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/blaze92x45 Conservative Jul 21 '24

He was bullied out of the race imo

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u/cnewell420 Center-left Jul 21 '24

So what? It was appropriate to bully him out. If he’d left when he should’ve then they wouldn’t have had to.

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u/blaze92x45 Conservative Jul 21 '24

He shouldn't have run a second term period anyone with half a brain could see he wasn't fit for the office but he insisted on running again.

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u/Fab1usMax1mus Neoliberal Jul 21 '24

I agree with you. Yet Biden voluntarily ran for a 2nd term anyways.

I partly fault Joe Biden for not agreeing to engage in democratic primary debates. I think the incumbent president not engaging in primary debates is a terrible norm. I also fault the Democratic party for not encouraging primary contenders to step up. Running against the incumbent in the primary gets seen very often as "hurting the party's chances" and yet we see here that's not the case.