Some of the Democratic Party's top donors are urging the party to slow Vice President Kamala Harris' push for the nomination, arguing for a more “open” and inclusive process that will allow delegates to judge multiple potential candidates. The problem is that there are not any serious contenders.
As of late Monday, there gave the impression to be no potentially serious challenger for the Democratic nomination who had not already endorsed Harris.
Billionaire and long-time donor Mike Bloomberg said in a press release on Monday: “The decision is too important to rush because the election is too important to lose.” He explicitly didn’t support Harris. Bloomberg's net price is, in keeping with Forbes.
“Democrats need to pick a winner in the swing states,” said Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO and longtime Democratic donor, in a social media post. post on Sunday, shortly after Biden dropped out of the race.
But the concept there ought to be a challenger to Harris to offer Democrats options, while popular amongst some Democratic donors, has to date found no support among the many up-and-coming Democratic politicians who could be expected to really tackle the challenge.
On the contrary, Democratic governors, senators and members of the House of Representatives are lining as much as support Harris relatively than waiting for alternatives to emerge.
The Democrats' refusal to take heed to the demands of donors looking for to decelerate the nomination process stands in sharp contrast to the best way many donors successfully lobbied lawmakers to induce Biden to drop out of the race.
Despite some major donors pushing for a pause in the method, the Democratic Party was moving full steam ahead on Monday to send its recent frontrunner to the polls.
So far, no Democrat has expressed any intention of launching a counter-campaign against Harris as she continues to garner and soar in her party's support.
In the hours after Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris, most of her campaign's potential challengers didn’t support throwing her hat within the ring, but relatively the vp.
These include California Governor Gavin Newsom, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer – all of whom at the moment are contenders for Harris's running mate.
Harris also secured the support of leading Democrats on Capitol Hill on Monday, including certainly one of Biden's closest allies, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California).
Pelosi's support is a very important signal that Democrats are rallying behind the vp just below every week before August 1, the day on which the Democratic National Committee could begin the virtual roll call to nominate the party's candidate.
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