Biden Supporters Watching Polls & Closing Checkbooks, Says Major Donor

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President Biden's campaign funding might slow to a trickle if he stays in the race ... at least according to a 6-figure donor who says democratic supporters are analyzing poll numbers and reacting.

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00:00My understanding is you've donated at least 100 grand a year to the Democrats.

00:10What is going on right now in those circles?

00:13I actually don't think it's a very high concern of Biden, nor should it be that, you know,

00:19if he remains the nominee, donors like me, and I'm relatively small in the grand scheme

00:23of things, but, you know, we're just all, you know, he's going to run out of money because

00:27we close our checkbooks.

00:28I want to be very clear that, yes, there is a revolt among donors, but that is not because,

00:36you know, we're clutching our pearls or panicking or anything like that.

00:40We are just very, very unemotionally looking at what the American people are saying, what

00:45the polls are saying.

00:47And I just heard this morning, they're even worse.

00:49The internal private polls within the Democratic Party are, quote, disastrous.

00:55And that's from one of the top Democrats in the country is a close friend of mine.

00:58So I think Biden's odds of winning, if he sticks in in the race, I think are down to

01:04maybe 15 percent.

01:06Not impossible, but it would take a miracle.

01:08And I think if Democrats, there's an opportunity here to switch and Democrats can materially

01:13increase their chances of winning and also having a much better president who's physically

01:19and mentally able to do the job for the next four and a half years.

01:22It seems like very important people around him, Nancy Pelosi, formerly then Barack Obama

01:31and others, even Chuck Schumer.

01:34It sounds like they are gently making the case.

01:38What are you hearing?

01:39I think if you held a secret ballot today among all Democrats in the Senate and the

01:44House, 80 percent, not 100 percent, but 80 percent would want Joe Biden to step aside

01:51as the nominee.

01:53And that's with with love and respect.

01:56And we all believe he's been an incredible president, incredible public servant for 52

02:00years.

02:01Nobody, not even his supporters, think he can last another four and a half years as

02:05president.

02:06And and most importantly, we we want to beat Donald Trump and save save the country from

02:13what we view every single one of us views as an existential threat and a four year national

02:19nightmare.

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