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In reply to the discussion: Can we have a brief discussion about....."the Billionaires"? [View all]TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)Contrary to popular belief, no one can run and win a presidential campaign on small donations alone. Hell, the GA Senate race in 2022 cost more than $250 million, and that's just a Senate race.
If we're going to counter the mega-donors on the right, we need some of our own. The assertions that they really want Trump to win or that they're buying off Democrats in return for tax cuts were, and are, ludicrous. They're not donating millions to Democrats because they disagree with our policies. They could just donate to the GOP, were that the case.
Lastly, the insinuation many made that President Biden chose to drop out of the race solely because of donor pressure is presumptuous and disrespectful to the president. There was always more to it than that, but many insisted that, although they weren't privy to any of the conversations, they knew everything that was being said.
His brother has said that it came down to overall health and vitality and the absolute need to defeat Trump in November. Maybe a billionaire paid him to say that. Or maybe it's the truth.