Legendary horror writer Stephen King has been spooked and has begged Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 election as many Hollywood elites are starting to turn against the president.
Biden remains confident that he is the man to beat Donald Trump, despite the fallout from his disastrous debate and weak ABC News interview. He sent a letter to Congress Monday morning saying so.
However, King, a trusted left-wing celebrity and Trump opponent, has indicated that Biden should quit.
“Joe Biden has been a good president, but it is time for him — for the sake of the America he so clearly loves — to announce that he will not seek re-election,” he wrote Monday morning.
Elon Musk, a fan of King who often portrays him as the CEO of X, responded with a cheeky dig.
Legendary horror fiction author Stephen King has been scared into begging Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 election as many Hollywood elites begin to turn against the president
He exclaimed, “Even Stephen King is voting for Trump!”
King is unlikely to vote for Trump, as the former president was criticized in a post a day earlier that his allies are “planning a fascist state.”
The Democratic Party’s usually reliable donors in Hollywood are holding back their money until President Joe Biden is replaced as president of the party, following the aging commander in chief’s debate performances.
Biden, 81, frequently lost focus and paused mid-sentence when confronted with a typically strong performance from his Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, during their showdown on CNN.
Last week, Netflix founder Reed Hastings, who has already donated $100,000 during this election campaign, and Disney heiress Abigail Disney, who has set aside donations totaling $635,000, made headlines as they were among the first to announce they would cut off funding until Biden withdraws.
Now, more big names in Tinsel Town are making similar moves. Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, who also donated $100,000, wrote an op-ed for Deadline making it clear he would no longer fund a Biden-led campaign.
In an email to The Los Angeles Times, Lindelof reiterated his position that despite his “immense respect” for Biden, the risks posed by another Trump presidency mean the stakes are simply too high.
“For me it’s not about the ability to govern, it’s about the ability to WIN,” he told the newspaper.
Elon Musk, a fan of King who often criticizes him as the CEO of X, jumped into the comments with a cheeky dig
Media mogul Barry Diller, who contributed about $150,000 this cycle, also said The ankle that he would not continue to fund the Biden campaign. Diller, known for his roles on Fox and USA Television, is married to designer Diane Von Furstenberg.
However, one key figure, Andy Spahn, who is known for his role in advising Hollywood’s wealthiest people on how to donate money to charity, is calling for calm.
“Everybody just needs to take a breath. This will work itself out soon enough,” he told The LA Times.
Hollywood superagent Ari Emanuel hinted at the trend last week at an event in Colorado.
Emanuel said most of his wealthy friends focus on the Senate and Congress when it comes to donations. He then blamed the Democratic Party for the mess that had been created.
‘[Biden] said he would run for one term, and he’s running to restore democracy. He’s running for a second term — that’s the first bit of nonsense, as he would say. He and his cohorts have told us that he [been] “Healthy for over a year,” Emanuel said via The Hollywood reporter.
“I had a father who died at 92, but at 81, I took his car away, and it was a very simple test for me. If you were driving from downtown Beverly Hills to Malibu, would you want Biden to do it at night? Would you want Trump to do it at night?”
“If the answer is neither, then you can’t let them run a $27 trillion company called the United States,” he railed.
The Democratic Party’s usually reliable donors in Hollywood are holding back their money until President Joe Biden is replaced as the program’s leader after the aging commander in chief’s disastrous debate performance
Many liberals have panicked about the possibility that Biden could hand the White House back to Trump
In contrast, Trump’s campaign continues to raise money, reporting $331 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2024.
That amount surpasses the $264 million raised by Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the same period.
Trump’s total includes $111.8 million the campaign said it raised in June. That figure is less than the $127 million Biden reported raising last month, which includes more than $33 million raised on the day of the debate and in its aftermath.
But Trump’s campaign said it ended the quarter with $284.9 million in cash, compared to the $240 million Biden reported.