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Democratic megadonor John Morgan said that Biden has placed “misplaced trust” in its key employees.
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Morgan said Biden must eliminate his “clique,” which includes Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer.
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He joins the camp of Biden supporters who blame his advisers for his poor debate schedule.
Democratic megadonor John Morgan has joined the camp of people blaming President Joe Biden’s top advisers for his poor performance during debates.
Speaking to Politico, Morgan said he believes the president has a “cabal” of his closest aides. That group includes Biden’s senior adviser, Anita Dunn; her husband, Bob Bauer, Biden’s personal attorney; and Biden’s former chief of staff, Ron Klain.
“I think he misplaced his trust in these three people, and I think that’s been the case from the beginning,” Morgan told Politico.
Morgan also went to X on Sunday to express his dissatisfaction with the employees.
“Biden has been fooled by the worth of Anita Dunn and her husband for too long. They must go…TODAY,” he wrote.
He added: “The fraud is gross. It was political malpractice.”
Morgan, who founded the law firm Morgan & Morgan, at least $355,000 donated to Biden’s 2020 campaign and helped raise about $1.7 million for it through a fundraiser at this house.
Morgan shares the sentiments of some of Biden’s family members, who have argued behind closed doors that their aides should be demoted or fired, Politico reported.
Three anonymous sources said Politics that the Biden family blamed these three top advisers — all of whom helped train Biden for the primetime CNN debate — for not preparing him well enough to go on the attack.
Despite mounting criticism from his party and donors, the Biden-Harris campaign raised $127 million in June, including $38 million after Thursday’s debate.
From April to June, his campaign raised $264 million. However, Trump’s campaign has raised more money than Biden, with a war chest of $331 million in the second quarter of 2024, according to Bloomberg.
Despite the positive increase in fundraising, donors are scared after the debate and are still unsure whether Biden can win the 2024 election.
Another loyal Democratic Party donor, Whitney Tilson, said in a post on X on Saturday that he felt “misled” by Biden’s performance.
“If the man I saw at the debate is the real Joe Biden, then it would be a waste of my time and money to support him because he has virtually no chance of beating Trump,” Tilson wrote.
Morgan and Biden representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.
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