Posted on 07/10/2024 10:15:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Radio host “Charlamagne tha God” urged Democrats on Tuesday to answer President Biden’s challenge to run against him at the Democratic National Convention.
Amid calls for him to step aside and allow another Democrat to run at the top of the ticket, Biden called in to MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday and declared, “I am not going anywhere.” During the interview, Biden slammed the “elites” that he claimed run the Democratic Party.
“Any of these guys that don’t think I should run, run against me. Announce for president, challenge me at the convention,” Biden said.
Charlamagne played audio from this interview on his “Breakfast Club” show and responded, “All I hear is ego, and I hope they take him up on his offer. Every single Democrat who feels like the Democrats can’t win if Biden is the nominee needs to challenge him at the convention. Take him up on his offer.”
He added that he has been asking for months whether Biden-Harris is a “’winnable ticket,’ and if the answer is ‘no,’ Biden should step aside; and people shouldn’t be upset when folks say that — especially if y’all wanna win.”
Charlamagne also rejected Biden’s rhetoric juxtaposing the Democratic Party “elite” who he says want him replaced versus the average Americans he says still support him.
“What makes an average Democrat versus an elite Democrat? Because he’s been an elected official for 80+ years! So how is he not elite? What makes you an elite and what makes you average?” Charlamagne asked.
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Then they will have disenfranchised the voters based on their personal whim.
That wouldn't be a very good "democratic" message.
The Trump campaign needs to turn this narrative back around on these people.
He needs to point out that if the presidential term lasted for 5 or 6 years instead of 4 years, and Biden didn’t have to debate him until 2025 or 2026, they would have been perfectly fine with a mentally incapacitated president for the next year or two, and equally fine with the media and the political class covering it up.
And therefore, nobody should give a rat’s ass what these people consider to be “a threat to our democracy”, if they don’t think that that in itself is a threat to our democracy.
Then they will have disenfranchised the voters based on their personal whim.
But in reality, do you think the primary voters for Biden were voting for him (against mainly unknown, if any, opponents) or out of loyalty to the democrat team? Do you think that people who voted in democrat primaries for Biden will vote for anyone other than a democrat in the Presidential election?
always hated the fact that Rush legitimized such a one as this by acknowledging its pitiful existence.
What a clown.
How dare he call himself ‘a God’. He’s to be totally ignored.
In reality, legal primary votes were cast. The pledged delegates were specifically selected and appointed to represent those votes at the convention.
If the delegates go a different direction then the Demonrats should first hold another primary open to the original voters to determine the new allocation.
Otherwise, it is purely and simply a disenfranchisement of voter intent.
Constitutionally the state legislature can appoint any slate of electors they want! They can completely ignore voters’ intent. Nothing in the constitution about voters’ intent and electors.
I’m not disagreeing with your ideas of what might be right morally or ethically in regards to Biden’s pledged delegates. I’m just saying that if enough of the dems decide it’s time for Biden to be dropped, they’ll find a way to do it pledged delegates or no.
Thank you.
I couldn’t have said it better.
Started seeing him on "The Kennedy Show" a few years ago - could not see why people go "Ooohhh" over him. He's a mental midget.
Funny……
I guess we are like minded!
Agreed. But the "Democratic" messaging sure wouldn't look good. I, as a voter, would feel completely disenfranchised - which I would be.
Since it’s the state legislature Constitutional duty\requirement to appoint the electors with no outside input. So, technically you were never enfranchised. You’ve been allowed through tradition to think you have been.
After a lifetime of watch presidential election devolve into an expensive bad circus of democracy farce, I think I now completely support the Founders original system of deciding the president. I understand why they advocated it. In the Constitution the newly elected state legislatures meet and appoint the electors. These electors meet, debate etc., and select the president, vice president. (They do all this but it’s “pro forma” now!) It would be cheaper and faster likely less corrupt than what we do now. Also, it would be no less democratic than how countries with parliamentary choose their PMs.
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