Powerful Democratic backers to pause donations until Joe Biden steps aside
by Jonathan Yerushalmy and Callum Jones from on (#6P0B3)
Abigail Disney, Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg are among the big names withholding funds till Biden steps aside
In the minutes after Joe Biden and Donald Trump stepped on to the stage for the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign, the grand narrative of this election year shifted off its axis and, in the words of CNN's veteran broadcaster John King, a deep, wide and aggressive" panic set in among Democrats.
A week on, and Biden has said he isn't going anywhere, but a trickle of major Democratic donors speaking out against the president has grown into a stream.
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