 politico reporting that clooney called the former president in advance to warn him he was going to call for biden to step aside the ex-president didn't encourage clooney to make the remarks but didn't try to stop him either several sources tell politico clooney co-hosted a biden fundraiser in los angeles that brought in some 30 million dollars less than a month earlier he declared in the piece that the democratic incumbent cannot win following his debate performance michelle polino