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On Capitol Hill, Democrats Panic About Biden but Do Nothing
The New York Times | Yahoo ^ | July 10, 2024 | by Annie Karni

Posted on 07/10/2024 5:16:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy, an ambitious young Democrat from Connecticut, went on television Sunday with a carefully worded warning to President Joe Biden about the viability of his campaign.

“This week is going to be absolutely critical; I think the president needs to do more,” Murphy said.

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. said Biden had to “reassure the American people that he can run a vigorous campaign to defeat Donald Trump.”

Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a senior member of the Democratic leadership team, put out a statement that passed for fighting words, saying that the president “must do more to demonstrate that he can campaign strong enough to beat Donald Trump.”

So far, Biden has done none of that.

And yet, Democrats on Capitol Hill are stifling their doubts and falling in line behind him anyway.

Having spent the last week and a half in various stages of private panic and public skepticism about Biden’s viability as a candidate and whispering among themselves about what the best way to push him aside might be — a strongly worded letter? a White House meeting? a high-level intervention? — top Democrats on Tuesday settled on a strategy many of them conceded could be disastrous: They would do nothing, at least for now.

For now, top Democrats have no appetite for breaking with him. In a statement provided to The New York Times, Schumer said, “I’m working overtime with the Biden campaign and my colleagues to win the presidency and maintain the Democratic majority in the Senate.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; dementia; election2024; socialists
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1 posted on 07/10/2024 5:16:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

everyone needs to understand that the ONLY reason why they are all panicking is because they are afraid that Trump will do to them what they have been doing to him!


2 posted on 07/10/2024 5:21:05 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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We, the people, still do not know the extent of Biden’s medical problems.

drjill and Hunter are keeping it all buried in order to advance the Biden family’s hidden agenda.

Yet, the consternation evidenced by the Democrat camp indicates they have the inside track on all of Biden’s troubling behavior.


Reference: A typical day for a Parkinson’s patients includes slowness, rigidity, balance problems, falling, low volume of voice, difficulty being understood, bladder problems, bowel problems, and sometimes cognitive decline and paranoia.


3 posted on 07/10/2024 5:23:11 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray : Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“...afraid that Trump will do to them what they have been doing to him!”

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Fascists loosing power to fascists (not that trump is, but that’s their fear) is the worst psychological terror. It’s a double whammy. Not only do they lose their precious precious power, but they know what the powerful can do to the powerless by their own experience


4 posted on 07/10/2024 5:23:24 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe they think the fix is in.


5 posted on 07/10/2024 5:23:28 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Doesn’t that scream...that the CHEAT is in...BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY REALLY ...NEED PEDO JOE TO BE THE CANDIDATE.

“Circle Back” to the original ...MANY DIMS WANT JOE OUT...ALL OF A SUDDEN...THEY WANT JOE ...IN.

Isn’t that SPECIAL???


6 posted on 07/10/2024 5:24:56 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If they try to replace him, they have to admit he can’t be president now. Then they have to admit they have been in on the lie all along.


7 posted on 07/10/2024 5:25:19 AM PDT by pas
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“Trump will do to them what they have been doing to him!”

Their fear is greatly justified. But if you don’t want to play the game, don’t make up draconian rules. This strategy has some nasty aftereffects.

Simple courtesy, applied from the beginning, would have gone a long ways, but NOOO, had to go for the kill shot.

Magnanimous in defeat, insufferable in victory.


8 posted on 07/10/2024 5:32:05 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: Liz
"Reference: A typical day for a Parkinson’s patients includes slowness, rigidity, balance problems, falling, low volume of voice, difficulty being understood, bladder problems, bowel problems, and sometimes cognitive decline and paranoia."

My father had some of those symptoms slightly to an extent, but he mainly had the hand twitch.

9 posted on 07/10/2024 5:40:52 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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To: pas

They are waiting for nature to make the decision for them.


10 posted on 07/10/2024 5:42:26 AM PDT by philippa
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nobody is going to make a move unless:

- forced (Biden has a medical event that can’t be papered over)

Or

- a consensus emerges on a way forward (very difficult given the competing factions of the Dem party which hasn’t had a strong message but has managed to overcome that through unity in effort)

The only thing worse than being disloyal is being a loser, and the DNC may ultilately decide through inaction that they’ll try like hell to win, but if they do lose, they might as well make Biden eat that loss (and clear Kamala from the field while they are at it.)


11 posted on 07/10/2024 5:47:49 AM PDT by jz638
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To: philippa

They are probably frantically calling their friends at the CIA...”you still do assassinations these days, right?”

CIA: “No Senator, you banned that in the 1980s after the Church Committee hearings.”

Senator: “Well times change—and we have an emergency here—no time for new legislation...you gotta act.”

CIA: “One hand washes the other, Senator. How much can you add to our budget for next year.”

Senator: “Whatever you want. Blank check. Just get this done....”

:-)


12 posted on 07/10/2024 5:49:07 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: philippa

That’s what it will be called, regardless.

EC


13 posted on 07/10/2024 5:50:29 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: pas
Then they have to admit they have been in on the lie all along.

C'mon.

Never gonna happen.

14 posted on 07/10/2024 5:53:24 AM PDT by period end of story (Unvaxxed for my protection.)
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To: Ex-Con777

All other explanations will be called”conspiracy theories”, the media’s favorite way to dismiss what they don’t agree with.


15 posted on 07/10/2024 5:54:52 AM PDT by philippa
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To: Mark17

“Maybe they think the fix is in.”

The fix is in. Illegals will be voting in large numbers. A byproduct of illegal voting is that polls are even more meaningless. The media has so conditioned the masses that many would vote for Biden even if he were dead.

Trump may win, but it won’t be a slam dunk.


16 posted on 07/10/2024 5:58:54 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: brownsfan
Trump may win, but it won’t be a slam dunk.

I feel very uncomfortable about it.

17 posted on 07/10/2024 6:03:16 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
They just need to send a letter out to the donors, saying "We will beat Trump with the same levers and mechanations as last time. Wink wink. Nudge nudge.

Signed, Don Maury Thefixizin"

18 posted on 07/10/2024 6:18:44 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: cgbg

1970s, not 1980s.


19 posted on 07/10/2024 6:19:23 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

God is good! The rats didn’t have a Plan B their plan A was to destroy Trump through the judicial branch with all their arsenal because theDC swamp RATS the DNCmediapukes who are close to FJB and Minority leaders of both houses knew he was critically dementia. That’s why they want it so badly for plant a to work and in prison Trump. The only success they had was to convict him of a false accusation. But it’s OK God will have the last word. But as for now I am enjoying every second of their misery! Karma baby karma! I’m enjoy all those salty salty tears! 🥳


20 posted on 07/10/2024 6:19:55 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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