Joe Biden Stabs Kamala Harris in the Back, as Democrats Scramble for a Way Out

Red State ^ | 11/20/2021 | Bonchie

[SeekAndFind]

The relationship between Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and their respective staffs has been on rocky ground for months. As RedState previously reported, the vice president and her camp have complained about being abandoned, even blaming racism as a possible factor, while the White House has fretted at Harris’ sheer incompetence and inability to garner support on her own.

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Those tensions have led to lots of speculation about what exactly happens in 2024. Harris is clearly a terrible candidate, something she showed during the 2020 presidential primary, but she’s also the heir apparent until Democrats forcibly remove her from that position.

Well, it sounds like the move to neutralize her has been made. As far-fetched and ridiculous as it sounds, Joe Biden is now telling allies that he will run in 2024, knee-capping Harris’ prior plan to ascend to the throne after a single, transitory term from Biden.

Biden and aides tell allies he is running in 2024 amid growing Democratic fears https://t.co/SH19ppZI2m

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 20, 2021

President Biden and members of his inner circle have reassured allies in recent days that he plans to run for reelection in 2024, as they take steps to deflect concern about the 79-year-old president’s commitment to another campaign and growing Democratic fears of a coming Republican return to power.

The efforts come as the broader Democratic community has become increasingly anxious after a bruising six-month stretch that has seen Biden’s national approval rating plummet more than a dozen points, into the low 40s, amid growing concerns about inflation, Democratic infighting in Washington and faltering public health efforts to move beyond the covid-19 pandemic.

The Democrats have completely painted themselves into a corner. On the one hand, there’s no way that Biden can mount a legitimate campaign in 2024. There will be no COVID-19 lockdown to justify him hiding out in the basement, refusing to face the public, as he did in 2020. The American people have made clear they are done with that, and as Glenn Youngkin’s recent win showed, an ability to galvanize people and draw crowds is vital during a more normal election year.

Is Biden going to barnstorm the country, hold rallies, answer questions, and generally enthuse people in a year that is already likely to favor Republicans? Consider me extremely doubtful, given how incapable he appears even while being protected within the confines of the presidency. All that gets stripped away when the horse race starts, and the contrast between Biden and someone like Ron DeSantis will be massive.

But what choice do Democrats have? Kamala Harris is an absolutely horrific choice to carry their banner forward. She is nakedly ambitious, deeply inauthentic, and rivals a root canal in the hearts and minds of most Americans. You can sense that many party insiders want no part of her as the 2024 nominee, but they also know that throwing Harris under the bus would dramatically damage their voting coalition. While most Americans can’t stand Harris, a majority of Democrats love her, and that complicates matters. There can be no open primary in 2024 without nuking the party.

Thus, you get the senile, geriatric old man stabbing Harris in the back, running for reelection when he’s clearly not up for it. Democrats have nothing but bad choices, though. It’s Biden or Harris, and the White House has decided that it’s better to go with the dude with dementia versus the vice president who couldn’t energize a Jack Russell terrier.

[al baby]

TULSI will be the dem nominee

[Paladin2]

2022 ain’t even over yet.

2024 is way beyond the horizon.

Focus, focus, focus.

[Paladin2]

Wut does Dr. Jill say?

[TigersEye]

C’mon, Kamalatoe, if you ain’t for Joe Biden then you ain’t black!

[rlmorel]

"...Joe Biden Stabs Kamala Harris in the Back..."

She usually has concrete or a fat bedspring covering her back, how did Pedo Joe get the knife around there?

[jy8z]

This will happen before 2024.

[definitelynotaliberal]

Oh, this is going to be a thing of heart-stopping beauty! Brandon is going to dump the 1st African-American, daughter-of-immigrants woman VP? Why, that must have to do with racism! What else could it be?!

What a great time to be alive!

[Billthedrill]

Beijing Joe was always the best they could do on short notice - who knew that presidential elections were every four years? - but if, four years hence, he’s still the best they can do, it argues that the sort of backstage cloak and dagger we’ve been suspecting all along is no way to run a party, much less a government. The Brits have a phrase “too clever by half” that covers the cast of prima donnas, malcontents and incompetents that’s been trying it. Put two scorpions in a bottle and sometimes two dead scorpions is the best you can hope for.

[Veto!]

Tulsi’s better than Kamala. Wasn’t there some problem about her citizenship?

[Michael.SF.]

The Democrats know ‘22 is lost.

[Paladin2]

Cackle, cackle, cackle....

[ModelBreaker]

“TULSI will be the dem nominee”

If they are smart, she will be. She’s far left. But manages to come across as moderate. She speaks “middle class’ naturally.

But she has offended too many key constituencies to win many D primaries.

[SaxxonWoods]

The Dems problem is who they have for high leadership positions.

Nobody.

[dayglored]

> "...There will be no COVID-19 lockdown to justify [Biden] hiding out in the basement, refusing to face the public, as he did in 2020..."

OH YEAH? WANNA BET?? The Democrats can manufacture whatever they need:

• Wave of Covid variant 27
• New pandemic disease
• Major riots in all major cities
• Raw unbridled fascist power grab via executive/martial order
• Just cancel the elections

Go ahead, tell me those are conspiracy theories.

I need new conspiracy theories -- all my old ones turned into spoiler alerts and came true.

[SaxxonWoods]

I just realized that “President for life” really does fit Biden.

[j.havenfarm]

Can you imagine one of these hacks having to stand there with a straight face while droolin’ Joe tells them he’s going to run again? Of course they’re all accomplished liars, so maybe pulling it off isn’t so hard

[Bullish]

America’s sick and tired of these irresponsible, incompetent frauds. I doubt either one of them will be the candidate in ‘24. If they are, it will be a Republican landslide with Trump leading the way. Besides, who do they have on their bench?

[DeplorablePaul]

F Joe is on death’s door. Look at his squinty eyes. The doddering old fool won’t be around in 2024. He’s so brittle, he could snap at any second.

[SauronOfMordor]

“TULSI will be the dem nominee”

A good chance they will be desperate enough to turn to her. She has been working hard to convince people she is not one of those radical leftists.