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Hours After Painful Debate Performance, News Breaks Biden Has Lost Top Fundraiser, Lead Bundler

By G.S. Hair June 28, 2019 at 2:33pm

Thursday night, 2020 Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden got his first chance of this campaign season to take the debate stage.

It did not go well. At all.

Biden’s performance was bashed from the left and the right.

And the outlook isn’t getting any better for him.

On Friday afternoon, news broke that a fundraiser for Biden’s 2020 campaign is backing out.

According to a Politico report, Tom McInerney, a lead bundler for Obama, told CNBC he revealed his intention to leave Biden’s team on June 20.

“I had actually let the campaign know I’d pulled back my support of Biden for now,” McInerney said.

Biden’s performance on the debate stage did not change McInerney’s mind. “I don’t think he did well last night,” he said.

While Biden is scrambling to shore up his base after Thursday’s performance, he may be most concerned about what McInerney said next.

Do you think Joe Biden will start falling in the polls?

“I would imagine I’m not alone,” McInerney speculated, clearly implying that there could be a wave of donors who are about to jump ship from Biden’s 2020 campaign.

If the donors were hesitant about abandoning the former vice president, Sen. Kamala Harris’ performance may have convinced them.

In one of the most painful exchanges of the debate Thursday, Harris delivered a prolonged and powerful attack on Biden’s history, accusing him of being soft on civil rights.

WATCH: Kamala Harris’ impassioned criticism of Joe Biden on race and busing.

More from tonight’s debate: https://t.co/2f6BD4Y3UX pic.twitter.com/xX1IR0fi5c

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) June 28, 2019

Laura Ingraham called Harris’s attack a “planned, fully choreographed hit on an already vulnerable and doddering Biden.”

Kamala just absolutely rekt Biden

— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) June 28, 2019

Siraj Hashmi of the Washington Examiner put it more concisely. “Kamala just absolutely rekt Biden” Hashimi tweeted.

Kamala just absolutely rekt Biden

— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) June 28, 2019

Biden’s demise was predicted by Rush Limbaugh last week when he declared, “This guy is finished. It’s over.”

Although Limbaugh’s reasoning was different, the fact remains that Biden’s campaign may be coming off its wheels.

I’m still not convinced he won’t get the Democratic nomination, as even a limping Biden may be more appealing to voters than the more progressive socialistic agenda of the other candidates.

But the next few weeks may tell the story.

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G.S. Hair

Former Executive Editor, The Western Journal

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G.S. Hair is the former executive editor of The Western Journal.

G.S. Hair is the former executive editor of The Western Journal and vice president of digital content of Liftable Media.

After graduating law school from the Cecil C. Humphries School of Law, Mr. Hair spent a decade as an attorney practicing at the trial and appellate level in Arkansas and Tennessee. He represented clients in civil litigation, contractual disputes, criminal defense and domestic matters. He spent a significant amount of time representing indigent clients who could not afford private counsel in civil or criminal matters. A desire for justice and fairness was a driving force in Mr. Hair's philosophy of representation. Inspired by Christ’s role as an advocate on our behalf before God, he often represented clients who had no one else to fight on their behalf.

Mr. Hair has been a consultant for Republican political candidates and has crafted grassroots campaign strategies to help mobilize voters in staunchly Democrat regions of the Eastern United States.

In early 2015, he began writing for Conservative Tribune. After the site was acquired by Liftable Media, he shut down his law practice, moved to Arizona and transitioned into the position of site director. He then transitioned to vice president of content. In 2018, after Liftable Media folded all its brands into The Western Journal, he was named executive editor. His mission is to advance conservative principles and be a positive and truthful voice in the media.

He is married and has four children. He resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

Birthplace

South Carolina

Education

Homeschooled (and proud of it); B.A. Mississippi College; J.D. University Of Memphis

Location

Phoenix, Arizona

Languages Spoken

English

Topics of Expertise

Culture, Faith, Politics