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Biden drops out of presidential race after disastrous debate performance
The New York Post ^ | 07/21/2024 | Victor Nava

Posted on 07/21/2024 10:58:27 AM PDT by thegagline

President Biden made the historically rare decision Sunday to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, less than four months after being declared the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee and days after a dismal debate showing.

The 81-year-old president’s exit from the race – months before Election Day – comes after a debate performance against former President Donald Trump in which the incumbent appeared infirm and was at times incoherent – alarming Democratic donors and strategists.

Biden’s withdrawal is expected to set off a free-for-all for the Democratic nomination for president.

The president cannot by decree select his replacement atop the 2024 ticket. Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and former first lady Michelle Obama have all previously been floated as possible replacements for Biden.

Harris, 59, is widely seen as the frontrunner due to legal constraints over the transfer of the Biden-Harris campaign’s war chest but many Democrats doubt her viability in the general election due to her favorability ratings often lagging even Biden’s.

Biden opted to throw in the towel after a series of embarrassing revelations that senior party leaders had no confidence in his ability to win — amid a mounting mutiny among rank-and-file congressional Democrats fearful that they too would lose if Biden went down in a landslide loss.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were among those who warned Biden about bleak polling data — while former President Barack Obama reportedly confided in allies that he had lost confidence in Biden’s path to another term.

The president launched his re-election bid in April 2023, asking voters to give him another four years to help him “finish the job.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; election; fjb; kamala2024; president; presidenthawktuah; resignnow
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To: No name given

I wish somebody knew about the ballot access, printing deadlines!!!!


101 posted on 07/21/2024 11:36:55 AM PDT by edie1960 (Thi )
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To: thegagline
THE ZELENSKY CURSE STRIKES AGAIN!


102 posted on 07/21/2024 11:37:25 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: thegagline

103 posted on 07/21/2024 11:37:32 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: cgbg

Hilarious


104 posted on 07/21/2024 11:37:47 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: roadcat

Jill needs to hire a “Better Call Saul” junkyard dog lawyer to argue that Joe was non compos mentis when he agreed not to run again...

Lol.


105 posted on 07/21/2024 11:38:29 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: SuperLuminal

I agree.


106 posted on 07/21/2024 11:41:35 AM PDT by carton253 (Jesus is everything.)
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To: cdcdawg

It is disappointing because Trump would have easily beat Biden. Now the DemoMarxists are going to portray their new nominee as the savoir of humanity, the messiah, the one, and if they pick Mike Obama, forget it. Between election fraud and deification, I doubt Trump can win. If Biden stayed in, Trump pretty much had the election in the bag.

The media is the biggest problem and without question they’re going to push “Both nominees were subpar, what poor choices for the nation, but Mike Obama is here to save the country and the children, the children, think of the children”

They always bring up “the children” meanwhile they fanatically support killing the children in the womb. I am getting nauseous already thinking of the utter BS they are going to be pushing.


107 posted on 07/21/2024 11:42:57 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: thegagline

One thing for sure about the Democrats:

They take politics seriously.

They get rich stealing government money.

They have plans and alternate plans and subsequent plans.

I don’t think they really care who they run.

They took a big gamble in 2020.

They knew then that they couldn’t win a fair election.

They cheated on the election.

They could have been caught.

They cheated, hoped they wouldn’t get caught, did everything to cover it up and….

Went to work stealing and hiding huge amounts of US Taxpayer money.

Look at the Democrat leaders.

They’re old.

They don’t want to fight any more.

They’re fine with President Trump serving another term.


108 posted on 07/21/2024 11:43:28 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: nwrep

“Any summaries you can provide?”

Quick copy/paste From my (8th) DU Troll account: (I get banned a lot)

Again - Warning - Language

3. I am so fucking livid at the backstabbing Dems who brought us to this point. Dammit.
6. Here we go, This place is gonna blow up
YOU F*CKING ASSHOLES DID IT. ...GODDAMN YOU TO HELL.
We are f*cked
Bullshit. This is going to energize the Democrats! Everyone I know will vote D no matter who is running. (LOL, whatever - BBQToadRibs)
The Coup is complete
I want my f*cking money back.
NOOOOOOOOOO If the party nominates Harris, there will be nothing but racist and misogynist attacks from here on in. Count on it.
___ And if they DON’T nominate Harris, they should expect Black voters to stay home
Let the Harris bashing begin
The bastards won this round. If they don’t nominate Kamala, we might as well just write it all off. Get your passports renewed, folks.
he better do some radical shit with his new powers before he leaves.... start with pardoning Hunter
F*UCK ME I hope not. If so, all of these “democrats and donors” calling for him to step down will forever be seen by history as cowards and will deserve the blame when we lose.
FAKE NEWS - The media is OWNED BY F*UCKING CONSERVATIVES
I’ve given up all hope I can’t survive watching this nation crumble. July 4, 2026 will be just another day, if I’m here to see it.
Well, it’s gone. The experiment in Democracy is done. We, the people, have lost and oligarchs have won. So, we need to find a way to survive the coming dictatorship.
Welp, that bottle of Jack on the counter won’t survive the day and I’m calling in sick tomorrow.


109 posted on 07/21/2024 11:44:26 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Tom Tetroxide

(Hillary) Clinton/Harris ticket anyone?

Harris/Clinton would be a death sentence


110 posted on 07/21/2024 11:45:03 AM PDT by map
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To: citizen

I always thought it was KAH-ma-la...


111 posted on 07/21/2024 11:47:47 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: catnipman

112 posted on 07/21/2024 11:48:04 AM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: thegagline

It wasn’t just a debate, it was the interviews intent to save his candidacy after debate and every public appearance he gave since the debate.

The debate just finally exposed, how frail he was both mentally and physically


113 posted on 07/21/2024 11:48:56 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: bitt

114 posted on 07/21/2024 11:49:58 AM PDT by 4Liberty ( Kamala’s relatives owned slaves. )
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To: C210N

🎯 😉
***

Incidentally, a resignation for obvious health reasons will trump state election rules.

I’m not thinking of this as being a coup, do you?

The VP slot, then, should fall to the normal process of the upcoming DNC Nominating Convention to decide, I believe?

Prez. OBomba was bland and neutral as long as possible and then backed HRC, not Biden, as soon as she pulled ahead of him. And then she killed off the Bernie Campaign.

Rumors are Kami wants to be the next Governor of California.


115 posted on 07/21/2024 11:51:21 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. For Greater Glory. )
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To: thegagline
This is going to make the DNC Convention very interesting. There is no way they can mount an uplifting program to compete with the Republicans when they have a floor fight for the nomination to manage.

This would have to kill any plans for a virtual nomination because there are no nominees in contention right now. With Biden stepping down before the convention, party elites cannot just insert a candidate of their choice like they could if their confirmed candidate becomes incapacitated.

The next few weeks will be about names being floated, nominees either accepting or declining to run at the convention, and then forming convention teams to help them through the brokered convention process.

Finally, we will see who declines to run because they want to protect their viability for 2028, meaning they think President Trump will win no matter who the Democrats run.

-PJ

116 posted on 07/21/2024 11:51:56 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Thanks. Cuss words aside, they sound like Freepers in moments of despair.


117 posted on 07/21/2024 11:53:23 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: laconic
Biden will stay in office, despite increasing senility, bc he needs to be able to pardon himself and his entire family while “president”.

Excellent point he should have done it already.

118 posted on 07/21/2024 11:53:49 AM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: thegagline

Headline should read: Biden Drops Out of Race After Failed Assasination Attempt


119 posted on 07/21/2024 11:55:09 AM PDT by fellowpatriot
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To: dfwgator

Good clarification, for sure. 👍

Not for a day do donors and delegates want as president Ms.
“Toothy Giggles” through January 20th, 2025. Things are perilous enough, already.


120 posted on 07/21/2024 11:56:13 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. For Greater Glory. )
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