Posted on 06/30/2024 3:16:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), a stalwart supporter of President Joe Biden, admitted Sunday that there are talks among Democrats on “whether he’s the candidate or whether he isn’t the candidate” after a poor performance against former President Donald Trump in the first presidential debate.
Raskin’s comments are a major departure from what most ranking Democratic lawmakers have said publicly in defense of the president, as most have at least acknowledged Biden had a “bad” debate, while stopping short of calling him to drop out of the presidential race.
“We’re having a serious conversation about what to do,” Raskin said in an interview with MSNBC’s Ali Velsh.
“One thing I can tell you is that regardless of what President Biden decides, our party is going to be unified, and our party also needs him at the very center of our deliberations in our campaign, and so whether he’s the candidate or someone else is the candidate,” Raskin added.
Earlier this year, the Maryland representative talked down against Biden’s naysayers who raised questions about his mental acuity when special counsel Robert Hur’s nearly 400-page report regarding his decision not to prosecute Biden criminally described him as an “elderly man with a poor memory.”
“All these age-based cheap shots at President Biden show you how desperate they are, while Donald Trump is fumbling around every day,” Raskin said back in February.
Rep. Raskin: I just spent an hour with President Biden where he regaled the entire Democratic caucus. All these age-based cheap shots at President Biden show you how desperate they are, while Donald Trump is fumbling around every day pic.twitter.com/F6uVrlirYe— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) February 9, 2024
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Keep running Joe!
any video of biden regaling the dem caucus?
the sharp as a tack videos
seem to be in short supply
In keeping with our party’s commitment to transparency and openness, we won’t be releasing any details.
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Embrace Joe Biden, candidate for President!
Behind the scenes, I hear he’s a real genius, Great Dad, honest man, and a responsible Dog owner!
Pass it on!
They have a squeaky-clean centrist candidate they are keeping well hidden.
They want all of these stories about how bad Kamala, Newsom, and Whitmer will be so when they introduce the real replacement, he'll be seen as the savior of the party.
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The money men and the Deep State are obviously still behind Biden.
They have nothing without them.
And who would this “centrist” Democrat be? I certainly don’t see one big name elected Democrat politician who fits that bill. I’m thinking it’s a non-politician or someone who did hold political office at one time, but is not serving at the moment. Honestly, I can’t think of one off the top of my head.
How can they say he isn’t fit to run for re-election but is fit to run the counter (I know, work with me).
KY Governor Andy Beshear.
Has won twice in a ruby red state. He would win KY in the general and you can bet The Turtle would have only nice things to say about him.
Notice the hilarious bait and switch.
Some unnamed party folks are discussing...
and then Biden will decide.
That is not how it works.
The unnamed party folks will decide.
Biden will be told.
He may or may not understand what he has been told, so they may have to repeat it a few times...slowly.
How’s a good time for DOJ to release that 4 hour tape of Biden being interviewed.
Biden Cannot be Replaced on Ballot in Three Swing States, Except for Death or 25th Amendment:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/uh-oh-another-bad-news-democrats-biden-cannot/
And as we saw in Ohio, the RINOs in the state legislatures will help out as needed.
If the Democrats ever had a viable Plan B, they would already replaced Biden. They pinned all their 2024 hopes on lawfare, and expected Biden to be hidden through November. I think that’s the real reason the debate was early- to get it behind them as soon as possible. They never expected a crash and burn of this magnitude.
THE FARCE OF “WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S” is exposed.
Lots of different opinions on the subject. I will go with yours for now.
Biden is not the Democratic nominee.
President Trump is not the Republican nominee.
There is nobody to “replace” until after the conventions.
“They never expected a crash and burn of this magnitude.”
That is my read as well.
One piece of evidence supporting that was the “War Room” the Biden senior staff put together after the debate.
They contacted senior donors and Democratic legislative leaders.
However they forgot the first rule of the Clinton War Room.
Call the mass media first—without them you are toast.
The mass media revolt exploded and got out of hand in a hurry—probably too late to put that toothpaste back in the tube.
I agree with you. The dems expected Trump to be loud and bombastic at the debate.
When Trump saw how bad of shape Biden was in, I believe he instantly pivoted in his debate plan and let Biden dig his own hole deeper and left the democrat party in absolute disarray.
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