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Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money
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thehill.com
Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Trump’s victory in November. But they have a major problem as they try to refashion their brand: The money isn’t there.
Democratic donors — from bundlers to small dollar donors — say they are still angry about the election results and uninspired by anything their side has put forward since then.
“I’ll be blunt here: The Democratic Party is f‑‑‑ing terrible. Plain and simple,” one major Democratic donor said. “In fact, it doesn’t get much worse.”
A second donor was equally as pointed. “They want us to spend money, and for what? For no message, no organization, no forward thinking. … The thing that’s clear to a lot of us is that the party never really learned its lesson in 2016. They worked off the same playbook and the same ineffective strategies and to what end?”
Much of the consternation among the donor community stems from the unprecedented 2024 election cycle, where many felt misled by the party and former President Biden’s reelection campaign. Until the Democratic debate in June, donors and fundraisers were led to believe Biden could once again defeat Trump, even as many had serious reservations about it.
When Biden badly botched the debate, inflaming fears about his age, donors felt the campaign continued to hoodwink them, despite outwardly expressing their concerns to aides.
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Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons said donors will also gravitate back to the fold organically, when they see Trump increasingly hostile to progressive values. But for now, Simmons said, the donors are still grappling with the aftermath of an emotional and tumultuous campaign.
“For a lot of Democrats, it’s like we had a heartbreak and one way to deal with heartbreak is to curl up on your couch and eat ice cream,” he said. “But one way that will help them get over the heartbreak is how infuriating the new guy is.”
And as the 2026 cycle inches closer, Simmons said he expects donors to rally again.
“Democrats like to be inspired, so having more inspirational candidates will make that easier,” he said.
Commentary:
Heart warming news; It couldn't have happened to a better group of Neo Marxist globalist communists. Now begin the RICO investigations.
DNC donors are hardly going to say that with DOGE cutting spending so they aren't getting $10 million in fed money with no requirements they are no longer going to kick $2 million to the DNC. They have to say that they are closing their wallets because Harris and the DNC just threw money away on the 2024 race.
It's also possible that the donors are closing their wallets because they were always donating fraudulently embezzled taxpayer funds and would never part with any of their own money?
Keep in mind that a lot of these Democrat donors are out money, because they were getting it through the graft machine and that is being cut off by DOGE..
