(UnitedHeadlines.com) – On July 19, Vice President Kamala Harris had a conference call with nearly 300 Democratic donors that left many participants on the call annoyed.
The chair of Biden’s reelection campaign, Jen O’Malley Dillon, organized the call as an increasing number of Democratic lawmakers and donors called for President Joe Biden to end his reelection campaign following his June 27 debate performance against former President Donald Trump. Donations had dropped off as questions continued to rise about Biden’s future.
The call began with presentations from field organizers who were unhappy with the disorganization within the Democratic Party. However, for about 20 minutes, while participants waited for Harris to join the call, they were told to unite behind Biden.
According to one donor on the call, the conference call was “rushed” and mismanaged.” Another donor on the call referred to it as “a total failure,” adding that it showed “poor planning.”
Just before the call ended, all the participants were unmuted and one person was heard referring to the call as “ludicrous,” which appeared to refer more to the planning of the call than to Harris.
While Harris assured donors that the Democrats were “going to win this election,” the call left many donors disappointed that they did not gain any new information about the Democrat’s strategy moving forward. Harris praised Biden, claiming he is the candidate who “puts the American people first.”
The call came just two days before Biden issued a statement in a post on Twitter where he ended his reelection campaign. On July 21, Biden stated he would be ending his campaign for reelection because “it is in the best interest of my party and the country.” In a follow-up post on Twitter, Biden endorsed Harris as a potential Democratic nominee for president. Though it would not be official until the August Democratic National Convention, as of July 22, Harris had enough delegates pledged to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
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