{"id":2293523,"date":"2024-07-12T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donors-withholding-90-million-from-biden-super-pac-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:48:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:48:24","slug":"donors-withholding-90-million-from-biden-super-pac-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donors-withholding-90-million-from-biden-super-pac-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Donors withholding $90 million from Biden super PAC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonors-withholding-90-million-from-biden-super-pac-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293523&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> how\u200b donors are withholding at least $90 million from a\u2064 top super PAC supporting President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-scandal-plagued-democrats-who-remain-on-actblue\/\" title=\"10 Scandal-Plagued Democrats Who Remain on ActBlue\">2024 reelection campaign<\/a>. Donors are demanding Biden to be removed from \u200bthe top of\u2063 the Democratic ticket, citing\u2063 concerns about his \u2063candidacy following a \u200ddisastrous debate with Donald Trump. Hollywood donors and party lawmakers are also calling for \u200cBiden to step down. The super PAC had previously announced a\u2064 $250 million \u200dad campaign backing Biden, but concerns were \u2063raised\u200d about its spending during the primary cycle. George Clooney publicly urged Biden to back down, \u200bfurther impacting Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-fires-back-at-trump-says-it-has-every-right-to-use-his-name\/\" title=\"RNC Fires Back at Trump, Says It Has \u2018Every Right\u2019 to Use His Name\">fundraising efforts<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon 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class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/christian-datoc\/\">Christian Datoc<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T12:56:52-04:00\">July 12, 2024 12:56 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1700521\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Donors have told Future Forward, a top super PAC supporting President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> reelection campaign, that they will withhold donations unless Biden is removed from the top of the Democratic ticket, according to a Friday report.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/12\/us\/politics\/biden-donors-money.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"news\">news<\/a> from the<em> New York Times<\/em> comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3079431\/bidens-troubled-waters-muddied-by-fundraising-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>questions<\/a> abound about the president\u2019s status as the Democratic nominee following a disastrous first debate with former President Donald Trump and two weeks of subsequent triage by Biden\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>According to the news outlet, which spoke to two people briefed on the matter, donors have momentarily paused at least $90 million in pledged donations to Future Forward.<\/p>\n<p>Though Biden\u2019s initial attempts to ease concerns about his candidacy with Democratic power players yielded results, a steady string of party lawmakers have begun actively calling for Biden to step down over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, several Hollywood megadonors, longtime sources of campaign cash for Biden and other Democratic candidates, have openly said they won\u2019t donate again this cycle until Biden is replaced.<\/p>\n<p>The most public blow to Biden\u2019s fundraising faucet came from George Clooney on Wednesday. The famed actor had lent both his digital and physical likeness to Biden\u2019s fundraising efforts on multiple occasions this cycle before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3078031\/who-cares-what-george-clooney-thinks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing an op-ed<\/a> telling Biden to back down for the good of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Future Forward had previously announced a $250 million ad campaign backing Biden that would run from the Democratic National Convention in August through the election.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Bidenworld allies had voiced concerns earlier this year that the super PAC wasn\u2019t spending enough during the primary cycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t get the strategy,\u201d one veteran Democratic operative told <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4671318-future-forward-super-pac-raises-eyebrows-in-biden-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4671318-future-forward-super-pac-raises-eyebrows-in-biden-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4671318-future-forward-super-pac-raises-eyebrows-in-biden-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Hill<\/em><\/a>  this spring. \u201cThey\u2019re sitting on a s*** ton of money and we all know voters are framing their decisions earlier and earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Future Forward declined to comment on the <em>New York Times<\/em> report, but the Biden campaign has denied fundraising shortfalls following the debate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn grassroots fundraising,\u00a0the first seven days of July were the best start to the month on the campaign \u2014 and many of those were first-time donors,\u201d Biden campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt said in a statement. \u201cOn the high-dollar side, we\u2019ve had\u00a0folks max out since the debate, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1700521\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1700521\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donors are withholding at least $90 million from a top super PAC supporting President Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign unless he is removed from the top of the Democratic ticket, according to a report from the New York Times. This news comes amid concerns about Biden&#8217;s status as the Democratic nominee following a poor debate performance and calls for him to step down. Several high-profile donors, including George Clooney, have stated they will not donate again until Biden is replaced. Despite initial attempts to ease concerns, the super PAC supporting Biden had previously announced a $250 million ad campaign but had faced criticism for not spending enough during the primary cycle. The Biden campaign has denied fundraising shortfalls following the debate, citing strong grassroots fundraising and high-dollar donations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2293524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-future-forward.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34829,3620,5131,14976],"class_list":["post-2293523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-90-million","tag-biden","tag-donors","tag-withholding"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-future-forward.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}