President Joe Biden faces a rebellion from wealthy Democratic donors after his debate performance against Donald Trump.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17237851

Abigail Disney, the granddaughter to Roy O. Disney, who cofounded The Walt Disney Company, told CNBC on Thursday that she plans to withhold donations to the party she has funded for years until Biden drops out. The president has said he has no plans to withdraw from the race, despite calls for him to do so.

“I intend to stop any contributions to the party unless and until they replace Biden at the top of the ticket. This is realism, not disrespect. Biden is a good man and has served his country admirably, but the stakes are far too high,” Abigail Disney said in a lengthy statement to CNBC. “If Biden does not step down the Democrats will lose. Of that I am absolutely certain. The consequences for the loss will be genuinely dire.”

    • @[email protected]English
      2•6 months ago

      Putting Bernie in would help Democrats in an area where they’re weakest, so they’d never do that.

      Realistically, I’m pretty sure even Bernie has said he’s too old to be president (could have been propaganda). Not a lot better, but i’d still probably vote for Elizabeth Warren if she was on the ticket. I did always feel like a lot of her ideas were either piggybacked from Bernie or kind of lacking in substance but that could be personal bias somewhere on my part or just the way the media portrayed her. Even then, it did always feel like she was headed to a good place.

      Warren isn’t an option either though, the real reason is that the party wants an establishment candidate that won’t jeopardize the way things are run. They’ll never let anyone progressive run on the ticket again.