Apparently the Donors Are Freezing Joe Biden’s Super PAC Money.

The trouble is just beginning.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJul 12, 2024
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Well, the news conference is over. That make or break moment for Joe Biden following his disastrous debate performance left a lot for the American people to mull over, and the aftermath is going to be fascinating to see.

Maybe it’s just me but it feels as though it was incredibly frustrating. It felt as though it did nothing but confirm the biases of what people were already thinking. He didn’t do poorly, he didn’t do great. Those who think he’s fit enough to stay enough in office said he did well enough, and those who don’t were able to find enough gaffes in there to suggest he shouldn’t.

That said, I couldn’t help thinking about the comments made by Nancy Pelosi made the day or two before. It felt as though once the news conference was over, the flood gates would open and sure enough, here we are.

According to reports, donors have frozen Super PAC money if Joe Biden stays in the race.

Shane Goldmacher with The New York Times writes:

“Some major Democratic donors have told the largest pro-Biden super PAC, Future Forward, that pledges worth roughly $90 million are now on hold if President Biden remains atop the ticket, according to two people who have been…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx