Prominent Group Of Donors And Business Leaders Call On Biden To Withdraw

A prominent group of, “political donors, civic leaders and business executives founded to protect the institutions of American democracy” have sent a letter to President Biden urging him to withdraw his bid for reelection, according to the Washington Post.

• The group writes: “We respectfully urge you to withdraw from being a candidate for reelection for the sake of our democracy and the future of our nation.”
• WaPo notes, among the growing group of signatories is, “Christy Walton, the billionaire daughter-in-law of Walmart’s founder; retired NFL commissioner Paul J. Tagliabue; billionaire investor Mike Novogratz; former Google executive Ning Mosberger-Tang; Warburg Pincus Managing Director Harsha Marti; Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig; New York University professor and podcaster Scott Galloway; Weyco Group CEO Tom Florsheim; former Army secretary Louis Caldera and hedge fund investor Kevin Brennan of Bridgewater Associates. Vicky Hausman, the CEO of Forward Majority, a group that supports Democrats in state legislative elections, also signed.”
• The Post notes that the White House responded with a statement about the president’s accomplishments and Trump’s unfitness for office: “With economists warning that Trump will supercharge inflation and launch us into a recession, while President Biden’s agenda will continue to lower costs and fuel job growth, the choice this election for anyone who wants America to succeed couldn’t be clearer."