Biden Campaign Turns To Former ‘Late Show’ Host For Fundraiser After Hollywood Donors Bail

The Biden Campaign appears to be attempting to make up for lost ground after a number of Hollywood donors turned their backs on the president, this time looking to another high-profile show business figure in David Letterman.

The Associated Press reported Friday that the former “Late Show” host will be headlining a Biden campaign fundraiser on July 29. Letterman will be joined by Hawaii Governor Josh Green at the home of one of the governor’s friends at Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

“We support the President, the V.P. and the Democratic Party, in good and tough times because he has been there for us as a family and a state,” Green told the AP.

(YOURS FREE: Trump 2024 “Still Standing” Flag With Iconic New Imagery)

Letterman helmed CBS’s “Late Show” for 22 seasons before retiring in 2014. His time slot was ultimately filled by alleged comedian Stephen Colbert.

The event — which is one of 10 Biden Campaign fundraisers over the last several says of July — comes after a number of Hollywood stars have bailed on the president following his disastrous debate performance.

In one example, A-list actor George Clooney called on the president to step down in an op-ed titled “I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee,” in the New York Times. It was published just weeks after Clooney joined Biden, as well as former President Barrack Obama, for a fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Clooney explained that as a “lifelong Democrat,” he loves President Biden and believes he has done an excellent job as president. “But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can. It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate,” Clooney wrote.

“Was he tired? Yes. A cold? Maybe. But our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw. We’re all so terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term that we’ve opted to ignore every warning sign. The George Stephanopoulos interview only reinforced what we saw the week before. As Democrats, we collectively hold our breath or turn down the volume whenever we see the president, who we respect, walk off Air Force One or walk back to a mic to answer an unscripted question.”

Biden has also lost the support of horror author Stephen King and actor/director Rob Reiner, both of whom have been rabid supporters of the president throughout his tenure in the White House.

The president has rejected growing calls for him to step aside, even after the 81-year-old was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week. Reports that Biden would be stepping down this weekend were swirling on Thursday, though the White House has denied them and insisted that the commander-in-chief looks forward to returning to the campaign trail next week.

VOTE NOW: Are You In Favor Of Term Limits For All Members Of Congress?