Biden tells Hill Democrats he ‘declines’ to step aside and says it’s time for party drama ‘to end’
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Narrator: *The drama did not end*
I think this is the fastest speedrun I’ve seen a candidate go from beloved to despised. This is shocking arrogance. His poll numbers are through the floor, there is no path for him to win.
Grandpa driving the car off a cliff.
Please just retire man. Why would anyone wanna spend the twilightyears of their life doing this shit?
Cool. Talk down to us some more and tell us to ignore what we all saw. That’s going to go over great. But as long as you try your ~~best~~ goodest then I guess it’s all okay.
>He stressed that the party has “one job,” which is to defeat presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in November.
YOU have one job……you had one job on that debate stage
Biden thinks it is just an issue between him and Democrats in Congress. It is an issue between him and the voters. No one takes into account what the people want.
I cannot stand this guy anymore. He’s going to lose 40 states and destroy the party with him.
Trump’s win is all but guaranteed now.
OK. Fine with me. But he better show those who’ve lost all faith in him why he’s still the best choice for president, because as long as public opinion is dominated by that debate performance, he’s screwing everyone over by staying in the race.
His arrogance is astonishing
Ok then people will just “decline” to vote, and we’ll end up with a second Trump term, without any guardrails this time around. It’ll be OK tho because according to this old fucker, all that matters in the end is that he tried his hardest.
We now have the choice of voting for an old man that will accidentally drive his car through the mall….or the old man that will do it on purpose.
Maybe time to use that 25th Amendment thing.
He could end it by walking downstairs to the press briefing room and answering questions coherently for an hour.
>“Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us.
Bro, 75% of voters, 82% of independents, and 56% of Democrats *want you to step aside*. Your approval rating is 36%. Your own party leadership is trying to toss you.
Donald Trump, who should be an easy opponent, is polling *12 points better* in head to heads against you 4 years later – after an insurrection and a conviction for felonies.
Despite all this, there is no plan. No 2-hour town halls planned, no energetic, no-holds-barred comeback story coming that he desperately needs to do.
I think the time to avert “weakened resolve” has passed. Voters are completely done.
I defended Biden for 4 years, but now he just comes off as arrogant – and worse, someone whose legacy will be handing Trump an election on a silver platter.
To me this further makes him seem like he has dementia
The hubris. There are many people counting on Trump not being President. Biden should stuff his ego, stand aside, and let someone more likely to win run.
If Joe is on the ballot I’ll vote for him if he’s on a fucking gurney.
He shouldn’t be on the ballot and if he fails he’s is responsible for the end of America. This fucking arrogance is sickening. I thought Trump was supposed to be the “it’s all about ME candidate…”
Usually you see this kind of ostriching in dictators surrounded by yes-men.
I’m starting to hate this dude
Is he going to hold on-the-fly events to prove he isn’t sundowning? Because if he’s not, he’s not committed to shit.
Republicans think they have the best chance against Biden. No Republican is calling for the use of the 25th Amendment.
Lol they’re going to lose so bad because of this old fuck
Reading his letter to House Dems…say what you will about this whole situation, but the whole “there was a primary, actually!” thing shows you what little respect the Biden team has for his own voter’s intelligence. Just not an argument being made in good faith.
Man this is just insane how quick he’s tanked his reputation. Stop fucking around already
No thanks. I called all my reps over the weekend and told them if Biden doesn’t go, I will never vote for the Dems ever again. That was a lie, I’ll vote for them like my life depends on it, but I wanted them to get the message.
I gotta be honest, the Biden doing an interview on Morning Joe right now sounds a hell of a lot better than the Biden in that interview on the 5th, and light years ahead of what ever happened on that debate night. He needs to do THAT more often. He needs to get pissed, he needs to point out how fucking terrible Trump is. If he’s not going anywhere (which it sounds like he’s not) then *this* version of Biden better be the one that shows up all the way through the election.
Dude you’re going to lose the election and the whole fucking world goes boom. Gtfo
NYT: “The president, on “Morning Joe,” said he was “so frustrated by the elites” in the Democratic Party who believe he should drop out of the race. He issued a challenge to Democrats who think he should withdraw: “Run against me. Announce for president. Challenge me at the convention.”
Translation: “I refuse to drop out! I’m a career politician who served more years in the senate than most people have been alive, but it’s the ELITES who are wrong! To prove how tough I am, I challenge you to run at the convention (where a majority of delegates are already legally bound to me after having never been offered a choice!)”
We’re getting RBG’d again. Strategic retirement needs to be a thing.
Can Democrats make passing a dementia test a requirement for the nomination? I don’t see why a party can’t set requirements above and beyond what the constitution requires.
The party should have had actual primaries.
And/or Biden should have just honored his agreement to be a one-term President
It’s time for your selfish ass to STFU and step aside. You can’t win. Let someone in who can. This election is too important.
We gotta take the keys away from Grandpa. He won’t like it, but he’s not capable of driving the country anymore.
Again distractions. Every cabinet does this. This is not new. Please vote blue because Project2025 is here and ready to be implemented if you don’t. They want to send your children to war by forcing ASVAB testing for all children in secondary federally funded schools. That is in the chapter DoD, page 102. That tells me that those children who are in private schools don’t need to take the test? Seems rather suspicious. They want to cut VA benefits and Farm subsidies. They want to codify the abortion ban as federal law. They will only protect families that consist of man women and child. There is much much more. Please educate yourself!
I would literally vote for Biden in a coma before I vote for Trump.
Actually it’s time for the gaslighting from Biden and his staff to end
Biden is a selfish bastard who will cost us our democracy
He is going to be pushed out either now or in November
He’s tarnishing his legacy by going this route
This is like trying to tell my grandfather he can’t drive anymore.
Fuck this guy. It’s RBG all over again. The democrats have no one to blame but themselves.
Hey Republicans & Russian trolls, let me save you the effort:
1. I have supported Biden for X, but he needs to go because he isn’t perfect.
a. agree and notch up the rhetoric
b. agree, use analogy or continue rhetoric in some way
2. His arrogance will get Trump elected.
a. agree and notch up the rhetoric
b. agree, use analogy or continue rhetoric in some way
3. Make a false equivalency between Biden and Trump.
a. agree and notch up the rhetoric
b. agree, use analogy or continue rhetoric in some way
Some other variations, but they get more dull:
4. Say that there was no primary
5. Falsely claim Biden said he would be a one term president
6. Analogy about him being old
7. Too old and blame Democrat leadership for a cover-up (or corporate elites).
8. Biden dismisses any concerns about him.
9. Biden = RGB (because there isn’t a VP?)
10. You must be blue MAGA if you want to elect Joe.
11. A short series where you correct the last poster with “goodtest”
Any one want to add to these? The lameness and repetition is getting as dull as a Trump speech.
Nadler is 77 and Waters is 85.
Fucking democrats. They may not be fascists but they’re still a bunch of fucking power hungry assholes who are helping fascism along with their typical greed, arrogance and inability to do the right fucking thing. And that includes Biden at this point.
8 years of damning the political right for standing with Donald Trump despite the obvious, now Biden supporters are showing the same wilful blindness.
This reality is insane.
God damn this is just pissing me off more. I used to love Biden, I would tear up watching Obama surprise Biden with the medal of freedom… but he needs to go