tom McInerny

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</div><div>...t an erstwhile Biden fundraiser, Tom McInerney, <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/29/after-face-off-with-kamala-harris-joe-biden-stresses-unity-in-bay-area-fundraising-trip/" style="font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 191, 165); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">didn’t show up</a> at the Stanton poolside event, even though he was listed on the invitation. McInerney, who was a <a href="https://www.marinij.com/2019/06/29/joe-biden-loses-support-of-bay-area-fundraiser-after-segregation-comments-2/" style="font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 191, 165); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">member</a> of Biden’s national finance committee, said he notified the Biden campaign on June 20 that he would no longer fundraise for it, citing the candidate’s recent fond comments about segregationist senators. (Actually, Biden had been <a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/04/five-quotes-from-joe-bidens-eulogy-of-famed-republ.html" style="font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 191, 165); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">on the record</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/politics/kfile-joe-biden-stennis-latest/index.html" style="font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 191, 165); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">for many years</a> with such <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4790947/joe-biden-eulogy" style="font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 191, 165); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">warm reminiscences</a>. And in a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11/politics/joe-biden-busing-letters-2020/index.html" style="font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 191, 165); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">report</a> first published on April 11, CNN had exposed Biden’s letters to racist senators in 1977 and 1978, seeking support for his legislation against school busing for desegregation.)</div><div class="p7_17" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Quoting McInerney as saying that “I would imagine I’m not alone,” CNBC reported on the day after Biden’s debate pratfall: “While McInerney is the first financier to publicly withdraw his support after Biden’s controversial round of comments, the loss is significant because it could be a harbinger of further defections.”<div class="p8_17" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Overall, market conditions have abruptly changed, in the midst of fierce competition for big-investor dollars.<div class="p9_17" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The New York Times did some candid reporting in mid-June under the headline “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/16/us/politics/2020-democratic-donors-wall-street.html?module=inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 191, 165); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">Wall Street Donors Are Swooning for Mayor Pete. (And They Like Biden and Harris, Too.)</a>” The story explained that “the behind-the-scenes competition for Wall Street money in the 2020 presidential race is reaching a fevered peak . . . as no less than nine Democrats are holding New York fund-raisers in a span of nine day.” And, “with millions of dollars on the line, top New York donors are already beginning to pick favorites, and three candidates are generating most of the buzz”—Biden, Harris and Buttigieg.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">...<p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">