Netflix Co-Founder and Major Democratic Donor Reed Hastings Says Joe Biden ‘Needs to Step Aside’ to ‘Beat Trump’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Netflix co-founder and executive chairman Reed Hastings has joined the growing number of Democrats publicly urging Joe Biden to step down as the party’s 2024 nominee for president.
Biden is seeking re-election, but his disastrous performance at the first presidential debate against Donald Trump has led some Democrats to insist he step down as they believe that’s the only way the party can beat Trump. “Biden needs to step aside to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Trump and keep us safe and prosperous,” Hastings said in an email to The New York Times.
Variety has reached out to Netflix for additional comment. As reported by The Times, Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, have long been one of the Democratic party’s biggest donors.
The couple has donated more than $20 million to the party in recent years, including as much as $1.5 million Biden’s 2020 campaign against Trump.
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