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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: ActresponsiblyinVA
"I wonder who ran the White House for the last few years?"


61 posted on 07/21/2024 11:16:31 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: LibertyWoman

I have heard nothing about Joe stepping down, only that he is no longer in the race for 2024.


62 posted on 07/21/2024 11:16:47 AM PDT by aklurker
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To: thegagline

So did they pay DOCTOR Jill off with a potential post in a new Democratic administration, or is she tied up in the WH basement bowling alley screaming into her gag right now?

}:-)4


63 posted on 07/21/2024 11:16:54 AM PDT by Moose4 (All I ever wanted was to be left alone.)
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To: LibertyWoman

He’s not resigning, just not running for re-election.


64 posted on 07/21/2024 11:17:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: thegagline

Well, let’s see what fresh hell the Democrats bring us.


65 posted on 07/21/2024 11:17:33 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: P-Marlowe
Who bribed him? Or was it blackmail?

You can bet your bottom dollar that Joe was given an offer he couldn't refuse.

The question I ask is: Can Joe pardon his criminal son and family members of crimes they haven't yet been convicted of? In other words, can Joe's 2024 pardons serve to protect Joe, Hunter and the Biden crime family from prosecutions brought by the 2025 Trump AG and/or 2025 state AGs?

66 posted on 07/21/2024 11:17:48 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: sphinx
They finally met Jill’s price. Or made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

My first thought as well. And Hillary had recently joined the fray. Interesting, isn’t it?

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall during that conversation!

67 posted on 07/21/2024 11:18:10 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: SuperLuminal

I don’t think we want Michelle.


68 posted on 07/21/2024 11:18:24 AM PDT by carton253 (Jesus is everything.)
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To: Allegra

He’s endorsed Kamala.


69 posted on 07/21/2024 11:18:37 AM PDT by aklurker
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To: thegagline

Just announced, Biden is endorsing Harris for president.


70 posted on 07/21/2024 11:18:42 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: sphinx

Both.

The past three weeks were a negotiation. Jill always had a plan B.


71 posted on 07/21/2024 11:19:08 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: circlecity

beat ya by 5 seconds lol, watching Sky news.


72 posted on 07/21/2024 11:20:21 AM PDT by aklurker
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To: thegagline; ransomnote; Georgia Girl 2

rest assured:

Dark to LIGHT.
Hunters become the HUNTED.
This is not another 4-year election.


73 posted on 07/21/2024 11:20:53 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: absalom01

It’s Ka-MAH-la.


74 posted on 07/21/2024 11:21:20 AM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: citizen

I say it as “Commie-La”


75 posted on 07/21/2024 11:21:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: thegagline

Plenty of time for a nationwide primary to select the next schmuck. Or will the party of muh democracy have the FJB Marxist Junta pick the candidate for them in smoky back rooms, progressive extremist commies only admitted?


76 posted on 07/21/2024 11:22:47 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: thegagline

hoping the demonrats won’t be able to circumvent the ballot deadlines🙏


77 posted on 07/21/2024 11:23:49 AM PDT by edie1960 (Thi )
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To: citizen

It’s going to be hard for them to pass her over.

But they know she’s a disaster.

And it’s going to get spicy in Chicago in August, you can bet on that.


78 posted on 07/21/2024 11:24:14 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: thegagline

Honestly.. he did the right thing.

The O’Bomba/Harvard kiddies were anyway running him, the world and the wars.

The Democrat’a best-bench is thin and Anti-American.


79 posted on 07/21/2024 11:24:32 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. For Greater Glory. )
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To: FlyingEagle

The smart ones are going to stay away from a 2024 campaign only 3 months away.


80 posted on 07/21/2024 11:24:50 AM PDT by mware
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