BYE-BYE BIDEN ... Breaking News 7/21/2024 - Grandpa is officially stepping down!

[MetalSludgeCEO]

Just hit the wire at 11:00AM (PST)

Who is up next?

Kamala Harris, or other?

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Biden to step down as Democratic presidential nominee


President Biden announced Sunday that he will step aside as the Democratic presidential nominee, ending weeks of hand-wringing among party leaders who urged him to leave the race after a disastrous debate performance left many Democrats fearing he was too old for office and unable to defeat former President Trump.

Biden’s decision opens a path for Vice President Kamala Harris and other possible replacement candidates, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, to hastily mount a campaign for the nomination ahead of the Democratic National Convention in mid-August.

“I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term,” Biden said in a statement. He will address the nation later in the week, he said.

He thanked those who worked on the campaign and Harris for being “an extraordinary partner in all this work,” but he did not endorse her to replace him on the ticket.

A Harris-Trump contest would present a stark contrast between Harris — 59, Black, Asian and the first woman to serve as vice president — against the 78-year-old Trump, a convicted felon whose presidency and campaign have been laced with racist and misogynistic underpinnings. Trump would become the oldest president in office by the end of his term. Harris would be the first woman president.

The groundwork for a last-minute presidential nominee switch-up began in June, when the 81-year-old Biden appeared weak and flustered in a debate against Trump, sending a jolt of panic among Democrats.

Overnight, the president’s age and mental acuity — which polls show have long been a top concern for voters — burst into the mainstream conversation among political punditry.

The first sitting Democratic member of Congress to call for Biden to withdraw was Lloyd Doggett of Texas, whose comments on July 2 presaged what other lawmakers and party leaders would say about Biden and the election. Doggett praised Biden’s lengthy service to the country and touted his record, but turning to the debate, said, “Instead of reassuring voters, the president failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump’s lies.”

Biden, at least initially, remained undaunted.

“I am running and gonna win again,” Biden said July 5 at a rally with supporters in Madison, Wis. “They’re trying to push me out of the race. Well let me say this as clearly as I can: I’m staying in the race. I’ll beat Donald Trump.”

Later that day, Biden’s interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos did little to repair the damage from the debate. At times, Biden faltered, sidestepped questions and once again failed to reassure supporters that he was equipped to lead the country.

The ABC interview came after polls showing support for the president eroding.

As weeks wore on, a trickle of calls for the president to step aside grew into a steady stream — including from top leaders in his own party.

Actor George Clooney, a major Democratic donor and fundraiser, said July 10 that Democrats are “not going to win in November with this president.” Clooney spelled out his reasoning in an op-ed for the New York Times under the headline “I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.”

On Wednesday, Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank became the most prominent Democrat in Congress up to that point to call on Biden to make way for a new candidate.

“A second Trump presidency will undermine the very foundation of our democracy, and I have serious concerns about whether the president can defeat Donald Trump in November,” Schiff said.

Schiff’s statement came the same day a poll by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reported that nearly two-thirds of Democrats surveyed said Biden should withdraw from the race.

Biden’s decision to withdraw fundamentally reshapes the 2024 campaign for both Democrats and Republicans, and could provide a welcome boost for Democrats who’ve faced flagging support from a relatively apathetic electorate.

Polls have repeatedly shown that many Americans did not welcome a repeat of 2020’s Biden-Trump contest. Biden in particular struggled to surmount voters’ concerns that he would be fit to govern the country well into his 80s.

Biden also faced backlash, particularly from young voters and voters of color, for his handling of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Though Biden easily won every Democratic primary so far, thousands of disgruntled Americans voted “uncommitted” in several states, in an effort by pro-Palestinian protesters to register their discontent over his support of Israel.

The president’s single term in office will cap a government career that began over 50 years ago, when Biden was elected to a Delaware County Council seat in his home state of Pennsylvania. He represented Delaware in the Senate 36 years, cultivating close political relationships with a broad spectrum of Republican and Democratic Senate colleagues. He also led the influential Senate Judiciary Committee, which confirmed Justice Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court despite a widely publicized controversy involving sexual harassment allegations.

During his tenure as senator, Biden long harbored presidential aspirations, running for the highest office in 1988 and again in 2008 before accepting former President Obama’s invitation to serve as vice president.

After two terms as second-in-command, Biden once again launched his own presidential bid in 2020, surging from the middle of the pack of Democratic candidates to clinch the nomination. The 2020 election results, taking place amid the historic COVID-19 pandemic, came down to razor-thin margins in a handful of key swing states, with the final count drawing out for several days.

Even before he took office, Biden faced unprecedented challenges to his presidency when a group of pro-Trump rioters broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the day Congress was scheduled to certify the election results.

Biden presided over a sharply divided Congress, but pushed through pandemic relief stimulus packages and signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act — to date the nation’s largest set of initiatives to combat climate change. He also led a chaotic removal of American troops from Afghanistan that drew criticism from many in his own party.

Biden’s decision to step aside echoed the actions 56 years earlier of another Democratic president who held office during a turbulent time.

Speaking from the White House on March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson said he had to devote himself to the Vietnam War and divisive domestic issues. “Accordingly,” he said, “I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.”

Doggett alluded to Johnson, a fellow Texan, when he urged Biden to make way for new leadership for the good of the country: “Under very different circumstances, he made the painful decision to withdraw. President Biden should do the same.”

This is a breaking news report and will be updated.



> https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/ ... e-election

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$ludge

[Bono Nettencourt]

Try and hide your glee a little.

[Royal Dudeness]

Good riddance

[Turner Coates]

Gee...I wonder which one a majority of WOMEN will support?
The convicted molester, or the former D.A.?

[LAglamrocker]

Caitlin Clark mom or dad could win
I would vote for either

[MattleyCrue]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9scqjyv ... t1YmNhMG41

[Nate S Axel]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9scqjyv ... t1YmNhMG41

When are you going to post your new haul of hair band shirts on Instagram? It's been a long time!

[gtrjay]

This is crazy!

[TooOldToCare]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9scqjyv ... t1YmNhMG41

When are you going to post your new haul of hair band shirts on Instagram? It's been a long time!

He blew his budget on Let's Go Brandon attire and 15 flags for his house.

[MattleyCrue]

I just scored about 15 vintage ones the past 2 weeks.

Maybe next video will wear MAGA hat instead of Chrome Hearts

[cowpins]

Gee...I wonder which one a majority of WOMEN will support?
The convicted molester, or the former D.A.?

"Well, Junior. Kamala is a colored and that women they said he had relations with was a white women, so he aint all that bad".

[Psychobolia.com]

I just scored about 15 vintage ones the past 2 weeks.

Maybe next video will wear MAGA hat instead of Chrome Hearts

I saw your recent Tuff haul on Insta the other day...but have no idea how to freeze the video, I wanted to read the "top 10 things we do on tour" on one of them lol

[Tommy2Tone84]

This is crazy!

You think? This is par for the American political landscape dating back 50 years.

Batshit crazy Republicans who want to dictate and run our lives. While weak, sniveling, disorganized Democrats easily turn on their own when the future and fate of the country is on the line.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Actually, this hasn't happened since 1968.

Tammy2Bone, as informed as usual.

[tym]

I think Trump in Office would be a real shit show. Its no secret he is a Fan of Putin. Trump will Stop America's helping Ukraine in its fight against Russia. If Ukraine falls, then that puts Putin and Russia with allot more Man Power and Fire power to go after a Nato Country. Would not surprise me at all to see Ruissa go after Poland, possibly get help from North Korea.

No way any country will risk a Nuclear war. My bet Trump will do nothing to help other countries. He will claim he does not wanna risk a Confrontation with Russia using American Troops. I just hope the same thing happens this election cycle that happened last time. People come out of the Wood Work to keep Trump out of Office. With Kamala now running for President. I HOPE its enough to keep Trump out of office. On paper, it would seem that Kamala would Gain not only the Black vote, but as well the womans vote. I think Trump putting an end to Abortion Rights should go in favor of more voting Democrats.

See how it all plays out. What will be will be. I just hope it does not end with Trump In office, and way to many more People dying trying to stop Putin.

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

America First!

Republicans want to run our lives?

Obama says open nomination at convention so she’s not THE nominee yet, but if she is Trump loses.

She gets almost all of the black, Latino, gay and women votes.

Great timing, totally erased the RNC but just wait till the dem convention … this should be fun … cities will burn.

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Trump will probably lose anyway if he doesn’t tone it down, anybody see the rally last night?

He may not lose any votes with that BS but he won’t gain any votes.

[Bono Nettencourt]

This may help him. He's basically in a one-month forced timeout now.

[Love_Industry]

Putin and Russia with allot more Man Power and Fire power to go after a Nato Country. Would not surprise me at all to see Ruissa go after Poland, possibly get help from North Korea.

This could be fun. Poland is in NATO, has a big population / economy and a better trained and equipped military - including F-16s- than Ukraine had in 2022. And a pretty good track record against Russia / USSR... it's only a century since they sent the Soviets running back home to Asia. Would love to see that happening again. Life in the Polish Occupational Zone won't be fun for the Russians left behind in Europe.

[Tommy2Tone84]

Actually, this hasn't happened since 1968.

Tammy2Bone, as informed as usual.

Settle down there Bonboner Buttlickincourt.

In many ways it has. Democrats turned on their party and helped vote Nixon, Ford and later Reagan and Bush into office by landslides. It wasn’t until Bill Clinton that they came back to the party. Of course, they eventually turned their backs on him too because Monica Lewinsky just had to wrap her mouth around his saggy, old man balls because the much older, very married college professor that she had been pursuing and boning a couple years before finally wised up and went back to his wife and kids.

“Independents” are just sniveling Democrats who get seduced by the dark side and have no party loyalty. Their alleged grievances over Vietnam was a smoke show. They switched parties because LBJ legally gave the Black Community full autonomy and the right to vote, finally.

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Instead of Trump playing nice and trying to pick up some dem/independent votes he desperately needs by saying something like “Farewell, thank you for your service, etc.” …. Trump is like “Worst president ever, good riddance, go F yourself” … not smart, IMO.

He’s going to asshole himself right out of this race.

[juano]

Potato Joe is dividing the democratic party worse than he divided the United States.

[exitflagger]

Donnie better cinch up his depends. Incoming's about to get a little harder to dodge.

[HueyRamone]

because Monica Lewinsky just had to wrap her mouth around his saggy, old man balls

He wasnt even fifty yet when she started doing that! Just a kid, like Billy Leotardo.

[REO Cokewagon]

I just scored about 15 vintage ones the past 2 weeks.

Maybe next video will wear MAGA hat instead of Chrome Hearts

I saw your recent Tuff haul on Insta the other day...but have no idea how to freeze the video, I wanted to read the "top 10 things we do on tour" on one of them lol

What the hell are u doin with MattleyCrue on Instagram??!! Get the fuck off of there now!!!

[Sleek]

One fucking day...I want just one fucking day without some historical/unprecedented shit happening.

[fatscott]

Fuck Donald Trump and his low IQ cult. Anyone who listens to the fucking moron for more than 5 minutes, and thinks he is fit to run a country, is a fucking idiot.

[alleyrulez]

Potato Joe is dividing the democratic party worse than he divided the United States.

actually, everyone seems to be endorsing Kamala, so no division to be seen, really.

[Tommy2Tone84]

because Monica Lewinsky just had to wrap her mouth around his saggy, old man balls

He wasnt even fifty yet when she started doing that! Just a kid, like Billy Leotardo.

Was he thirty-seven? Doesn’t matter. The libs lost their shit over it and helped get W. elected during the next election cycle. Meanwhile, back in the late 80s, the cons are falling all over themselves trying to take credit for Iran-Contra as they get Reagan into the sainthood.

[DangerZone]

Instead of Trump playing nice and trying to pick up some dem/independent votes he desperately needs by saying something like “Farewell, thank you for your service, etc.” …. Trump is like “Worst president ever, good riddance, go F yourself” … not smart, IMO.

He’s going to asshole himself right out of this race.

That wouldn’t be on brand.
The reason people like Trump is because he says wha he thinks (which aligns with their thoughts)