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Donors Game Out A Kamala Harris Candidacy As Potential Joe Biden Exit Looms; VP, Katzenberg On Call Today With Contributors


The ex-senator from California has the backing of Hollywood donors, but many want to see a fair process & not a coronation

The general election victory of Donald Trump eight years ago is viewed by a number of donors that Deadline spoke to as a consequence of the DNC coronation of Hillary Clinton at the expense of Sen. Bernie Sanders and to some extent then VP Biden. Biden also has gotten support from high profile Democratic figures like Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY), the latter of whom warned on Thursday of huge discord ahead by changing the ticket and facing the possibility of an open convention. “Trump’s speech was sh*t, a mess, but that’s not a good reason to get caught up in keeping Biden,” one deep pocket agency exec exclaimed this morning after the former president’s low energy record long RNC remarks on Thursday night.

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