{"id":1474477,"date":"2024-06-30T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1474477"},"modified":"2024-06-30T22:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T02:05:00","slug":"bi-done-plane-trolls-bidens-joyless-dud-of-a-hamptons-mega-donor-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/bi-done-plane-trolls-bidens-joyless-dud-of-a-hamptons-mega-donor-event\/1474477\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;BI-DONE!&#8217; &#8211; Plane Trolls Biden&#8217;s &#8216;Joyless&#8217; Dud Of A Hamptons Mega-Donor Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">&#8216;BI-DONE!&#8217; &#8211; Plane Trolls Biden&#8217;s &#8216;Joyless&#8217; Dud Of A Hamptons Mega-Donor Event<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>In the wake of his historically disastrous presidential debate performance, <strong>President Biden set out to ease the worries of Democratic mega-donors<\/strong> <strong>gathered at a sprawling Hamptons oceanfront estate<\/strong> on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>However, a powerful, competing message was in the air &#8212; literally &#8212; as<strong> an airplane flew by the event toting a sign with a message that concisely proclaimed that Biden&#8217;s 2024 re-election bid is already over: &#8220;BI-DONE!&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/29\/us-news\/plane-toting-bi-done-sign-soars-across-bidens-hamptons-fundraiser\/\"><em>New York Post&#8217;s<\/em><\/a> sources, the next-level aerial trolling was the work of an unnamed New York Republican donor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/sunday-news-plane-carrying-streamer-84698172.jpeg?itok=1oDFb-b6\"><strong>The truth is up there: This fly-by of Biden&#8217;s star-studded mega-donor event in the Hamptons sought to feed growing doubts\u00a0<\/strong>(photo obtained by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/29\/us-news\/plane-toting-bi-done-sign-soars-across-bidens-hamptons-fundraiser\/\"><em>New York Post<\/em><\/a>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aerial rhetorical assault proved unnecessary &#8212; as <strong>donors who attended the event told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/biden-tries-to-quell-donor-panic-at-new-york-fundraisers-c3784b10\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0it was a &#8220;joyless&#8221; affair,\u00a0<\/strong>and said Biden&#8217;s appearance only served to solidify their deep worries about his fitness. The event was tightly orchestrated, and <strong>Biden did his speaking with the aid of a teleprompter, reminding attendees of his inability to manage unscripted dialogue<\/strong> &#8212; even with a friendly audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event was hosted by hedge fund billionaire Barry Rosenstein on his 18-acre beachfront property in East Hampton, NY. Rosenstein and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1986\/12\/21\/style\/miss-teitelbaum-wed-to-barry-rosenstein.html\">Lizanne<\/a> set a then-US record for a home purchase price when they paid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hedge-funder-barry-rosenstein-hamptons-mansion-photos-2017-11#:~:text=Rosenstein%20once%20broke%20the%20record,another%20Hamptons%20property%20in%202014.\">$137 million<\/a> for the place in 2014.\u00a0<strong>Attendees reportedly included celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and Howard Stern, along with Michael J. Fox and his wife Tracy Pollan, all of whom paid upwards of $250,000 to see Biden&#8217;s hollowing husk in person<\/strong>. Loews Hotels CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonathan_Tisch\">Jonathan Tisch<\/a> attended too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/5d6ab4e9f4fc2461c36baeca.jpeg?itok=phGmGZgE\"><strong>The aircraft flew a route that took it from Montauk to Sag Harbor via East Hampton.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the event, anonymous <strong>mega-donors shaken by Biden&#8217;s Thursday-night disaster confided to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/28\/us-news\/big-money-donors-disappointed-ahead-of-biden-fundraiser\/\"><em>Post<\/em><\/a> that they were gritting their teeth and following through on their planned attendance<\/strong> &#8212; <em>which they&#8217;d already paid for<\/em>.\u00a0\u201cWe have no choice but to believe Biden will redeem himself. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/28\/us-news\/who-could-replace-joe-biden-after-disastrous-presidential-debate\/\">alternative<\/a>\u00a0is so unthinkable,\u201d said one of them. \u201cI\u2019m going and everyone I know is still going.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another longtime Democratic funder, who&#8217;d opted against attending, said the mood among the people who write the big checks is dark:\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Everyone going [to the fundraiser] is extremely disappointed.<\/strong> Everyone paid in advance\u2026 so <strong>it could be an opportunity to encourage him to drop out.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>The same donor pointed a finger of blame at Jill Biden: <strong>&#8220;Lots of people are blaming his wife<\/strong> \u2026 for not telling him [to step aside].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joe, you did such a great job answering every question. You knew all the facts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jill Biden is a monster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8YuHteTzly\">pic.twitter.com\/8YuHteTzly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1806529313333747791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Donors who spoke to the <em>Journal<\/em> said they&#8217;re waiting for the incoming round of post-debate polling<\/strong> <strong>results<\/strong>, anticipating that cratering support would greatly ease the challenge of ejecting Biden, who would be 86 years old if he defied all odds and managed to serve out a second term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as the editorial boards of major newspapers like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/ny-times-editorial-board-urges-biden-quit-race-did-trump-administer-premature-kill-shot\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/opinion\/its-time-for-biden-to-pass-the-torch\/6PO45RNWDFH4FAUYGR56TPRMHM\/\"><em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em><\/a>\u00a0have begun urging Biden to quit the race,\u00a0<strong>Democrats of a lesser station aren&#8217;t waiting for new polls before doing some urging of their own.<\/strong> These demonstrators, positioned alongside Biden&#8217;s motorcade route to Saturday&#8217;s Hamptons fundraiser, tried some gentle-but-firm messaging:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Step down for DEMOCRACY!&#8221;<br \/>\n\u201cTHANK YOU! NEXT&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;PLEASE DROP OUT FOR U.S.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;WE LOVE YOU BUT IT&#8217;S TiME&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmandaGordon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmandaGordon<\/a> along Biden motorcade route in the Hamptons <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WyyRxHOAWC\">pic.twitter.com\/WyyRxHOAWC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenniferJJacobs\/status\/1807150534706495524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2024<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 06\/30\/2024 &#8211; 18:05<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/bi-done-plane-trolls-bidens-joyless-dud-hamptons-mega-donor-event\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/bi-done-plane-trolls-bidens-joyless-dud-hamptons-mega-donor-event<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;BI-DONE!&#8217; &#8211; Plane Trolls Biden&#8217;s &#8216;Joyless&#8217; Dud Of A Hamptons Mega-Donor Event In the wake of his historically disastrous presidential debate performance, President Biden set&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1474478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbimBl-6bzT","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sunday-news-plane-carrying-streamer-84698172-ISeV8p.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1474478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}