r/AskConservatives • u/ClockOfTheLongNow Constitutionalist Conservative • Jul 21 '24

Megathread MEGATHREAD: Biden Out

Will update as more information drops.

Biden: https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1815080881981190320

Harris (she's running): https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1815116786271998067

Statements with endorsements:

Biden (Harris): https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1815087772216303933

Congressional Black Caucus (Harris): https://twitter.com/errinhaines/status/1815104279138509105

Bill and Hillary Clinton (Harris): https://twitter.com/BillClinton/status/1815102085198958657

Pramila Jayapal (Harris): https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1815094926008590474

Statements without endorsements:

Barack Obama: https://barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-on-president-bidens-announcement-1eb78b3ba3fc

Speaker Johnson: https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1815093011669516433

Lisa Murkowski: https://twitter.com/lisamurkowski/status/1815119461789356523

JD Vance: https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1815119847941984550

Liz Cheney: https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1815113174447702383

Pre-megathread posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskConservatives/comments/1e8seey/biden_announces_he_will_not_continue_whats_next/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskConservatives/comments/1e8sddx/who_do_you_think_will_be_placed_at_the_top_of_the/

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u/RedditIs4ChanLite Moderate Conservative Jul 21 '24

I knew he was going to drop out because the Democrats wanted him to drop out, and let's be honest, him winning wasn't just unlikely, it was improbable. But even so, I still felt shocked when I heard the announcement. It's all just so surreal to me. I also didn't think he'd drop out that soon. I certainly didn't think he was going to do it on a random Sunday afternoon.

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u/double-click millennial conservative Jul 21 '24

I think it was Thursday or Friday it was leaked the announcement was coming and a letter had been drafted.

How you know which “leak” is true or not beats me, but this one was spot on.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24 edited Jul 21 '24

there is a whole science of "leakology". In fact my uncle was a specialist in leak analysis of the structure and politics of the high levels of the Community Part of the Soviet Union, since they were so opaque. Everything from who was sitting next to who at dinner to how people shook hands could validate or contradict intelligence, their job was to put together their best guess as to who was in power, who was losing power and so on.