Trump and his supporters are slamming Biden for quitting the race and endorsing VP Kamala Harris instead, calling it a "coup" and demanding refunds.
  • Trump and his supporters are slamming Joe Biden for quitting the race and endorsing Kamala Harris.
  • Some members of MAGA world are bemoaning the millions of dollars spent running against Joe Biden.
  • Biden’s withdrawal also means Trump is now the oldest candidate in the presidential race.
  • SpikedPunchVictim@lemmy.world
    804·
    5 months ago

    You guys realize that Biden waited until after the RNC to announce this right? He’s making this as hard as possible for them to pivot. You had hundreds of people in the same city, building strategies for their campaign. He had made sure that Kamala would have the delegates secured to ensure there would be no in-fighting for the next candidate. They did little to stop the media in going down the rabbit hole of the all-consuming news that he should drop out. They used it for their advantage to create a positive whirl wind around Kamala. Truly brilliant.

    • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      291·
      5 months ago

      At the time it was frustrating, but in hindsight this was all clearly orchestrated. A brilliant move by the Democrats and an incredible act of patriotism by President Biden. His legacy is secured in perpetuity.

      • madcaesar@lemmy.world
        4·
        5 months ago

        Only great people give up power willingly. Huge props to Biden. I didn’t want him to quit because I always knew he was a good president and a good man.

        Hopefully the next candidate will be able to take down Trump.

    • tills13@lemmy.world
      177·
      5 months ago

      Nice thought exercise but in reality an old man got COVID and was finally convinced that he was a losing gambit.

      • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
        31·
        5 months ago

        That’s not what happened. He had a run of bad luck over a couple of weeks, including getting covid, and then some major donors said they would withdraw support.

        I mean he still gets the credit for doing the right thing. He could’ve hung in there until the bitter end… but it’s always about the money.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
      3·
      5 months ago

      I like this idea.

      It’s certainly true that if Biden was planning to withdraw then after the republican convention and before the dems was certainly the correct time to do it.

    • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      21·
      5 months ago

      I believe it was a mistake to pull out this late in the game and think its probably giving Trump the win but seeing how mad republicans get is almost worth it.

      • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        5 months ago

        I don’t really understand how it’s too late?

        4 months feels like a perfect amount of time to woo the populace - enough time to see and hear her without getting weary of her.

        What advantages would they have had by switching Kamala in a month or two ago ?

      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
        22·
        5 months ago

        I believe it was a mistake to pull out this late in the game and think its probably giving Trump the win

        Kamala polls better than Biden in match-ups against trump among every age group except boomers whose kids are trying to get them to surrender their car-keys.

        That said, I expect it’s all rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. Turn out among dem voters will probably be lower than in 2020 because that’s what happens when instead of doing what your voters want, you end covid protections, facilitate a genocide, and beat them up for protesting that genocide.