‘No One Wants Her’: Biden Aides Warned Donors That Replacing Joe With His Handpicked VP Would Be A Disaster

Top aides to former President Joe Biden warned donors that replacing him atop the ticket with his handpicked vice president would be a big “mistake,” according to excerpts of a forthcoming book previewed Thursday by The Guardian.

Excerpts published from the book, “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” show Biden aides and allies “aggressively” advised top Democrat donors to not jettison the then-president in favor of then-Vice President Kamala Harris as Biden fought for his political survival in the summer of 2024. The book, written by NBC News’ Jonathan Allen and The Hill’s Amie Parnes, catalogues behind-the-scenes maneuvers from Team Biden to highlight Harris’ flaws as a candidate in a last-ditch effort to hold on to the nomination after Biden’s disastrous debate performance in late June 2024.

As pressure mounted on Biden to step aside following the debate, Biden aides “frantically push back in phone calls and in text messages, accusing donors of promoting their own agendas at the expense of Biden, the party, and the country,” Allen and Parnes write in their book.

“It all sounded like a serial killer’s conspiracy theory,” the authors write, before switching to italics to denote the thoughts and descriptions of sources who spoke to them about their own internal thoughts and private discussions. “‘Donors want to scrap Biden so they can get his wannabe replacements – the governors, with power over state decisions – to beg them for cash,’ Biden aides argued. ‘This isn’t fucking Wall Street financiers versus Ivy League presidents. Our guy isn’t scared of your money. We have grassroots donors. We have the support of the voters. We have the nomination in hand. All you’re doing is fucking yourself and the president. We will remember this. Capisce?’“

“The last threat, the ace in the hole, was Kamala Harris,” the authors wrote. “