Governor Green and David Letterman to Co-Host Biden Fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard

Gov. Josh Green will host a fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard on behalf of President Joe Biden, despite growing calls for Biden to abandon his re-election bid.

Green and his extended family, along with former talk show host David Letterman and attorney Kenneth Feinberg, will host the Biden fundraiser at the home of a friend of Green’s family.

“We stand with the President, the First Lady, the Vice President and the Democratic Party, through good times and hard times, because he has been there for us as a family and as a state,” Green wrote in a text message to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser today while on vacation.

He declined to respond to a request for further details.

According to the Associated Press news agency, the fundraiser is scheduled for July 29.

Green has continued to voice his support for Biden, while three of his predecessors — former governors John Waihee, Ben Cayetano and Neil Abercrombie — have called on Biden to step aside, followed by U.S. Rep. Ed Case.

In previous comments to the Star-Advertiser, Green said he appreciates Biden’s support and federal assistance following the devastating wildfires on Maui on Aug. 8.

“When the wildfire started, the president approved our major disaster declaration within six hours. No one has ever seen that kind of rapid action,” Green said. “And to walk through Lahaina with the president, the first lady and Jamie (Green, Hawaii’s first lady) is something I’ll never forget.”

Despite the intense heat that day, Green said Biden left the ruins of Front Street and personally greeted more than 300 people left homeless by the disaster.

Feinberg, manager of the 9/11 Fund, advises Green on the One ‘Ohana Fund to help families who lost loved ones in the Maui wildfires and people who were injured.