Key Democratic donors back Harris but others warn against ‘coronation’

Some top backers throw weight behind Harris amid flood of grassroots donations but others pointedly decline to do so

Top Democratic donors helped end Joe Biden’s re-election bid in the past weeks by publicly and privately calling on him to stand aside, and threatening to pull their funds.

In the hours after he withdrew from the campaign, some of the party’s highest-profile backers promptly threw their weight behind Kamala Harris. Others pointedly did not.

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