 while major Democratic donors are in fact listening to Carville, according to the New York Times. After several days of quiet griping and hoping President Biden would abandon his reelect campaign on his own, many wealthy Democratic donors are trying to take matters into their own hands, wielding their fortunes as both carrot and stick. Donors have undertaken a number of initiatives to pressure Biden to step down from the top of the ticket and help lay the groundwork for an alternative candidate.