Amid growing anxiety over President Joe Biden's June 27 debate performance and subsequent fallout, some Democrats have devised a plan to turn to celebrities like Taylor Swift for help.
In a proposal first reported by Semafor and subsequently obtained by CNBC, Georgetown University law professor and prior Obama and Clinton administration staffer Rosa Brooks and Ted Dintersmith, a deep-pocketed Democratic donor, detailed a "blitz primary" scenario that would see Biden step out of the presidential race. “Overnight, Biden is hailed as a modern-day George Washington, not an octogenarian clinging to power with a 37% approval rating,” the proposal reads, per CNBC. “From goat to hero.”
