Just when President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign didn’t think matters for their candidate could possibly get any worse after the disastrous debate last week, along comes a news story that reveals former Democratic Party supporters of the commander-in-chief during the 2020 election are bailing out on him this time around. We’ve seen a ton of that happening in the realm of political pundits, big time donors, and fellow politicians, but now former “rider-or-die” fans of his among voters are ditching him.
In fact, according to a report from DNYUZ, “Jeanne Winograd, 72, a Democrat in Phoenix, is such a ride-or-die fan of President Biden that, on Valentine’s Day, she mailed him a card to say his vigor, not his age, would shape the presidential election. But after a week of panic attacks after his dismal debate performance, she felt compelled to send him another card.”
This card didn’t contain a lovey-dovey message of support. It was a “Thanks for everything, but it’s time to go.”
“I just love Biden, but he’s frail,” Ms. Winograd stated concerning the president. “Pass the baton.”
Of course, the big question is who Biden should pass the baton to? Lots of names have been tossed around over the course of the last seven days including former Michelle Obama, twice-failed Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and of course, Vice President Kamala Harris, though I think she’s being less seriously considered due to the fact she’s got the intelligence quotient of an infant’s shoe size.
As Mr. Biden and his allies have scrambled to fix the damage from the debate last week, and to insist he will not bow out of the race, dozens of Democratic voters have said they no longer believe he can accomplish the one thing they urgently want — a defeat of former President Donald J. Trump. They are desperate for the party to find a Plan B.
In 80 interviews at Independence Day parades, pie-eating contests and political events this holiday in the political battlegrounds of Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina, more than half of voters who had supported Mr. Biden in 2020 now said he should drop out of the race. About a quarter said he should stay in. The rest were unsure.
The turmoil engulfing the Democratic Party had left them sleep-deprived and divided about a path forward, with some saying it would be pragmatic to dump Mr. Biden and others arguing that he was Democrats’ best — or only? — option in November.
Several Democratic voters stated that Vice President Kamala Harris is the best pick to replace Biden on the ticket. These people are criminally insane and probably should have a mental evaluation before being allowed to participate in an election. Seriously.
Other said they were concerned that she wouldn’t be able to match Trump and then suggested that either the governor of Michigan or Pennsylvania would make for a better choice. Folks, Democrats are determined to destroy everything our nation stands for.
Every voter but one said they would still vote for Mr. Biden if he remained in the race. They said they viewed Mr. Trump as a greater threat to democracy, women’s rights and the future of the world than Mr. Biden, who would be 86 at the end of second term. They also said that they believed that Mr. Trump, 78, was not mentally equipped to serve another four years.
There were quite a few individuals who were worried about all of the risks that come with suddenly replacing the presidential nominee only four months before an election.
“We can’t agree on a way ahead, we can’t agree on what to do about the current situation,” said Raja Seshadri, 46, who is employed by the National Institutes of Health in Raleigh, N.C. “We’re going to lose.”
Unsurprisingly, a lot of leftist voters stated they are both frustrated and betrayed by how their party has worked hard to avoid talking about whether or not Biden should step aside as the nominee. These folks are not buying the excuses that liberal politicians and talking heads are selling as excuses for Biden’s mumbling and bumbling on the debate stage. It was, in their eyes, more than just a bad night, jet lag, or being under the weather.
Biden’s appearances following the debate did little to assuage their fears.
“It is disgraceful they’ve allowed him to get here and all of us to be here,” Elaine Becherer, a 48-year-old who works in university planning in Phoenix, said as she and other Biden voters in Arizona discussed his candidacy on a video call this week.
“Our ‘Dear Leader,’ ” Cristina Ospina, a 56-year-old neurologist in Phoenix who studies movement disorders, chimed in sarcastically, referring to North Korea’s adulatory description of its leader, Kim Jong Un.
The report then revealed that, “Liz Purvis, the chair of the Granville County Democratic Party in North Carolina, a purple county that Mr. Trump won in 2020, said her thought on the intraparty debate right now is simple: ‘Straight up, I think sticking with Biden is the right call.'”
“With the money they’ve raised, and the organizing power that the coordinated campaign is doing, our smoothest road toward a Democratic victory feels to me like it runs through a Biden campaign,” Ms. Purvis further explained.
To summarize my thoughts on all this: Biden is toast.
Trump 2024.
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