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The Bloodless Coup of Joe Biden Will Not Work Out Well for Democrats
Townhall ^ | Jul 26, 2024 | Josh Hammer

Posted on 07/26/2024 3:04:21 PM PDT by george76

The Democratic Party ruling class's bloodless coup of their own democratically elected presidential nominee, who also happens to be the nominal sitting president of the United States, is one of the most astonishing political developments of my lifetime. Joe Biden, though clearly physically and mentally impaired, has sought the presidency for quite literally longer than I have been alive. Biden had been defiant ever since the June 27 presidential debate debacle that he was not going anywhere, despite overwhelming pressure from party elites and sycophantic media lapdogs demanding he do precisely that. He has a Lady Macbeth-like wife who craves power and a felonious son in desperate need of a presidential pardon.

Yet the coup succeeded. Biden became the first incumbent president to not seek reelection after his first term since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. Biden made the much-anticipated announcement not with a solemn Oval Office address -- that came three days later, and he didn't even explain his decision. Instead, he issued a bedridden tweet -- from a personal, not even official, account. It's the equivalent of divorcing your wife over text messages. As if that weren't crazy enough, the announcement came smack in the middle of a five-day period in which Biden was not publicly seen and during which he apparently experienced an unspecified medical emergency. Suspicious much?

The Democrats' decision to coup their own president is a curious one on political merits.

Hold aside the galling hypocrisy of the purported party of "democracy" trying to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot under an outlandish constitutional theory while simultaneously attempting to bankrupt, prosecute, and incarcerate him on equally spurious grounds. Hold aside the self-proclaimed party of "democracy" feigning ignorance over how its overheated rhetoric laid the seeds for their political opponent's recent near-assassination and it's continuing to depict that opponent as an existential threat to the American constitutional order. And hold aside that purportedly "democratic" party deposing its own presumptive elected nominee -- a stark reversal from its presidential primary, when party poobahs worked hard to shut out all viable competition. Somewhere in Minnesota, Dean Phillips would like a word.

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Hold all that aside. Because even on its own terms, the coup of Biden for cackler-in-chief Kamala Harris is going to spectacularly backfire on the Democrats.

Already, Democrats and the corporate media have been working hard to "define" Harris for the American people. At times, this has included some rather dubious retconning, such as magically pretending she wasn't the Biden administration's appointed "border czar." (She was.) However, the even bigger problem for Democrats is that Harris is not an unknown commodity. On the contrary, she is a very well-known commodity -- one who just happens to be about as popular with the American public as venereal disease.

Harris's current average approval rating is under 38%, and an NBC News poll last June found her to be the single least popular vice president in American history -- only 32% of Americans had a positive view of her, putting her 17 points underwater. Harris' 2020 presidential campaign was an absolute dud, self-imploding well before the first primary votes were cast. And as recently as a month or two ago, Democratic elites were openly discussing whether she could still be dropped as Biden's 2024 running mate. It's funny how quickly one can go from the weakest link to the great savior of "Our Democracy."

The path to winning 270 Electoral College votes still runs through the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. It is frankly bizarre for Democrats to swap out the man who talks ceaselessly about his hardscrabble Scranton upbringing for a Californian who boasts the most left-wing voting record of any presidential nominee in modern history. Do Democrats really think Harris' support for the Green New Deal and a national fracking ban will play well in the Marcellus Shale of Pennsylvania or in the auto factories of Detroit? Will white working- and middle-class voters concerned about skyrocketing crime look favorably upon Harris' enthusiastic support for the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots, which racked up $2 billion worth of property damage?

It's not that Uncle Joe, seemingly about to keel over and die at any moment, found himself in much better political shape. But in addition to the gross hypocrisy of their coup that has dealt yet another fatal blow to their specious claim to "defend democracy," Democrats have also set themselves up for political failure. They would have been better off trying to limp across the finish line with their grievously wounded incumbent of a nominee rather than changing horses mid-race.

The 14 million people who voted for Biden in the Democratic primaries ought to be livid. Rust Belt voters ought to be bemused. But Trump and running mate J.D. Vance ought to be ecstatic.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; coup; democrats; joebiden; unburdened

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To: george76

Does Kamala’s popularity or electability matter? Am I wrong to believe the democrats will steal the 2024 election just as they did in 2020? In 2020, there was overwhelming evidence of voter fraud coupled with states not enforcing their voter laws. The courts, state legislatures and SOS did nothing to address/mitigate the fraud in 2020. Why should we believe things will be different in 2024?


21 posted on 07/26/2024 4:07:51 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: frank ballenger
“A war is not the same as peace. With war the peace ends until the war ends. Some Russian wrote a book once called War and Peace. A friend of mine heard the Cliff’s Notes audio of a portion of it. He was on the way to the beach.”

Wow, did she actually say that?

22 posted on 07/26/2024 4:09:11 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Inyo-Mono

Don’t know about that one but here is one of my favorite Kamala videos—every American needs to see this:

https://rumble.com/v55imfq-i-am-kamala-harris-my-pronouns-are-she-and-her-and-i-am-a-woman-sitting-at-.html


23 posted on 07/26/2024 4:11:55 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: All

A big problem for Democrats is not that Harris is an unknown commodity.
On the contrary, she is very well-known—who just happens to be
about as popular with the American public as venereal disease.

Right now Harris is getting the biggest makeover since Dr Frankenstein
dug up corpses to remake a living being from assorted body parts.


24 posted on 07/26/2024 4:12:17 PM 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: Inyo-Mono

No. My realistic satire. Sorry.

One of the real ones————
“Culture is — it is a reflection of our moment in our time, right? And in present culture is the way we express how we’re feeling about the moment,” Harris said.

Brief summary of her word salad in NY Post.
https://nypost.com/us-news/kamala-harris-worst-word-salads/


25 posted on 07/26/2024 4:16:15 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: cgbg

Thanks, if it wasn’t so frightening to see a presidential candidate speak like that it would hilarious.


26 posted on 07/26/2024 4:20:10 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: george76

...Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Debate Team

https://thedig.howard.edu/featured-people/kamala-harris


27 posted on 07/26/2024 4:20:43 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (*** Help Trump, fund Republican candidates: https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._House_battlegrounds,_2024)
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To: frank ballenger

Thanks, you’re satire is very realistic.


28 posted on 07/26/2024 4:21:42 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Inyo-Mono

Normal people just do not talk like that.

It is inside the Beltway DEI-babble.

There is a lot more where that came from.

Kamala explains the technology behind space travel:

https://rumble.com/v55cqol-kamala-harris-explaining-astronauts-launching-in-a-rocket.html


29 posted on 07/26/2024 4:26:45 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Inyo-Mono

and of course the legendary Kamala explaining artificial intelligence:

https://rumble.com/v55cxu1-kamala-harris-explains-ai-first-of-all-its-two-letters.html

Remember, chimps—AI is two letters.

That question will be on the multiple choice final exam.

Lol.


30 posted on 07/26/2024 4:30:25 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: All

The “Saint Harris” beatification continues—— they’re saying she may not have donated to the “Free The Criminals Fund” personally, but thanks to her fundraising efforts she helped the fund raise more than $41 million in 2020. The Minnesota Freedom Fund posted bail for rapists and other violent criminals.


31 posted on 07/26/2024 4:39:12 PM 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: cgbg

A lot of Dems don’t care that they elect a stupid candidate. It’s one of their own.


32 posted on 07/26/2024 5:00:06 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: george76

The coup of PDJT in 2020 started a period in history that will end up in history books. I just hope the country can survive the lawlessness that has already occurred.


33 posted on 07/26/2024 5:03:53 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored!)
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To: tflabo

All we can do is make sure every American knows she is rock stupid.

If we do that I like our chances.

The perfect is the enemy of the good.


34 posted on 07/26/2024 5:32:33 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: george76

But the cheating will.

Prepare accordingly.


35 posted on 07/26/2024 5:50:20 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Organic Panic

I was about to post the exact same words.


36 posted on 07/26/2024 6:09:36 PM PDT by Right Brother (From Biden to Harris. From pee pads to kneepads.)
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To: george76

She’s a place holder for whomever the rats spring on us at the last minute.


37 posted on 07/26/2024 6:26:55 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: cowboyusa

after the steele balls that President Trump showed today.
********
What did President Trump do today?


38 posted on 07/26/2024 7:24:04 PM PDT by yldstrk ( )
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To: libh8er
Joe was installed in a bloodless coup.

I disagree. Click my screen name for a brief outline of the coup d'etat of 2020.

There was plenty of bloodshed served up by BLM and Antifa. Bought and paid for by Soros and WEF individuals. Ignored by state and national agencies.

All in an effort to weaken Trump's chances in November.

39 posted on 07/26/2024 7:40:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: cgbg

If you like that one - you’ll love this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K3rbIEsZC0

Over 45 different times she repeats (raising right hand) this occultic mantra (raising left hand)


40 posted on 07/26/2024 7:45:51 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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