Vice President Kamala Harris Joined call with Major Democratic Party Donors Friday afternoon to discuss what the hosts described as “urgent, emerging needs.” The call came More Democrats public appeal to the president Joe Biden Abandoned his re-election bid.
A Biden campaign official told NBC News that the president’s advisers asked Harris to host the call, and that billionaire LinkedIn co-founder and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman plans to participate.
“We continue to find ourselves in a rapidly changing environment,” the phone invitation read. “With the stakes so high this cycle, we must remain focused on the critical work that needs to be done to protect our democracy.”
A source with direct knowledge of the call told NBC that the call was first presented by campaign field organizers. Organizers reiterated claims first made by Biden in a campaign memo earlier on Friday. Says voters still want Biden, even if donors and governing Democrats don’t.
Harris later joined the call, which lasted about 40 minutes.
“First of all, I’m going to share something with you, something that I believe deep down in my heart. I feel strongly that you should all hear this and should take it with you when you leave, and you should tell your friends,” the vice president said. explain. “We’re going to win this election. We’re going to win.”
“We know which candidate in this election will put the American people first: our President Joe Biden,” Harris said.
Harris’ other comments on the call were largely echoed what she said at a campaign rally Thursday at North Carolina.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greets American model Tyra Banks ( Regards Tyra Banks.
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Number of Democrats in Congress calling on Biden to step down rush over On Friday the 30th, nine House Democrats and one Democratic senator urged him to withdraw from the presidential race.
If Biden drops out of the race (which he has insisted he will not do), many believe Harris most likely replacement At the top of the Democratic ticket.
CNBC Report on Thursday While Democratic mega-donors are pressuring Biden to step down, the donation event featuring Harris has sold out. The Vice President’s past donors even Start planning privately What if Biden does quit.
Most recently, Silicon Valley venture capitalist and major Democratic donor Michael Moritz said in an email to the New York Times on Friday, Biden should step downwrote: “The time has come.”
Harris has been active on the campaign trail this week Biden quarantined due to coronavirus infectionEarlier in the day, she stopped by former model Tyra Banks’ ice cream shop in Washington, D.C. She did not answer reporters’ questions about the call.
—CNBC’s Megan Cassella contributed reporting from Washington
