In the wake of his widely-panned debate performance, President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, has come under siege as some on the political left call for him to abandon his re-election bid.
"Biden needs to step aside to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Trump and keep us safe and prosperous," Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings asserted, according to the New York Times.
'I propose a DEMbargo.'
The outlet also reported that Abigail Disney indicated that the president's campaign and committees backing it, including the Democratic National Committee, super PACs and nonprofit organizations, "will not receive another dime from me until they bite the bullet and replace Biden at the top of the ticket."
"Biden is a good man who has served his country well, but the stakes are far too high to allow timidity to determine our course of action," she opined, according to the outlet.
Damon Lindelof has urged people to stop funding Democratic candidates until Biden is no longer the party's 2024 presidential pick.
"I believe in Joe Biden. I believe in him so much that we wrote him a sizeable check as recently as two weeks ago. We had to considering his opponent," Lindelof wrote in a piece on Deadline.
"I propose a DEMbargo. No checks written. No ActBlue links clicked. For anyone," he wrote. "When they text you asking for cash, text back that you're not giving them a penny and you won't change your mind until there's change at the top of the ticket. And when Joe finally leaves the mound, I will stand and applaud. Because he truly pitched a great game. But I'm ready to hear the walkout song for our closer. And once I do, I'm going to double the size of the checks… I'm going to write so many damn checks my hand will cramp."
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Actor Dwayne Johnson, often simply referred to as "The Rock," has donated a large sum of money toward SAG-AFTRA Foundation relief efforts, SAG-AFTRA President Courtney Vance noted, according to Variety.
The outlet reported that the celebrity's donation was seven figures.
"He stepped up in a major, historic way to help us because he's one of us. We support our own," Vance said, according to the outlet. "I want to thank Dwayne for his tremendous generosity, compassion, and initiative to step up in this significant and meaningful way for our community. On behalf of the thousands who will be helped by his historic donation, thank you, thank you, thank you."
"It's the largest single donation that we’ve ever received from one individual at one time," SAG-AFTRA Foundation Executive Director Cyd Wilson noted, according to Variety. "And what is amazing is that that one check is going to help thousands of actors keep food on their table, and keep their kids safe, and keep their cars running. And it's not lost on me that he’s very humble about this, but it is a way to get us started."
According to the foundation's LinkedIn profile, "the Foundation is a national non-profit organization, independent from SAG-AFTRA, and relies solely on support from grants, corporate sponsorships, and individual contributions to maintain its programs and create new ones."
SAG-AFTRA announced a strike earlier this month, a move that came after the Writers Guild of America had already announced a strike in May.
"Although SAG-AFTRA didn’t strike until 10 days ago, many of our actors' productions were shut down during the writers strike, so they've already been affected since May and we've seen an uptick in the number of requests that come in. We’re processing probably five to 10 times (of the requests for financial aid) that we would normally process in a week and think that is going to continue to increase," Wilson noted, according to Variety.
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