Democratic money man who once claimed a 'dead Biden was better than a live Kamala' reveals the main reason Joe refuses to drop out of 2024 race, the huge mistake that haunts him and why the polls are wrong

A fundraiser and organizer of able Democrats is dishing connected why Joe Biden won't driblet retired of nan 2024 election. 

Dmitri Mehlhorn, who organizes able Biden boosters for illustration LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman, made sound past week erstwhile he said that either a 'dead' aliases 'comatose' Biden would beryllium amended than replacing him connected nan summons pinch Kamala Harris.

Mehlhorn said successful an question and reply Monday that Biden is still wished to tally and triumph successful 2024, that nan polls saying nan president is losing are incorrect and what motivates him to enactment successful nan race.

Biden, according to Mehlhorn, believes that his biggest correction was being convinced not to tally for president truthful that Hillary Clinton could beryllium nan Democrat Party nominee. Many reports propose Barack Obama was 1 of them.

'And he's right. We were each wrong,' Mehlhorn said. 'If he'd tally successful 2016, we would not beryllium here. A batch of group - not america arsenic overmuch this clip - but a batch of group made those aforesaid arguments to him successful 2020 and he stubbornly, stubbornly resisted each of them. And he saved us.' 

Mehlhorn - often seen arsenic billionaire Hoffman's correct manus man - has antecedently said there's nary constituent successful trying to get Biden to driblet retired truthful he and his donors will transportation connected arsenic they person previously. 

He told Drop Site News that successful 2020, he 'refused to listen' to nan naysayers and 'the world benefitted tremendously'. 

Mehlhorn past asked: 'So correct now, who is he going to perceive to? I judge that fundamentally, he is going to perceive to voters.' 

He added that Biden mightiness only measurement down if he 'were to plummet successful nan polls' and that hasn't happened yet. 

When it was pointed retired by interviewer Ryan Grim that Biden doesn't look to judge polling that suggests his support standing is 38 percent, Mehlhorn gave a astonishing answer. 

'I really deliberation he's right, and you're each wrong,' he said. 'There was a batch that Biden said that I did not like, but his reply astir polling - actually, everybody's incorrect and Joe is right. The polls are tied, they're still wrong nan separator of error. That's what matters astatine this stage'

He suggested that astatine slightest five-point driblet successful nan polls sustained complete respective weeks would beryllium nan benignant of 'plummet' that takes Biden out.

'If you guys are right, really overmuch should nan polls drop? I mean, shouldn't they driblet a lot? Shouldn't they driblet much than 2 and a half points? Shouldn't Trump's likelihood of winning beryllium higher than two-to-one if you're truthful right?'

Mehlhorn claims that ultimately, sloppy of property aliases his claims that he needs to stop moving aft 8pm, 81-year-old Biden is nan champion man for nan occupation and moreover suggests that he's 'working excessively hard'.

'The President has to beryllium capable to make reliable decisions, and pass them successful a measurement that is accordant truthful that everybody understands. Right? My contention is that Joe Biden is arsenic bully aliases amended connected those 2 things than anybody else. And it's not getting worse arsenic he's getting older.' 

He did somewhat backmost way from his declare to Fox News past week that plaything voters would return a dormant Biden complete a surviving Kamala Harris.

'That is nan level of assurance we person that if it's not Biden, it's Harris,' Mehlhorn said. 

'And I do judge that Harris tin prosecute nan case. Remember, successful 2020, moreover arsenic I was pushing Biden complete Bernie, I was making a bunch of arguments astir really if it is Bernie, here's nan play, and he could win. If it's Kamala, she could win. She's a prosecutor, and he's a criminal. And if she picks nan correct moving mate, that's cool, too. We'll spell for that. But those are nan choices and nan alternatives.'

Questions complete Biden's competency remain, particularly aft his first sit-down question and reply since nan disastrous June 27 statement did small to assuage fears.

Several Democrats had called for Biden to discontinue nan race following nan statement and they reiterated this wish aft Friday's ABC interview.

Monday began pinch nan president striking a defiant reside successful a letter to legislature Democrats saying he would not wantonness his campaign.

Then he made a astonishment telephone to MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' show to knock elites that he said did not understand his support among nan Democratic base.

He challenged nan naysayers to tally against him astatine nan convention. 

'I'm getting truthful disappointment by nan elites. Not talking astir you guys by nan measurement ... nan elites successful nan party,' he said.

'They cognize truthful overmuch more? If immoderate of these guys don't deliberation I should tally ... tally against me. Announce for president. Challenge maine astatine nan convention.'

The president is besides banking connected a Thursday property convention arsenic a chance to show that he tin still header pinch nan rigors and scrutiny of being president.