hollywood fundraising," was quoted as saying, "There is a sense that the money dried up last night about 10 minutes into the debate."
"We need a champion who can properly hold Trump accountable and articulate what’s going on and be crisp on this issue above all else," Linkenhoker added, before noting there’s serious doubt among her clients that Biden is this guy.
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