Reed Hastings, co-founder of Netflix and a Democratic “super donor,” a major financial backer of Joe Biden’s campaign, called on the incumbent president to withdraw from the presidential race after his performance in the presidential debate.
“He must step aside to give a viable Democratic leader a chance to defeat Trump and keep us safe and moving forward.”
– Tell Hastings to The New York Times. Since the debate, there have been growing calls for Biden to step down and be replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris or another candidate, but Hastings is the first major Democratic supporter to publicly express that view. Hastings has been worth an estimated $20 million in recent years. I donated To the Democratic Party, and recently, he and his wife gave $100,000 to Biden's re-election campaign.
At the same time, Biden has no plans to step down at this time, and his campaign team is now trying to prove through public appearances and interviews that the president is still mentally fit and ready to campaign.