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Tim Ryan: Biden age concerns could ‘drag everybody else down’ on Democratic ticket
The Hill ^ | 7/07/24 | Nick Robertson

Posted on 07/07/2024 11:45:24 AM PDT by Libloather

Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) predicted that voters’ concerns about President Biden’s age could spell disaster for swing-district Democrats across the country in November.

Ryan, who was one of the first prominent Democrats to urge Biden to leave the presidential race last week, said in a “Fox News Sunday” interview with Shannon Bream that he expects more lawmakers to join his call.

“I think you’re going to see a significant amount of pressure whether it’s today or tomorrow, sometime this week, as the members come back that this may be untenable for them to all want to run under a Biden ticket,” Ryan said. “Because it’s going to drag everybody else down, and I think that’s a major, major concern for Leader [Hakeem] Jeffries [D-N.Y.], who’s a phenomenal leader.”

“I think his members, donors, activists around the country are very, very concerned,” he added.

Five Democrats in the House have called on Biden to leave the race, and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is reported to be organizing Senators to do the same. Jeffries is reportedly scheduled to meet with House Democrats on Sunday afternoon to discuss Biden’s candidacy.

Ryan made clear that he is a fan of Biden, but said that the faltering debate performance has created concerns among voters that could prevent him from being reelected.

“If this is a sporting event, and you throw three interceptions, the coach pulls the quarterback,” Ryan said. “If you’re a pitcher that’s not getting the job done and they’re hitting home run dingers left and right, the manager goes in and pulls the pitcher out.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: biden; democrats; drag; ryan; ticket
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To: Libloather
Age Reality can be a quick and painful end for a politician or any of us!

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden step off Air Force One upon arrival at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, New York on June 29, 2024.

Wave Bye/Bye, America to the awful Bidens!

21 posted on 07/07/2024 12:56:15 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (3+ years! The longest, the U.S.A. has ever gone without a real president!)
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To: Libloather
"concerns about President Biden’s age"

This is spin. His age is not the issue.

22 posted on 07/07/2024 1:05:42 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Libloather

“Age concerns”?

Lol


23 posted on 07/07/2024 1:07:56 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Libloather

It’s not his age; it’s his mental acuity.


24 posted on 07/07/2024 1:14:04 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: wildcard_redneck

The reason for things like this

House Democrats are “Bringing Out the Big Guns” to Allow Illegal Aliens to Vote in 2024 Presidential Election
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4249525/posts


25 posted on 07/07/2024 1:35:07 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: Libloather

while age is a concern, it would not prevent me from voting for Biden if I thought his policies were any good and that he was still capable of functioning in the job

age isn’t the key problem. mental illness is.


26 posted on 07/07/2024 1:59:11 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Libloather

It has nothing to do with his age. They just don’t want to admit that his policies suck.

Everyone has known for years that he’s not up to the job. Everyone knows that a vote for Biden is a vote for Harris. That’s already factored into the polls.


27 posted on 07/07/2024 2:11:02 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Libloather

Stop teasing me Timmy.


28 posted on 07/07/2024 2:35:17 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Libloather

The dem hyenas are cackling day and night, to wear him down. It’s like watching PBS as a kid.


29 posted on 07/07/2024 2:36:22 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Ann Archy

Only Brandon can save “our democracy.” Hang in there, Champ!


30 posted on 07/07/2024 4:22:25 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Libloather
voters’ concerns about President Biden’s age could spell disaster for swing-district Democrats across the country in November.

Dear God, please let it be so.

31 posted on 07/07/2024 4:26:52 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Turnout and third party voting is the issue.

Folks with TDS can still stay home or vote for any of the lefty third parties.


32 posted on 07/07/2024 4:28:11 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Libloather

If every down-ballot RAT race were to suffer... Yay!


33 posted on 07/07/2024 5:19:29 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Bannon didn't kill himself.)
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To: Fido969

Biden the part time President without a brain.


34 posted on 07/08/2024 4:56:11 AM PDT by FreedBird (id)
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