Key Democratic donors back Harris but others warn against ‘coronation’
by Callum Jones in New York and Lauren Gambino in Was from US news | The Guardian on (#6PCXJ)
Some top backers throw weight behind Harris amid flood of grassroots donations but other heavyweights pointedly decline to offer support
Top Democratic donors helped end Joe Biden's re-election bid in the past weeks by publicly and privately calling on him to stand aside, and threatening to pull their funds.
In the hours after he withdrew from the campaign, some of the party's highest-profile backers promptly threw their weight behind Kamala Harris. Others pointedly did not.
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