Selasa, 23 Juli 2024 – 10:18 WIB
VIVA – Donor utama Partai Demokrat AS, John Morgan, menolak memberikan dukungan finansial kepada Demokrat jika Wakil Presiden AS Kamala Harris dipilih sebagai kandidat presiden menggantikan Joe Biden, demikian dilaporkan stasiun penyiaran ABC News pada Senin, 22 Juli 2024.
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“Memilih seseorang itu satu hal, mengumpulkan jutaan dolar untuk seseorang itu hal lain. Anda harus benar-benar mendukung,” kata Morgan seperti dikutip media tersebut.
Morgan juga mengatakan dia telah memberi tahu Komite Keuangan Nasional Biden tentang keputusannya untuk menghentikan pendanaan.
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Alasannya, dia tidak percaya Harris punya peluang baik melawan calon dari Partai Republik dan mantan Presiden AS Donald Trump.
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“Jika dia adalah kandidatnya, Mar a Lago (kediaman Trump) akan mengadakan pesta besar malam itu,” katanya, ketika menyebut peluang Harris jika menghadapi Trump.
Donatur Harris
Sebelumnya, Wakil Presiden Kamala Harris mendapat dukungan dari donatur setelah pengumuman resmi Joe Biden mengundurkan diri dari bursa calon presiden Amerika Serikat pada pemilu 2024.
Donatur utama merupakan orang yang sudah mendukung Kamala Harris pada keberhasilan kampanye Senat AS tahun 2016 dan pemilihan umum tahun 2020. They started reaching out to wealthy individuals to contribute funds to finance Kamala Harris campaign as a replacement for Joe Biden.
“I have contacted many Kamala Harris supporters from New York to California. We are trying to organize to start fundraising,” said Jon Henes as National Finance Head of Kamala Harris during the 2020 vice presidential nomination, cited by CNBC on Monday.
Henes revealed he had received over 200 text messages, phone calls, and emails from people who wanted to help organize campaigns or donate funds for Kamala Harris’s nomination as Vice President in the 2024 Elections.
One of the people planning to help Harris raise funds is Marc Lasry, an executive holder on Wall Street. Lasry once played a leading role in fundraising when Harris ran against Biden in the 2020 elections. Larsy also successfully raised campaign funds for Biden when he defeated Donald Trump.
The fundraising platform, ActBlue, claimed to have raised USD 27.5 million within five hours from small individual donors. After Biden confirmed his support for Harris, ActBlue announced the amount of money raised to support Kamala reached more than USD 45 million.
Support for Kamala Harris has strengthened after the “Biden for President” campaign team filed documents with the Federal Election Commission to change the name to “Harris for President.”
Some major investors also agreed to hold funds in the Democratic Party. They believe Joe Biden should indeed withdraw from the 2024 US Presidential Election after a poor debate performance against Donald Trump on June 27.
Venture capitalist Reid Hoffman also plans to contribute more to support Harris’ candidacy than the nominal amount when supporting Biden in the 2024 presidential election.
According to records from the US Federal Election Commission, so far Hoffman has donated at least USD 10 million. Hoffman also openly supports through social media. Unfortunately, a spokesperson for Hoffman declined to comment.
Biden on Sunday (21/7) announced his withdrawal from the presidential election and supported Harris as the Democratic Party candidate for the US presidential election.
The US Presidential Election is scheduled to take place on November 5.
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Sebelumnya, Wakil Presiden Kamala Harris mendapat dukungan dari donatur setelah pengumuman resmi Joe Biden mengundurkan diri dari bursa calon presiden Amerika Serikat pada pemilu 2024.
