Abigail Disney, a longtime film producer and heir to the Walt Disney fortune, has called for President Joe Biden to “step down” and end his re-election campaign.
“I intend to stop any contributions to the party unless and until they replace Biden at the top of the ticket. This is realism, not disrespect. Biden is a good man and has served his country admirably, but the stakes are far too high,” she said, according to CNBC.
“If Biden does not step down the Democrats will lose. Of that I am absolutely certain. The consequences for the loss will be genuinely dire.”
Disney has been an avid supporter of the Democratic Party, reportedly donating more than $200,000 to political action committees connected to the Democratic Party. Moving forward, the Democratic donor has called for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the party’s nominee for President.
“We have an excellent Vice President. If Democrats would tolerate any of her perceived shortcomings even one tenth as much as they have tolerated Biden’s (and let’s not kid ourselves about where race and gender figure in that inequity) and if Democrats can find a way to stop quibbling and rally around her, we can win this election by a lot,” Disney continued.
Disney is far from the only donor to call for the President to step aside. Gideon Stein has held back $3.5 million in planned donations.
“Joe Biden has been a very effective president, but unless he steps aside my family and I are pausing on more than $3 million in planned donations to nonprofits and political organizations aligned with the presidential race, with the exception of some down ballot work,” Write Label CEO Gideon Stein said.
“Virtually every major donor I’ve talked to believes that we need a new candidate in order to defeat Donald Trump.”
