Biden campaign tries to soothe panicked donors in tense phone calls

WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden’s reelection team held difficult phone calls on Sunday and Monday, June 30 and July 1, with important campaign funders who questioned whether the 81-year-old Democrat should stay in the presidential race and why they should keep donating after his dismal debate performance last week.

The campaign’s National Finance Committee held a hastily scheduled call with hundreds of top Democratic donors and people who raise money for Biden’s campaign on Monday evening to tamp down panic...