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Secluded in Rehoboth, Biden Stews at Allies’ Pressure to Drop Out of the Race
The New York Times | Yahoo ^ | July 20, 2024 | By Peter Baker (D-NYT)

Posted on 07/20/2024 12:45:50 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON — Sick with COVID and abandoned by allies, President Joe Biden has been fuming at his Delaware beach house, increasingly resentful about what he sees as an orchestrated campaign to drive him out of the race and bitter toward some of those he once considered close, including his onetime running mate Barack Obama.

Biden has been around politics long enough to assume that the leaks appearing in the media in recent days are being coordinated to raise the pressure on him to step aside, according to people close to him. He considers Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, the main instigator but is irritated at Obama as well, seeing him as a puppet master behind the scenes.

The friction between the sitting president and leaders of his own party so close to an election is unlike anything seen in Washington in generations — especially because the Democrats now working to ease him out were some of the allies most critical to his success over the last dozen years. It was Obama who elevated Biden from a presidential also-ran to the vice presidency, setting him up to win the White House in 2020, and it was Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, who pushed through Biden’s landmark legislative achievements.

But several people close to Biden, who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal matters, described an under-the-weather president coughing and hacking more than 100 miles from the corridors of power as his presidency meets its most perilous moment.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; dementia; democrats; election2024
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To: EliRoom8

The longer his refusal to step down the worse it is for the Democrat party. It is fun to watch (I’m bad I know). When whoever runs loses to Trump (I am praying) and if the republicans manage to control the house and senate, the finger pointing will be like icing on the cake.


21 posted on 07/20/2024 1:34:20 PM PDT by aklurker
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To: Cold Heart

Why not, after all he thinks Trump is his VP sometimes....


22 posted on 07/20/2024 1:35:22 PM PDT by aklurker
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To: EliRoom8

AMEN!! A LOTOF SENATORS AND A SLEW OF CONGRESSMEN!


23 posted on 07/20/2024 1:36:19 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy
I want him HUMILIATED!

I want the whole Biden Family and his inner circle humiliated. This group of REMFs is responsible for every screw up since January 2021. That goes for the Cabinet and the perfumed princes and princesses at the Pentagon.

Those 51 doofuses who signed that letter on Hunter's laptop need to have their security clearances pulled.

They have all violated their oath to the Constitution...hell, they've been wiping their feet on it.

24 posted on 07/20/2024 1:39:23 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!s)
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To: Night Hides Not

THOSE 51 SHOULD BE IN PRISON !!


25 posted on 07/20/2024 1:40:22 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: aklurker

if the Republicans gain control of the Senate, that means we’ll pick the next SC justice.


26 posted on 07/20/2024 1:41:17 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: aklurker

lets hope his delusions continue....


I get your point, but consider the fact that our nations is ostensibly being led by someone who is delusional. His not running again is only step one; and Biden isn’t known for dealing with steps very well.


27 posted on 07/20/2024 1:42:13 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: EliRoom8

Trump beating Hillary sent them into a death spiral...then the Trump SC over turning roe v wade really sent them over the cliff. They are dangerous, cornered animals now.


28 posted on 07/20/2024 1:47:40 PM PDT by basalt
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To: hanamizu

Well, we are in some danger, but I don’t honestly believe he is running anything rather than his mouth when hes at a podium with a teleprompter to read. Hell his staff doesn’t even inform him if it’s something that might set him off. Our country is being run by a shadow cabal.


29 posted on 07/20/2024 1:48:15 PM PDT by aklurker
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It was Obama who elevated Biden from a presidential also-ran to the vice presidency, setting him up to win the White House in 2016 2020..

More NYT poopaganda. Obama stuffed Joe for Hillary in 2016. Obama picked Joe for the same reason Joe picked Kamala - because being worse creates a removal deterrent.

30 posted on 07/20/2024 2:02:54 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Biden's landmark legislative achievements” .... what achievements? All democrats efforts were and are BAD for our country!
31 posted on 07/20/2024 2:15:08 PM PDT by CardeadInKy ("The problem with Liberalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" -Marg Thatcher)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Welp.... It looks like all the “he’s going to drop out on Friday and it’s going to be Kamala” people, and all the “he’s going to drop out on Saturday and it’s going to be Newsom” people we’re both wrong.

Only 24 hours left to see if the “he’s going to drop out on Sunday and it’s going to be Michelle” people are right.

No doubt all three groups are waiting breathlessly for the next media headline, so they can all bark and run to the front door, like domesticated dogs eagerly awaiting the arrival and instructions of their masters.


32 posted on 07/20/2024 2:21:14 PM PDT by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Rats are only concerned with holding onto power, and if replacing OBiden is the way to do it, so be it.


33 posted on 07/20/2024 2:21:55 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: aklurker

Our country is being run by a shadow cabal.


No MSM reporter seems to want to find out anything about the cabal. If they were doing a good job it would still be troubling, but they’re a disaster.


34 posted on 07/20/2024 2:30:02 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well...if he’s serious, he should come outside and make the following announcement:

“I am not dropping out of this race. I am not releasing my delegates. I won the primaries and won this nomination fair and square. I will accept no further meetings or phone calls to discuss my candidacy, as I am running and am not dropping out. I hope that makes this clear at this point.” And direct his aides to accept no further calls or meetings on this issue.


35 posted on 07/20/2024 2:40:35 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

JOE Biden does not know whether he is in Sweetwater or Waxahatchie.

DOCTOR Jill Brandon’s and their son Bongwater Biden are negotiating the price of FJB’s exit.

Which includes some Billions. A pardon for Bong Biden.

And Insurance that Hillary Thomas Matthew Crooks-Clinton will not sniper them while they are under SS protection.


36 posted on 07/20/2024 2:46:56 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I wonder how many leftist groups are planning to “seize the convention” in August? They tried in 1968 and failed, but they tried again in 1972 and that’s when the radicals took over the party for good.

It’s a real “bring out the short knives” fight. The streets outside the convention will be boiling.


37 posted on 07/20/2024 3:11:42 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I agree that he doesn’t have the vid. This is a new way to escape scrutiny for everyone, especially politicians.


38 posted on 07/20/2024 3:20:12 PM PDT by V V Camp Enari 67-68 ( This clears up a lot of misconception)
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To: MayflowerMadam
I wonder if JOE Biden has the mental acuity to realize this is even going on. JILL Biden might be fuming and resentful, but Joe could be totally clueless.

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I truly doubt it!!! This is a battle between Jill Biden and Barak Obama

39 posted on 07/20/2024 4:00:54 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: hardspunned

Damn. I looked at the Hitler Rants parodies, and could find nothing that matches. But this one’s pretty funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaPcVtOllC4


40 posted on 07/20/2024 4:06:21 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Clhild in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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