Aubrey Gilleran: If you can’t bring yourself to write the check to Biden, the correct response is to hunker down and redirect funds to races you think are winnable. Hope for reverse coattails! Don’t throw a tantrum.

It is actually not great when wealthy elites try to have this much influence on the nominee, whether or not you think Biden is fit to serve.

Many wealthy Democratic donors are trying to pressure President Biden to abandon his re-election campaign and help lay the groundwork for an alternate candidate.

Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Asidewww.nytimes.com The president appears intent on remaining on the ballot, while wealthy donors are discussing plans to put their money elsewhere.

The ones threatening to withhold funds from down-ballot Democrats and nonprofits are particularly scum.

It’s probably important to remember that Biden wasn’t getting the money from most of these people in the 2020 primaries, so their pulse on the party’s desires should be taken with a grain of salt.

If you can’t bring yourself to write the check to Biden, the correct response is to hunker down and redirect funds to races you think are winnable. Hope for reverse coattails! Don’t throw a tantrum.

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