Hollywood megadonor Ari Emanuel torches Biden, says donors are moving money downballot: 'We're in f--- city'
Hollywood Democratic megadonor Ari Emaunel fumed over President Biden following last week's presidential debate, declaring "We're in f--- city" as he and other donors continue to navigate their party in disarray.
Appearing at the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival on Friday, the day after Biden shocked the nation with his dismal debate performance, Emanuel was asked to react to Democrats "jumping out of the window."
"Well, I'm pissed off at the Founding Fathers. They had the start date of 35. They just didn't give us the end date," Emanuel said.
"Here's what Biden did: He said he was gonna run for one term, and he's doing it to restore democracy. He now runs for a second term. First bit of malarkey, as he would say," Emanuel said.
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The high-powered Hollywood agent continued, "Then he says it's a quintessential thought about saving democracy and so important, etc. His cohorts have told us that he's healthy for over a year. And I think it was two weeks ago, there was an article in the Wall Street Journal – and I had a father who was died at 92, but at 81, I took away his car. And it's 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? Or neither?"
"If it's neither, you cannot have them running a $27 trillion-dollar company called the United States," Emanuel answered, sparking applause from the liberal audience.
The talent agency mogul said Biden "is not the candidate anymore" and suggested his campaign will hit a dead end as a result of big money "drying up."
"The lifeblood to a campaign in politics, the lifeblood is money," Emanuel