Donors withhold 90 million if Biden stays in the race.. isn't that blackmail??

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99. Nominations have always been determined by money

If you don't have financial backers, your chances of landing a presidential nomination in a major party is just about zero.

Is it right? No.

Is it our system? Always been. Every major candidate we've ever had is determined by the amount of money they can solicit. No one goes to Silicon Valley for fun. It's very dull there.

Is it weird people are mad about it now that it may be affecting things in a way they don't like but were extremely chill with when donors made these decisions in ways that aided the candidates they preferred in previous races?

Well, it's a bit precious.

It's not blackmail. It's just now that it's cutting in a way disliked, everyone's, I guess, pretending they didn't know this is how all this worked and that every major candidate has always had this sort of thing going on?

Ok, I guess we're pretending that now. Sure.