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Some A-list folks who supported Biden’s run are now reminding the administration about all the time they spent doing concerts and roundtables over Zoom—in hopes of refreshing conversations about ambassadorship opportunities, @scottbix reports
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Nothing was promised, but they were hoping for at least an update.

“It’s bullshit,” one fundraiser said. “The number of asks over the course of the campaign...and they can’t even remember to make a phone call to the people who kept the lights on.”
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Delays in nominations are understandable given the impeachment trial.

Still, half a dozen deep-pocketed bundlers who helped Biden’s campaign shatter records say this explanation—and the lack of any communication from the White House is wearing thin. trib.al/ztQTiXw

“No one is owed an ambassadorship, let me be clear,” said one fundraiser who told The Daily Beast that they are not actively lobbying for a post.

“But people are owed the courtesy of a phone call that it’s, you know, not happening.” trib.al/ztQTiXw

Plum ambassadorships have a long history of being doled out as grace-and-favor appointments in exchange for donor support.

Biden pledged in Dec. 2019 to “appoint the best people possible” as ambassadors, regardless of past contributions to his campaign. trib.al/ztQTiXw

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