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Biden campaign argues president dropping out would 'lead to weeks of chaos'
ABC News | Disney ^ | June 29, 2024 | By Fritz Farrow, Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, and MaryAlice Parks

Posted on 06/30/2024 3:15:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

President Joe Biden's campaign on Saturday night, in a fundraising appeal to supporters, said the president dropping out would only "lead to weeks of chaos" and leave the eventual replacement weakened ahead of a November faceoff with former President Donald Trump.

"The bedwetting brigade is calling for Joe Biden to 'drop out.' That is the best possible way for Donald Trump to win and us to lose," Biden deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty argued in the email to supporters.

"First of all: Joe Biden is going to be the Democratic nominee, period. End of story. Voters voted. He won overwhelmingly," Flaherty added. "And if he were to drop out, it would lead to weeks of chaos, internal foodfighting, and a bunch of candidates who limp into a brutal floor fight at the convention, all while Donald Trump has time to speak to American voters uncontested."

He continued: "All of that would be in service of a nominee who would go into a general election in the weakest possible position with zero dollars in their bank account. You want a highway to losing? It's that."

Other than the argument that chaos would ensure with a Biden withdrawal, the note included asking supporters to tell friends that despite the "rough" start to the debate, "voters saw what a threat Donald Trump is" and that "the long-term impact of debates is overstated."

"And lastly, but most importantly, you've got to keep the faith," Flaherty said toward the end of his email, adding that the campaign was going to "keep our heads down and do the work."

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KEYWORDS: election2024

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To: Omnivore-Dan
I just love seeing a bunch of frantic loonatics scrambling around looking for their marbles.

LOL! Love it. The media finally got caught up in their own gaslighting. Couldn't happen to a more deserving syndicate of scumbaggery.

21 posted on 06/30/2024 5:19:20 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (IThey intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We’ve already had 3 1/2 years ….. what’s a few more weeks ?


22 posted on 06/30/2024 5:20:48 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He’s right. That’s why Biden will wait until AFTER the convention to drop out.

I’ve read in another FR thread that if the candidate drops out after the convention, then senior party leadership picks the replacement, rather than a messy delegate fight.


23 posted on 06/30/2024 5:23:09 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Campaign cash would only go to Harris as she will officially be on the ticket, they can’t do it after the convention, way too messy.


24 posted on 06/30/2024 5:29:48 AM PDT by baclava
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To: BushCountry
A+: While we are gloating, it is also important that we consider the proverb:

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.”
25 posted on 06/30/2024 5:52:07 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As opposed to decades of chaos that keeping him in would cause...


26 posted on 06/30/2024 5:53:35 AM PDT by null and void (The last war America actually won was WWII, because the CIA wasn't organized until after that war!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Rather OMINOUS to me that the FEDERAL RESERVE is losing $$$$$$$-—first time in history of USA-—at an alarming rate & NO ONE IS DISCUSSING IT.

Thread #4247038 here on FR says that losses started in Sept of 2022 & as of June 16th, 2024, losses have accumulated to $ 176 BILLION & climbing.......

BANK FAILURES TRIGGERING IT???

WHAT?

THIS IS BIDEN’S ADMINISTRATION-—HE OWNS IT

YELLEN IS NO HELP AT ALL & ONE OF THOSE ‘16’ experts that said we are “on the right track” is her husband....

SOOOOOO-—EXACTLY what is the “RIGHT TRACK” of which they speak???


27 posted on 06/30/2024 6:06:50 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: chuckee

NOT AT ALL SURE that scenario is legal——but Biden has been corrupt since about age 22.


28 posted on 06/30/2024 6:08:12 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“The bedwetting brigade is calling for Joe Biden to ‘drop out.”

They are enemies of the people who are unfaithful to our Fuhrer.

The FBI should send SWAT teams to the homes of those mass media bedwetters immediately.

It is a national emergency!

:-)


29 posted on 06/30/2024 6:12:54 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: baclava

The campaign cash is a non-issue.

It is at most 5% of the total expenditures required for a major party Presidential run.


30 posted on 06/30/2024 6:14:14 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: SauronOfMordor

That is correct.

The main problem with a post convention switcheroo is ballot issues in many states.

Legislative action would probably fix it in most states but there could be some loose ends at the end of the day...


31 posted on 06/30/2024 6:16:19 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This was so predictable. I posted this two days ago. The idiots shot their collective wads because they are parrots and can’t govern their emotions. Chaos has ensued. They will now regroup, rebrand, and reboot the Drooling Spoon while also growing their attack on Trump as a liar and threat to (Oh, what’s that word that the tyrants scream every 5 minutes..? Oh, yeah..) “DEMOCRACY!”. The memo has gone out. Joe will be the golden boy again by Friday.


32 posted on 06/30/2024 6:23:01 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Whether he stays or goes, this new attention to his senility is bound to hurt his poll numbers.

The Biden camp is trying to sell the idea that the debate was an unusual occurrence. But we all know it's really the norm, and will happen again.

33 posted on 06/30/2024 6:24:25 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nah! I still think there is a movment under way to fet Michelle the candidate as Osama Obama wants a fourth term to finish “fundamentally transforming the US”.


34 posted on 06/30/2024 6:24:27 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Run Joe, Run!

Let’s go Brandon!


35 posted on 06/30/2024 6:28:31 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: All

See how all the FR Never Trump Swamp Filth are jumping up and down for a Biden replacement? They want the GOPe of Mitch to remain in power to run up more than $36T debt and no doubt some sort of Swamp money for themselves.

They are TERRIFIED of what Trump is going to do this time around now that he knows the ropes and has taken control of the RNC. There will be no more celebration of GOP political careerists.

But putting all that aside, this campaign spokesman is correct in every aspect. The DNC trying to annoint a replacement will face women and blacks insisting on Harris, and she would be a weaker opponent for Trump than Biden.

Look back at the State of the Union vids. Biden is not senile. He looked just fine in that speech. He is only a few points behind Trump and even ahead in a poll or two. The debate will not move that needle, and time will pass.


36 posted on 06/30/2024 6:40:37 AM PDT by Owen
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It took four writers to come to that conclusion.

“Joe Biden is going to be the Democratic nominee, period. End of story.”

Oh, I hope so, I certainly hope so.


37 posted on 06/30/2024 6:58:17 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Sirius Lee

So now they are desperate. Kept denying Pres. Loonytoon was incapable, incompetent, and incoherent. He’s just fine, they kept saying. Until he proved them otherwise.


38 posted on 06/30/2024 7:04:07 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well then it’s settled. It’s Trump versus the senile Biden. Go Trump!


39 posted on 06/30/2024 7:04:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dear Biden campaign it’s a national security issue not about winning an election


40 posted on 06/30/2024 7:06:15 AM PDT by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
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