Posted on 06/28/2024 10:17:31 PM PDT by thecodont
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, once rumored to be a candidate for president in 2024, assumed the role of top White House attack dog after President Joe Biden stumbled through Thursday night’s presidential debate. exp-customer-logo
Republicans were quick to claim victory after the party’s presumptive nominee, former President Donald Trump, went head-to-head with Biden during the year’s first presidential debate on CNN. Though Trump, 78, is only three years younger than Biden, he was far more energetic during the 90-minute matchup.
The president, his voice noticeably raspy, struggled to land coherent blows, even on questions dealing with abortion and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — topics widely thought to be layups for Democratic candidates. Early in the debate, during a question on the economy, Biden seemed to lose his train of thought and stood quietly for a couple seconds as moderators waited for an answer.
Biden did nothing to assuage voter concerns about his age; if anything, he made things worse. The Economist labeled his performance “horrific,” and frantic talks about a potential replacement candidate abounded in the media and online in the hours following the debate.
“Our only hope is that he bows out, we have a brokered convention, or [he] dies,” an adviser to major Democratic Party donors reportedly said of Biden in a text message to a Politico reporter during the debate. “Otherwise we are f—king dead.”
Enter the California governor.
While other Democratic bigwigs aired their unvarnished views about Biden’s performance — the Hill reported that Democratic strategist David Axelrod said “there was a sense of shock” — Newsom rose to his defense, and no other Democratic elected official was more visible in the post-debate spin.
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There’s 40,000,000 in California plus millions of illegals who know this is a lie but F Trump right?
Newsolini was trashed in the debate with DeSantis. Hair gel can only get you so far.
Send in the second stringer!
If he is put up as a replacement candidate, he will not survive the election. That will be ensured by Hillary.
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I’ll just say it’s odd that Hillary publishes a new book just as all of this occurs. I think she heard mid-2023 from within the DNC...this bring-Biden-down script was created and figured she had a chance to try one more time.
Newsom is the likely pick for the Convention....if I were guessing on his VP choice? Hillary might be in the running....along with Mayor-Pete. I might even suggest AOC being discussed.
Biden was elected to run for President... He can't just be 'replaced' without due process or if he voluntarily steps down. Liberals use the word 'democracy' a lot but they don't seem to understand the concept.
Good point——liberals use democracy only when it benefits their agenda.
Btw, another obstacle to replacing Biden is his campaign money
stash——which is rigorously controlled by campaign finance laws.
Donors gave the money to the Biden election which includes
Kamala, and she apparently has some say in its disbursement.
Democrats destroy word meaning and democracy along with women were main targets recently.
The first 2024 presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump was held on Thursday night. It marked the first time a sitting president debated a former one.
The 90-minute discussion hosted by CNN was more of an incoherent debacle than any substantive debate. Biden was halting and disjointed. He was hard to hear, muffled his lines and often appeared to lose his train of thought. Meanwhile, Trump... “Joe Biden really failed to rise to this moment,” says Chris Lehmann, D.C. bureau chief for The Nation. “I expected nothing great, but it was so much worse.”
We also speak with Norman Solomon, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and the co-founder of RootsAction.org, which sponsors the “Step Aside Joe!” campaign. He says Biden’s performance in the debate showed “he is clearly impaired” and unable to defeat Trump, which is “a gift to the extreme right wing.”
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday.
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Greasy Gavin is the answer to Dementia Joe?
I think he was being a good solider, focusing on the positive and trying to provide prospective/spin. I think in some sense, its staging ground for 2028. He plays the part of a loyal solider, that’s a better look within Dem politics than all the ‘panic’ and ‘knives out.’
They won’t replace Harris on the ticket. That is basically admitting she was unqualified for the job, which we already know.
Gavin has been saying biden is doing a great job for the USA.
That’s about like saying Gavin is doing a great job in California.
Should Trump preemptively attack Newsom?
Should Trump preemptively attack Newsom?
I hadn’t really thought about that one very much. I have my doubts that it will be Newsom.
Trump was saying months ago that he didn’t expect biden to be on the ballot. I believe he should continue to do that. It has all been staged. They knew biden was a veggie.
The democrats spew nonsense saying Trump is a “threat to democracy.” Democrats didn’t allow for primaries. They selected their candidate. They’re the ones that are a threat to democracy. A few DNC insiders will select a replacement candidate at their convention. That’s not saying much for democracy.
Not necessarily but he should be reminding everyone that the disastrous Biden policies were possible only because the complete support of the Democrat Party. Even if Brandon isn't replaced, it could be a helpful strategy to get Democrats down-the-ticket defeated, too.
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