Right after Joe Biden’s election victory in 2020, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman got a phone call. Whitman, a Republican, had endorsed Biden in the race against then-President Donald Trump. Now, the caller said, Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris wanted her cell number.
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No one ever called. …
Since that time, Biden’s GOP validators have largely scattered. Some say they never heard from the Biden political operation again. (Whitman said she hadn’t been expecting outreach from Biden.) Others are disillusioned with Biden and mulling whether to endorse him or latch onto someone else, possibly a third-party candidate or a Republican other than Trump.
[Why would anyone listen to them in 2024 after this? — Ed]
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