Democrat panic is setting in after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance on Thursday night. Biden stumbled and bumbled through a painful-to-watch 90-minute contest in which he often looked confused and unaware he was participating.
According to a Politico report, Biden donors and supporters are fraught with worry and unsure how to proceed.
From Politico:
One major Democratic donor and Biden supporter said it was time for the president to end his campaign. This person described Biden’s night as “the worst performance in history” and said Biden was so “bad that no one will pay attention to Trump’s lies.”
“Biden needs to drop out. No question about it,” the donor said in a text message, proposing an alternate ticket led by the governors of Maryland and Michigan.
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For weeks, Democrats had hoped a strong performance by Biden in the debate could ease concerns about his age. Instead, it did the opposite.
“No Labels and Dean Phillips won this debate,” said a former senior Biden White House official, referring to the outsider efforts to push a different candidate, not named Trump or Biden, into the race.
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One adviser to major Democratic Party donors said they were texting from a meeting of donors in Atlanta on Thursday night, some writing “wtf.”
“Our only hope is that he bows out, we have a brokered convention, or dies,” the donor adviser said. “Otherwise we are f–king dead.”
More over at Politico:
“Our only hope is that he bows out, we have a brokered convention, or dies,” the donor adviser said. “Otherwise we are fucking dead.”https://t.co/ZOhcQokFgF pic.twitter.com/poBQ0ikdSr
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