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Home Front: Politix
Biden drops out. Endorses Kamala
2024-07-21
[FoxNews] President Biden announced Sunday that he will suspend his 2024 re-election campaign amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for the president to end his 2024 bid after a disastrous debate performance last month.

The unprecedented announcement came as an increasing number of Democrat lawmakers had begun to publicly call for Biden to step aside and the party's leadership reportedly was engaged in efforts to convince Biden, 81, he could not win in November's general election against former President Trump, the 2024 GOP nominee who Biden defeated four years ago to win the White House.

And Biden quickly offered his "full support and endorsement" for Vice President Kamala Harris to take over as the party's presidential nominee.

"It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president," Biden wrote in a public letter. "While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term."

Biden said he will formally address the nation later this week about his decision.

The Trump campaign quickly started fundraising off the blockbuster news. Within 440 minutes of the preisdent's announcement, the Trump campaign put out a fundraising post on X with the subject line, "Biden just suspended his campaign."

Posted by:DarthVader

#38  /\ "Old people" are the problem, don't ya know ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-21 23:20  

#37  COVID ravages old people.
Posted by: Whavick Scourge of the Apes9857   2024-07-21 22:05  

#36  See how quickly the deep state and mainstream media ditched the Butler, PA news cycle? Memory Hole traffic backed up for miles, all lanes.

Hey Joe! Thanks for your assist. We'll see what we can do for Hunter and the rest of the BCF.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-21 21:32  

#35  Too angry to show his face or make any recording? Jill and others cut the deals and made the announcements knowing he can't let the public know he is that disconnected from power?

He may well be that far gone, the last couple of days he has look really decrepit and damaged, perhaps Kamala may be President for a time after all?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-07-21 20:36  

#34  Wait a minute. To be clear Biden has not said anything. This announcement, I think came from his personal twitter account. He as said NOTHING in public.

Fishy?
Posted by: Woodrow   2024-07-21 20:28  

#33  Apparently it's conspiracy theory season - already one circulating that someone simply persuaded Joe's Twitter poster to slap that thing up during his afternoon nap. Unlikely - but it'd be hilarious watching him try to walk it back.
Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239   2024-07-21 19:06  

#32  Why not resign? Maybe because the Speaker of the House would be next in line of succession. You think the Donks would nominate someone to fill the position (see - Gerald Ford) that the Trunks would confirm? I guess they could ask for Mitt Romney RINO who they called Hitler when he ran against Obama.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-07-21 18:40  

#31  There is a chance Joe gets up tomorrow and forgets he dropped out… he will remember when he sees a Kamala for President ad on CNN where she takes credit for ‘finally defeating Medicare’.
Posted by: Airandee   2024-07-21 17:44  

#30  Whoops. Double post.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2024-07-21 17:26  

#29  Ref #22. "Not thus shit again" graphic here please.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-21 17:25  

#28  There are questions being floated as to why Biden doesn't resign now instead of finishing out his term.

Perhaps it would be because of who's in line for a President Harris' Vice President until January. That would scr*w up the Senate.

That and she'd be the first female Prez instead of Saint Swillery.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2024-07-21 17:25  

#27  There are questions being floated as to why Biden doesn't resign now instead of finishing out his term.

Perhaps it would be because of who's in line for a President Harris' Vice President until January. That would scr*w up the Senate.

That and she'd be the first female Prez instead of Saint Swillery.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2024-07-21 17:21  

#26  Harmeet K. Dhillon
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We are witnessing a third world-style coup engineered by oligarchs as we speak, and it isn’t going to be pretty. Stay calm, folks. It’s about to get crazy.
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Posted by: Frank G   2024-07-21 17:12  

#25  And just stood up for Vance. I don’t trust her, but was surprised she wasn’t a daytime speaker at the RNC.

Posted by: Cravirt Poodle4329   2024-07-21 17:04  

#24  A millenial vp vs a boomer vp.

I think millennials and below are sick of old people.

Posted by: Cravirt Poodle4329   2024-07-21 16:58  

#23  Tulsi filleted Kamala like a (pick your color) perch in 2020 - they can't coexist.
Posted by: Frank G   2024-07-21 16:55  

#22  My bet is Hillary comes on board as veep to mind the store and keep Kammy looking over her shoulder. Ideal Dem candidates are then Sherrod Brown with Tulsi Gabbard. Sherrod offsets Vance and can play “the adult in the room.” Tulsi punches the DEI buttons and is also a vet. She can play up reconciliation with the Dems the way Vance did with Trump to chase the swing votes. More mainline candidates increase making the margin of cheat believable
Posted by: Griter+Slash1619   2024-07-21 16:40  

#21  Fred has it at #18.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-21 16:36  

#20  The Biden-Clinton-Harris wing of old-demokrat kleptocrats are now aligned against Obama and the zealot/ideologues for control of the Presidency/government lottery. Hilda just endorsed Kamala and Obama did not. Signals to minions have been set. Both sides will play nice for about a week and then the blackbooks open and the battery-counterbattery fires begin. Interesting and the quality of the dirt, when it gets to stuff that can be collected by sources only governmental resources like the 3-letters command, will show where the Deep State betting is going and who they gave it to. Fascinating.

BUT...the people in the WH, The Foreign Policy/National Security leadership at senior levels, are ALL going to taking their eyes off the ball, polishing resume's and sucking up. The already amateur-hour level of attention will rapidly diminish, and Iran, Russia, China, Cuba, and mutts from every third rate-shithole will know it and see this as the moment to act! This is a DEFCON 2 moment my friends....
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-07-21 16:25  

#19  ^ This
Posted by: Angstrom   2024-07-21 16:11  

#18  Waited until the assassination attempt didn't work.
Posted by: Fred   2024-07-21 16:05  

#17  Joe gonna be pissed when he finds out.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2024-07-21 16:01  

#16  Biden was just waiting for the check to clear.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2024-07-21 15:50  

#15  Perhaps Musk can offer a 6 month buy-out and he can leave tomorrow after nap time.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-21 15:36  

#14  Watch for the blanket pardon for the Biden crime Family
Posted by: Frank G   2024-07-21 15:36  

#13  Debate was 27 June.

For the Bidens, it took over 3 weeks to go from Denial to Anger to Bargaining to Depression to Grief.

For most of us it went from satisfaction to elation to schadenfreude and back to elation.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2024-07-21 15:25  

#12  Blood is in the water. See if he can barricade himself in the Oval Office.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-07-21 15:22  

#11  I sure called that one wrong.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-21 15:21  

#10  It is national ice cream day.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-07-21 15:09  

#9  Chuckie approves!

https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1815090503060521274
Posted by: Bobby   2024-07-21 15:09  

#8  I'm kinda hoping for a full on Arkancide throwdown at the convention. I'd love for Cankles to go caveman on Harris and Harris to truly let loose.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2024-07-21 14:55  

#7  Will donks rally around CackleHo or will the convention be a brawl? I'm hoping for a brawl.
Posted by: Pheresing Chaviper1396   2024-07-21 14:49  

#6  The Hollywood influence was apparently a factor in his decision. Something to think about.
Posted by: Pheresing Chaviper1396   2024-07-21 14:46  

#5  I honestly didn't think he would. Wow.
Posted by: no mo uro   2024-07-21 14:41  

#4  Bee: Jill Biden Drops Out Of Presidential Race
Posted by: Frank G   2024-07-21 14:41  

#3  
Posted by: badanov   2024-07-21 14:39  

#2  Biden drops out of presidential race after Democratic revolt following disastrous debate: ‘Best interest of the country’
Posted by: Frank G   2024-07-21 14:19  

#1  So the rumors of him dropping this Sunday were true.
Posted by: DarthVader   2024-07-21 14:19  

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