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We reported on Friday that Kamala Harris was going to have a conference call with big Democrat donors. The meeting was put together on short notice. However, at the time of the report, it was not clear what message she was going to deliver to them.
The donors who have largely funded the Biden-Harris campaign were so spooked by Biden’s disastrous debate performance that they stopped writing checks and threatened to withhold donations unless Joe Biden was replaced.
Would Harris encourage them to calm down and unite behind Biden, or was another message going to be delivered? Perhaps a coup?
An email from tech billionaire Reid Hoffman, a major donor to the Democratic Party, revealed that the meeting would address «urgent, emerging needs» and include the vice president and key voter outreach leaders. Hoffman emphasized the importance of staying focused on protecting democracy amid the high stakes of the current political cycle.
We now have details about the call.
According to the New York Times, the call included roughly 300 donors, and «several listeners said they found the meeting overall to be of little value and even, at times, condescending, believing that the message ignored donors’ legitimate concerns about the Biden-led ticket.
