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© Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Biden drops out of 2024 race; VP Harris gets his nod
By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
226 Comments
onedragon
Finally!!
Underworld
I bet that Trump wishes he didn't pick JD Vance as VP now. He has his base covered, but not independents. And women or people of color aren't going to want to vote for the straight white toxic male ticket.
Assuming Kamala gets the job, and she has the best name recognition, she can pick Buttigieg or Newsom or any other younger VP. The handicap on age is now fully with Donald Trump.
This just got real.
Concerned Citizen
Democrats headed for a bruising loss.
NotThe One
Even further back was their claim that Trump would be re-elected and defeat Biden. Eight million more people proved them wrong!
Chico3
Thank you Mr. President for your services and support for the US and its people. He's still the President, and I'm still expecting great things from him and his humanity towards all.
wtfjapan
I hear the nervousness coming on from the cult.
yep, now the only geriatric running for president in 2024, is Trump
wtfjapan
The flip flops on X are especially hilarious.
LOL have you read Trumps TS posts, supports states rights on abortion, thinks abortion should be nation wide, all depends on who hes directing the posts at .
NotThe One
This is great! Kamala does not need to convince the MAGA crowd or the racists that hide within the Republican party. They will never change their vote. Kamala just needs to galvanize the Democrats or Democrat adjacent people that were hesitant of voting for Biden again like young people and some ethnic groups who wanted to see a smash up.
A younger Asian-African American woman who was prosecutor putting lots of criminals in jail against a convicted criminal.
Hopefully, this will be a safe presidential election for both candidates!
NotThe One
That type of vitriol from the Republican and MAGA crowds including the White supremacists that were chanting "We like Hitler, We like Trump" at the convention will remind the country who they will be getting if Trump is re-elected.
Harris's ancestry will make her a target from the same people attacking Vance's wife. They are both apart of the same ancestral community.
Will that community mostly vote for the wife of the VP or for the woman who would become the first female US president partly representing their community?
Tamarama
Simply had to happen, everyone could see it.
If the US continues to vote Trump in, it fully deserves everything it gets as a result, including the absolute contempt of the rest of the free world.
Jimizo
That’s true. The way they talk about Trump is at best a schoolgirl with a crush and at worst a creepy cult.
Anyway, Trump is too old and in mental decline as is Biden. Biden did the right thing.
Will be interesting to see what happens next.
nishikat
Worse, Trump provoked Proud Boys to invade the USA on January 6
Proud Boys Stand By
(Trump)
Cards fan
OMG She's served in both the Senate and as VP longer than JD vance. Don't tell me he's unqualified now.
Would that be the same border that the house refused to do anything about at the behest of Trump who wanted it as a campaign issue? Yes, yes it is. Pound sand.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/27/trump-border-biden/
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4459861-trump-praises-collapse-of-bipartisan-border-deal/
Antiquesaving
No she isn't.
The only poll that said she was was Reuters/isop and is so unreliable it might as well just asked Democrats only.
All other polls had Harris doing worse than Biden.
But hey her memes are funny
PTownsend
Keep up the Republican presidential candidate has claime he is NOT a conservative.
From Fox, no les, I believe almost nothing Rupert's minions print, nor anything Trump says, but. he does say he's a man, which must appeal to his base. LOL https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-says-hes-not-conservative-im-man-common-sense
wallace
Trump now becomes the one "too old".
wallace
bass4funkToday 08:37 am JST
Trump now becomes the one "too old".
So. You made numerous posts about Biden being too old. The baton now passed to Trump.
Garthgoyle
A wise decision. Well done, Biden.
nishikat
The problem with Trump is he faces criminal court cases expeditiously if he loses or drops out (the federal ones he can simply dissolve and the state ones delay) so he will do what it takes (and doesn't care about his followers - he wants to use them to get into the WH to avoid/delay the possibility of incarceration). Trump is legally and financially compromised. Harris isn't and Biden wasn't.
Trump ordered his people to attack his own country on January 6.
Daniel Morgan
Mockingbird media still repeating the "good people on both sides" lie from 2017.... amazing. How many times do those stories have to be debunked?
lincolnman
And as expected...
"The wife of Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, Usha Chilukuri Vance, and the couple's children have become the targets of backlash for their Indian ancestry.
Chilukuri Vance, the daughter of Indian immigrants who grew up in San Diego, as well as RNC speaker Harmeet Dhillon — who is Sikh and Indian – are facing anti-Asian hate from far-right figures online.
Posts appear to have spiked this week following Vance's nomination criticizing Vance for marrying someone who is non-white, expressing concerns about an influx of Indian immigrants as a result and the so-called Great Replacement conspiracy have garnered hundreds of thousands of views according to individual post engagement figures."
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/jd-vances-wife-faces-racist-105244695.html
Given they're posting this far-right racist hate against their own candidate's wife, you can only imagine the hate they'll post against Kamala Harris...
It clearly shows MAGA for what it is - pure hate-filled racism...
Norm
Trump had four years to do that as prez — with Mexico’s money — but you know the (lack of) result.
plasticmonkey
In MAGA Land only.
I hear the nervousness coming on from the cult.
buchailldana
Good to see Trump staying classy with his comments.
And his mini me rottweiler JD " good old boy" Vance yapping away to get some treats from his master.
Vindictive sad monsters
TaiwanIsNotChina
It's called a primary. Facing an adjudicated rapist will be much easier.
You going to place money on that nonsense?
What deserves? Biden didn't disgrace himself by leading an insurrection, nor did he act as the agent of an enemy power.
dagon
And a certain vote will see a convicted felon, fraudster,liar, incompetent businessman, charlatan who already had one failed admin, but is MAGA white and on TV and say: I'll go for that.
That is the segment of the US population I am worried about.
rainyday
And watch now as the Trump fans instantly convert into social justice warriors vociferously campaigning against the vile scourge of ageism.
nishikat
Trump people: what's wrong with the idea of pushing for Trump to drop out and get another MAGA candidate? At least one who was not legally found to have raped a woman and a convicted felon. Trump is the only choice for you people?
Underworld
Ramsey's Kitchen
"POTUS is not God. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are not Biden's fault."
Well, he calls out Putin for his illegal imperialist invasion of Ukraine, nd stands united with NATO to ensure that Ukraine can defend itself. Pro-war Trump on the other hand has not condemned Putin for the war.
And yet, Putin was planning the invasion of Ukraine on Trump's watch.
Actually, no it isn't. It's on Putin.
Underworld
Ramsey's Kitchen
"Trump is a definition of peacemaker in comparison to Biden.....
No, he isn't."
Then why hasn't he condemned Putin for his imperiatic invasion of Ukraine?
" He has no idea what to do with Ukraine, but he won't end the war."
OK, so what is the plan?
"If Trump was in power Ukraine would be part of Russia by now."
That's what it was before the war and Putin still invaded.
What is this bridge you speak of?
Biden didn't invade Ukraine, Putin did.
Cards fan
You mean exactly like the GOP did in 2020?
lmao Nothing about this illegal, or even unconstitutional, and I challenge you to point out where this unconstitutional as you say.
wallace
zibala
So all the MAGA stars and supporters this morning are happy to learn Biden is no longer running in the elections. What they have wanted during the past year.
I won't be using my vote on Trump.
Bob Pns
Genuine question: why does anyone think Harris will do well? She was destroyed by Biden in the 2020 primaries
Underworld
Antiquesaving
He's 78, and obese, read all about obesity in the elderly and the many problems and risks, including dementia that come with being overweight and old.
He's 240 pounds, not 216.
Which gives him a BMI score of 32.5. Class I obese
Moderator
Back on topic please.
Cards fan
Rich coming from supporters of the guy who lied more than any other president in history.
Whine moar.
Bob Fosse
He has repeatedly stated he will not do this and there is no indication he will. Do you have any new information to share or is it just something you imagine happening?
Gene Hennigh
Well, if indeed Mr. Trump wins, life won't be much worth living, will it. I've had a good life. Remember me as a frequent commenter, friendly, (at least trying to be) funny, and willing to compromise. I'm too old for this stuff. I just wish Mr. Trump, too, would back out and give us a younger candidate, too. He'll be in Biden's age territory before you know it. Heck, right person to replace him might even get my vote.
Underworld
kurisupisu
Indeed! Kamala is a true American patriot.
wallace
So all the MAGA stars and supporters this morning are happy to learn Biden is no longer running in the elections. What they have wanted during the past year.
Jimizo
Not great, is it? Then again, there is another candidate who said this recently:
”So I said, ‘Let me ask you a question, and [the guy who makes boats in South Carolina] said, ‘Nobody ever asked this question,’ and it must be because of MIT, my relationship to MIT —very smart. He goes, I say, ‘What would happen if the boat sank from its weight? And you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery and the battery is now underwater and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?’”
Not too good, is it?
Underworld
Ramsey's Kitchen
Pro-war Trump on the other hand has not condemned Putin for the war.
No, he isn't. He has no idea what to do with Ukraine, but he won't end the war.
Also, note that Trump had Iran general Qassem Suleimani assassinated.
That's because Trump is incapable of negotiating a ceasefire.
And yet, Putin was planning the invasion of Ukraine on Trump's watch.
No he didn't. Putin attacked the Ukrainian navy on Trump's watch and he did nothing. Said nothing. He can't stand up to Putin. Nicki Haley had to put out a condemnation, because Trump was too weak.
Biden and his disastrous international policies on the other hand have led to the world being in the worst situation in decades.
No. They haven't. Biden united NATO after Trump left it flailing. If Trump was in power Ukraine would be part of Russia by now.
wtfjapan
If he can’t run again he needs to resign
for what, its not like hes been convicted of 34 criminal indictments and liable for rape and defamation.
hell finish his term in Jan 2025
lincolnman
So, do you want him to drop out like you stated previously or is it NOW a coup and he should stay like you're saying today?
And while you're at it, inform us what the flip will be tomorrow...
ROFL..
lincolnman
Then better stock up on your cortisone cream...and your Haley/Rubio 2024 banners....
eric_japan
What can be, unburdened by what has been” word salad master, border czar with so many accomplishments and extreme popularity. I totally believe in her like I believe Biden has no mental decline and the Russians are behind it all. Wink wink….
N. Knight
Cult driven nonsense
Underworld
Slayer
And yet she polls well against Trump...
Kenchi
Biden threw his support behind Harris, the party’s instant favorite for the nomination at its August convention in Chicago.
It is obvious that The author of the story has no clue… or is intentionally misleading. Given the track record of the media these days, I guess I would probably say the latter.
Harris, as a vice president, was probably hated as a presidential choice more than Biden himself. And by her own party. Just like there was absolutely no way that Biden was going to be the nominee, there is absolutely no way she is going to be the nominee.
If you actually like Harris and think that she will get the nomination, well…. Good luck with that… her receiving the nomination at this point with only cement Trump‘s reelection chances, which I think is inevitable at this point, even without Harris being on the ballot.
jib
Theoretically, Trump could be beaten, however, Kamala can not do it.
The Democrats need a stronger candidate with a message that is unified and better than Joe Biden.
Democrats need not worry about the Republicans, they need to get their own house in order.
Time is ticking.....
Underworld
itsonlyrocknroll
Good luck with that. Joe is certainly fit to run the office and unless someone invokes ammendment 25, he's there till the election.
N. Knight
The felon had his cognitive issues too. Plus being a probable child rapist/sex trafficker. Was not fit for office the first time. But his blinded cult worships him without fail as the new Messiah. "Wear the napkin! Follow the napkin!"
Gene Hennigh
What I like is the exchange of parties. Clinton, Bush 2nd, Obama. (All young guys, all did pretty well.) Then Republican, Old Trump, then Democrat Old Biden, now (maybe) Old Trump. Can't we get a few younger candidates again? Younger Presidents did fine, just fine. Now we have people old enough to be my granddad (and I'm pretty old, too). Balance is great. Not being too old to bend down and tie their own shoes would be a better seesaw. No problem with who runs one either side, but really tired of old guys and their old ways.
ClippetyClop
Cute theory. I think it's more that they don't think a fraudster, liar, rapist, thief and traitor of immense low mental caliber who already had one disastrous shot at the job should be afforded another go.
But if that's the guy you think is the best fit then go for it.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Still Putin's War.
finally rich
Kamala isn't better either.
It gives me instant itch just by listening to her for 10 seconds.
Journalist:
"We've been to the border."
Kamala:
"We've been to the border!"
Journalist:
"But YOU haven't been to the border."
[raising eyebrows]
"And I haven't been to Europe!"
[got him!]
eric_japan
DEI hire proves again it better to choose from accomplishments. The most unpopular VP ever and couldn’t even get over single digit support in primaries. Yet they put her in and now regret their choice
Jind
Trump is going to struggle with Independents and women if the Dems pick Harris / younger centrist.
Two white males vs woman person of color and another centrist.
Trump should have picked a woman as VP than listening to his sons who have zero experience in these matters.
Peter Neil
now, if trump, vance and harris drop out, the country could choose someone normal.
Antiquesaving
That is usually how you do things.
3 polls all said Harris was lower than Biden, only Reuters/isop said differently.
2 left leaning and one right said differently from Reuters.
Now Reuters is so far left since Thompson bought it, it has lost all it's previous reputation of reliability.
PTownsend
If the Republican Party and Trump's family cared about him and the nation, they would ask Trump to step side. He's 78, and obese, read all about obesity in the elderly and the many problems and risks, including dementia that come with being overweight and old. Regardless what his Dr. Ronny, or whatever name Trump calls him now says. Trump has long been known to have a terrible diet, and the only exercise he gets is walking from golf cart to golf ball, which he'll probably once again spend most of his time doing if he returns to the WH. . Now he does that cat punch- wave- point dance which is probably the most exercise he gets. He's unsuited physically, mentally, emotionally and politically for any office. But Vance as president is even more frightening.The GOP sold what bits of integrity it might have had long, long ago, putting the nation at even greater risk than it's ever been.
stormcrow
A new beginning. Harris is the leading candidate but she's far from the only one. The next few weeks should be interesting to watch. A popular governor from one of the battleground states is one option to consider.
Bob Pns
She’s one of the most unpopular vice presidents in U.S. history and (the latest I saw) was polling worse than Biden in a Trump matchup
PTownsend
Trump might be 6'3" wearing his lifts, but the doctor / GOP pol that supposedly weighed him is Dr. Ronny, I think trump has called him when he hasn't called him by another name. Trump has long bought doctors and other fixers starting in his bone spur days.
WoodyLee
Mr. Trump just won the WH unless the democratic party finds a Miracle.
plasticmonkey
@Ramsey/zibala (since your posts are always in tandem)
POTUS is not God. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are not Biden's fault.
Thanks for the Russian perspective, though.
TokyoLiving
Wise decision Joe..
Bye-den..
plasticmonkey
"they"?
Who specifically are you referring to? Most of us "leftists" have been concerned about Biden's chances for reelection for quite some time.
Anyway, one thing that distinguishes Democratic voters from MAGA ones is that they don't elevate one person to godlike status ("only Trump can save us!").
wallace
Biden takes the credit for standing down and putting the country before his ambitions.
sunfunbun
Kamala will win with Whitmer or Pete.
Either of those two would decimate dumb Vance so badly in a debate. Haha.
And Trump vs. Kamala. She’s way too good. Betting he refuses to debate, he’a sooo old.
Raw Beer
Wonderful! Now we can look forward to more cackling, as well as profound pearls of wisdom, such as:
"The governor and I, we were all doing a tour of the library here and talking about the significance of the passage of time, right, the significance of the passage of time. So, when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time in terms of what we need to do to lay these wires. What we need to do to create these jobs. And there is such great significance to the passage of time when we think about a day in the life of our children."
and
“So Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So, basically, that’s wrong.”
owzer
I’m calling it now.
Harris will be on the Democrat ticket, but as VP again.
The democrats don’t want her as POTUS but they want the money in the Biden-Harris campaign.
Then there will be a cry about gender inequality, but it will all be a Democrat-led disaster.
TaiwanIsNotChina
And yet MAGA-Putins haven't mastered this logic.
Seth Majer
Kamala is the very embodiment of how women get ahead. HEELS UP! lol
TaiwanIsNotChina
That's quite impressive: started with baseball bats of which there is no evidence.
TaiwanIsNotChina
No they are equally "bad ass" as in not at all.
lincolnman
Nope, I'm not MAGA...
Says the guy that dared Biden to drop out just two days ago and NOW says it's a "coup" - that's a MEGA-MAGA-FLIP....
Bigger than your failed Red Wave prediction in 2022...ROFL..
Better get those Haley/Rubio 2024 banners printed up...times a wastin'...
lincolnman
Sure, like "life begins at conception"...oh, wait....
So your previous posts all saying Biden should step down were all wrong...OK, thanks for admitting you've flipped...
That isn't consistent...
Well, I answered that above at 11:06 - you should read before you post. To borrow a phrase from one of your allies, "scroll up"....
ROFL...
deanzaZZR
I dislike her nasally voice. That's all I got. I can't remember one thing she did as a senator in California.
TokyoCarnivore
Woke up to the best news ever! Congratulations to the Marxist Dems! What happened. all the far-left commentators on here swore Biden would be president again and that he didn't have any health issues. haha!
Kamala was disliked in her own state! You just gave the black vote to Trump for sure! Black men where kept in prison longer than they should have been because of her. Don't forget about the man on death row she hid evidence against.
Mark my words Kamala is not going to end up the Nominee, Hillary is coming back! Trump 2024!
tora
Biden was thrown under the bus. This was coming. It was a matter of when, not if. Harris won't win the nomination. Too little, to late.
Regroup for the next one, boys.
TaiwanIsNotChina
There would be plenty of precedent for that from your own loser candidate.
Newgirlintown
Let’s not forget who she’s up against: a convicted felon and rapist who once recommended injecting bleach to the American public.
Yrral
Taylor Swift endorse Harris
Desert Tortoise
Being an old guy myself all I see here is ageism run rampant. It is deplorable!
Yeah when you get old your knees ache, your back aches, your feet hurt and maybe you walk slow. I can't climb the ladders in a warship like I used to and I probably would have a hard time doing a pre-flight inspection on my old helicopter as it involves some serious climbing and agility, but with age comes experience and wisdom. Mr. Biden has seen things the younger generation has not, and knows the lessons of history better than much of the younger generation. He sees parallels to past events in what is happening today that too many younger people do not see. He speaks about the world being at an inflection point. He knows the history of 1938 and the lead up to WWII. He also understand a lot better than may Republican candidates why the US and the Allies established the post war institutions like the UN, World Bank, IMF, European Common Market (that became the EU in time) and NATO, all those organizations the right disparages and that the right advocate the US abandon. It was that same blind isolationism that set the stage for WWII. Mr. Biden sees that and he see that if the US doesn't lead right now and make the right decisions we are going to descend into another bloody and tragic war.
But oh he's old. Yes he is but he has made good decisions on the direction this nation needs to take to secure its future. I don't care if he is a little forgetful at times, and obtw he is a stutterer which makes public speaking really hard to do. When it matters he has made good decisions for us and his heart is in the right place.
jib
Who would have thought the Democrats are now rigging their elections?
You can't make this stuff up!
N. Knight
Finally! Good! Now just need to get rid of the other brain dead geriatric lunatic cult leader (Trump) and get two young dynamic and sensible people running for president.
bass4funk
If Dems want to seriously win, they need to swing more to the center, as long as they don’t do that, they will not win any election now and going forward.
TaiwanIsNotChina
You can go ahead and hate/make fun of us but you are still going to be dependent on us.
plasticmonkey
Interesting theory. Have fun with that.
Nope.
A whole lot of MAGA nervousness on JT this morning.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Are you under the impression someone made him hit enter on X? At least he didn't fall over from getting hit in the ear and claim it was a great success.
finally rich
5th picture of Biden and Jill holding hands is priceless!
eric_japan
Rumor has it, Hilliary is waiting in the wings. Proven to be behind the Russian hoax, etc. so many good choices on the left. NOT
TaiwanIsNotChina
I bet our MAGA-Putin friends are a bit worried now after celebrating every Biden mega-gaffe.
itsonlyrocknroll
A very American coup d'état, no respect, no genuine care given, Obama, Pelosi briefed betrayed Joe Biden out of office. They schemed and plotted, The US electorate won't be taken for fools November 5th 2024.
Donald Trump campaign has wasted little time in demanding Joe Biden resign his Presidency suggesting if he is unfit to run, he is unfit to remain in office.
owzer
Bi-bi-Biden!
itsonlyrocknroll
Underworld, I don't think luck is going to save the day for President Joe Biden.
The lack of forethought, just weeks from 2024 Democratic National Convention, almost guarantees the spectacle will over shadowed by Joe Biden political obituary,
For Joe Bidens remaining time in office reduced to stumbling around with a target on his back.
rcch
The Democratic elite, corporate media, and billionaire donors successfully pressured the candidate chosen by Democratic primary voters to drop out because he's down in the polls and losing. So much for “democracy”.
TaiwanIsNotChina
You must be patient for your President Harris.
John-San
There only worry the MAGA political movement has is stopping the understate from getting at Teflon Trump. When he dons his red cap like Clark with his red and blue PJ’s bullets bounce off him like popcorn. It’s doesn't mater who put up even a reincarnated JFK wouldn’t stand a chance. So put up a toxic female as opposition like they did with Clinton and how did that work out. It’s MAGA time so get use to it because this movement is getting stronger everyday. This is the reality of USA have to except. Not to except will be met with civil discourse.
u_s__reamer
Absolutely predictable from the moment the old man announced his intention to run for a second term last year. With Gaza as his bloody legacy Biden's reprehensible political career (Clarence Thomas & Trump's escape from accountability to name just two of his "gifts" to the nation) comes to an ignominious end. No tears for him. Harris is a gamble, but I hope she picks the sharp-witted "Mayor" Pete to take on Trump's phony "Hill Billy'.
Hito Bito
Such a sign of "strength"! After years of warning signs that Biden was too senile to be president, and after years of his acolytes dutifully denying those claims...he just ups and quits? LOL. Whoops! Guess we were right?
Yes, Harris, whom Biden was only referring to as "Trump" not a week ago, gets the nod...after three years of irrelevance and failure. Her only "task" Biden gave her was "the Border"...how's that going, folks? Let's not talk about how she "rose" to the top of SF then CA politics! That's a rather dirty story for a later day.
Yes, the lady who polled under 1% when she ran for Prez in 2020...that's your standard-bearer? LOL. Hundreds of millions in "Biden" donations will be returned or refunded, according to the FEC chief. You think those people are going to re-write all those checks for Kamala? (I noticed neither Pelosi, nor Clinton, nor Obama have yet to endorse....)
The Convention is going to be fun!
lincolnman
Perfect - thank you. No better example of MAGA-hypocrisy...
A week ago: "Biden should drop out if he really loves his country. He is too old and should defer to a younger candidate. Drop out Joe!"
Then Chris LaCivita told The Daily Beast in an exclusive interview at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee; “Here’s what’s fascinating about it,” LaCivita said as he mingled on the convention floor in Milwaukee. “You are watching a coup. Literally. In front of your eyes.”
And just like that, that narrative FLIPS 180 and it's now a "coup" if he drops out...
Expect another 180 flip tomorrow as the Repubs bumble and stumble over what they want...
NOMINATION
Not sure but you seem happy being from the far left.
Yrral
Their not enough White Republican to elect Trump,and he will lose minority by a wide majority
finally rich
Biden couldn’t endure a single month of the abuse that the media has rained down on Trump for nine straight years.
TaiwanIsNotChina
MAGAs have no shame so yes, their ability to take abuse could be quite high.
Raw Beer
Naah, it's a Biden-Nuland war, which started in 2014...
TokyoCarnivore
I wonder if Obama will finally endorse Harris. I'm so happy Biden stepped down because Harris is now free game. So many skeletons in her closet and there all about to be exposed to the light.
Bad Haircut
Rearranging the deck chairs on the SS Democrat won't change the ultimate outcome. They're utter bereft of talent and nobody decent would want the job of being their nominee.
wallace
MAGA supporters expected Harris as voce president to do what Trump failed to as the president.
plasticmonkey
A brave choice that is good for the country. Joe Biden has put the good of the country above self interest.
Overall, by any objective measure, Biden has been a very good president. Unfortunately, his age has made many Democratic voters worried about his chances of beating Trump.
Now the Democrats are in a much stronger position. Go blue!
Cheradenine Zakalwe
With Kamala Harris as their opponent the MAGA ugliness will be on full display. We saw that in the Obama years with their ridiculous claims (they were the Tea Party then) that Obama was some crypto-Muslim leftist authoritarian. A woman and POC will bring many of their views to the forefront.
Funny thinking back on it after the Trump years.
Remember Trump rose to politician prominence after being a failed businessman and TV show host with his Obama birther claims.
bass4funk
Actually, they have a lot to attack her with, a lot.
That’s a side dish extra
As well as the Black community in the Bay Area
Well, then there’s the Isaac Espinoza issue where she would not give the death penalty to the thug that took his life, the police union never forgave her for that. Careful what you wish for.
Very, very, very, very slim chance.
TaiwanIsNotChina
The EU parliament, the UK parliament, the French National Assembly. Even if Harris only manages to secure a Democratic House or Senate and not the presidency, it is shaping up to be a bad year for the Putinist/Treason vote.
Underworld
Antiquesaving
It doesn't agree with my narrative, so I'll call it unreliable..
I didn't disagree with that. I said about even, because, while lower, not significantly and we have to consider the MoE.
Far left as a news organization? Doubt it. But we are rating the polling organization. And Media Bias / Fact Check rate it as High Credibility.
Antiquesaving
Follow the money!
The biggest part of the campaign funding is the $91 million Biden/Harris fund.
This is exclusive to them, under the law only they can use it.
If Biden and Harris are not on the ticket, the ones on the ticket cannot use that money.
So Harris has to remain a candidate either for president or again as VP if not there are only 2 possible options.
A-) return the $91 million to the donors.
B-) create a super PAC .
A super PAC has many restrictions and pays higher fees for ads etc....
So if a totally new team is picked then that team will need to fund raise at lightning speed to be able to do anything!
OssanAmerica
I m no fan of Harris, But ANYONE is better than a lying sex abusing convicted felon who has turned the country into a hate driven battlefield. The entire free world is looking for US leadership in the face of threats from the autocracies. Keeping Trump out of office is in the best interests of the entire world.
itsonlyrocknroll
Obama Pelosi has not endorsed Harris.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Their party their rules.
Thankfully the out of power don't get to make that determination.
itsonlyrocknroll
The so called senior democrat plotters the Obamas, Pelosi, could rule the day they treated US electorate with such distain.
For more then a year both Obama, Pelosi , the Clintons were fully aware of Joe Biden cognitive age related health concerns decline, all obvious
Yet all hid, refusing to face facts, choosing to lie, to conceal, to blatantly hoodwink the US people.
TaiwanIsNotChina
This isn't a Democratic primary. Most of the country thinks a Ham Sandwich will make a better president than the convicted felon.
kwatt
Biden is a very good man but too old to be president again. He made a good decision.
Steven
Basically, just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic at this stage.
DaDude
Kamala supports Israel too lol You acting like she falls in line with all of your beliefs because of how she looks.
DaDude
One has obvious decline and the other is just old by age. Nobody is being an ageist like you.
Ricky Kaminski13
Ah yes, the deplorables dagon. Scary stuff if you fear people that don’t think like you. If not, it’s just the usual and healthy battle of ideas between progressives and conservatives, one that we are welcome to be part of. Demonizing political opponents and supporters tells us more about you than about them unfortunately mate.
Personally think the funniest party should win.
“It is time for us to do what we have been doing. And that time is every day. Every day it is time for us to agree that there are things and tools that are available to us to slow this thing down”
Kamala
plasticmonkey
She hasn't started her campaign yet.
I love the smell of MAGA nervousness in the morning.
Ricky Kaminski13
Plastics, the left and collectivists by their very nature don’t admire individuals, success, competence and have an imbedded distrust of leaders in general. This is why we have had Biden leading the pack for so long to the point of ridiculousness. The group believes it thinks as an entity and doesn’t really need a capable leader at the helm. That’s why they are so disgusted by how Trump has managed to rally his base, it’s an affront to their very psychology. The hatred becomes vitriol.
NOMINATION
So you have been against Biden running the entire time? Sure dude!
Seesaw7
Now the only old man in the race is TRUMP!
Christopher
Oh Kamala? OMG 1. Not qualified. 2 The border under her watch an absolute sugar show.
She had one job to do. 1. Sure up Americas borders. She failed miserably, this can not be debated it is known fact. And the Dems want to put her on? There is no way this woman should ever hold another office in Government work again beyond Jan 20 2025. This would be a disaster. Kamala is a weak leader.
eric_japan
“What can be, Unburdened by what has been”
Thats a quality DEI candidate right there. I’d be willing to bet the left is extremely burdened by what has been over the last 4 years.
Christopher
The Democrats get to select a small group of people they decided to handpick for the Presidential candidate rather than have people vote for the candidate?
The American people should get the vote. This is political high jacking and robbing the American people who are Democrats their choice of candidate.
This is insane. Unconstitutional. Illegal. Follow the law.
Slayer
Kamala is a meme and the laughingstock of the democratic party. They are in big trouble and they know it.
Mr Kipling
She polls slightly worse than Biden in NATIONAL polls but the US election is not a national poll. Luckily they still have time.
bass4funk
No, the opposite.
TaiwanIsNotChina
It's early hours. They have some time still before the lunatic right can successfully claim they don't like Harris.
TaiwanIsNotChina
That's assuming Traitor Donald hasn't triggered WW3 or destroyed the ability to hold fair elections for the next one.
Blacklabel
Joe Bye-done.
why do Democrats do nothing but lie to the people?
If he can’t run again he needs to resign (after pardoning his entire family of course)
itsonlyrocknroll
Harris in on the same political "train/transport" as Joe Biden, the decision already a forgone conclusion.
Antiquesaving
Really?
Funny even the most positive poll show the Dems leading by barely 2% or 3% which means neither candidate has "most of the country" for or against them.
I know facts, those pesky facts
Polls
CBS News/YouGov
Biden 47% Trump 52% Harris 48% Trump 51%
Fox News
Biden 48% Trump 49% Harris 48% Trump 49%
NBC News
Biden43% Trump 45% Harris 45% Trump 47%
NPR/PBS/Marist
Biden50% Trump 48% Harris 50% Trump 49%
So apparently nearly 50% are willing to vote for Trump.
Yrral
Bass4,why would any woman,want to vote for a rapist like Trump
Eastmann
show must go on.
Ricky Kaminski13
From one meme to the next. Kamala will attract a certain vote that sees only a black female and that is all they need to know.. To the rest of the population who actually bother to look at character, record, performance and style she is almost as ridiculous as what Joe became. Fodder for comedians. The show must go on! Do what has to be done. Let the wheels of democracy spin, unburdened by what has been!
zibala
Those Democrats!!
Remember just two weeks ago Biden said this:
"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. I will beat him again in 2020 and by the way we're going to do it again in 2024."
lincolnman
I thought Biden was a very good President - accomplished quite a bit and was very effective in leading the West's push standing up to Putin and his invasion of Ukraine. But I'm fine with him dropping out and having a restful and enjoyable retirement.
In fact, this highlights one of the fundamental differences between Dems and the "new" Repub Party...
Dems like their candidate, they respect them, they admire them - but they don’t “worship” them. I can say I’ve never “loved” a political candidate that I’ve supported, and I don’t want to.
The New Republican Party however, had clearly gone over to the “Dark Side” - the side where they think their political candidate is “God-like”. That has never worked out well. All it has led to is authoritarianism, death, and destruction. Historically think of the Little Corporal, Stalin, and Mao. Today think Kim, the Ayatollah, and Trump.
Believing your political leader is “divine” and should be worshiped always leads to disaster. Which we’ll no doubt see as the Republican Party continues its transition into a full-blown radical personality cult. The unknown is how much damage will they do to our democracy?
If Project 2025 is any example, it will be a lot.
kurisupisu
At least Joe Biden can now take it easy whilst knowing a true American patriot will e getting the job done!
lincolnman
This changes the entire dynamic of the race...
Now the focus is not on the 81 year old candidate and his age-related gaffes, but on the 78 year old one and his MANY age related gaffes - as in multiple daily...
It clearly sets up the Dem case for the Repub war on women - restricting their medical freedom and forcing motherhood on them...
It brings the whole racist "Great Replacement Theory" front and center, as the far-right crazies go ballistic with a women of color at the top of the ticket....and one on their side of the VP ticket...
It means a Blue Wave in Nov...
bass4funk
Again, she polls worse than Biden
Not nervous, her record. Lol
TheLizardKing
Are there really people in here who believe that MAGAs are nervous about whoever the dems put forward next? LMAO delusional
zibala
This is an issue for American voters, and as one of them, I do not care who runs for the the Democratic Party.
It does not matter to the Republicans.
Christopher
Happy retirement Joe.
So, who is going to replace him on the ticket?
As a former campaign strategist. This is not a bad thing for Trump. Why all the gloom and doom?
Trump has already won the race. There is no way he can lose the way I see it.
I know one thing putting Hillary Clinton on the ticket as a replacement, would be a massive mistake.
dagon
Yes, the caretaker President to restore stability after the chaos of the Trump administration and COVID-19.
He was even more neo-liberal than Obama and made the nods to some pet progressive causes without changing much nor allowing the wing of the Democratic Party who want real progressive change fro the people, like Sanders and AOC, to exert much influence.
AOC has been warning of some of the dangers with this late game swap.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/aoc-biden-dnc.html
Heres to Kamala being able to step up her game now that she is the one in the spotlight.
dagon
Let's see, MAGA does not have that much to go on in attacking Harris from her short term as Senator and VP.
Being annoyingly wordy and her laugh?
Her prosecutorial record is another matter, she has received some heat from progressives on it.
She was a fairly conservative law and order type so from the right it would be hard to go after her with how she locked people up during her term.
If Kamala could make a center-left populism, taking cues from Sanders her brand, she might stand a chance against Trump/Vance.
bass4funk
Absolutely!
Well, according to polls and half the country, they would disagree.
Now I know you’re joking, right? ROFL!
Kenchi
The first paragraph of the above was meant to be a quote
GBR48
They got there in the end. But still missed a trick. Biden could have declared himself infirm and given Harris a few months as President, improving and publicising her image.
Blacklabel
what family member did Trump pardon?
Biden will need to pardon several on the way out.
so now we have a mentally deficient President and a Vice President who is only focused on campaigning. What could go wrong. Good thing Obama been in charge whole time I guess.
itsonlyrocknroll
TaiwanIsNotChina
This has been a horror show of mismanagement, Joe Biden never ever as a sitting President deserved to be treated in such a cynical disrespectful manner, this is outrageous appalling incompetent handling of situation of how to deal sensitively to a very delicate situation.
I contend the debate was a cruel set up. Joe team of advisers, the Clintons, Obama, Pelosi know of Joe Biden debilities, related to age, yet they ruthlessly coaxed Biden to humiliate himself in front of the American people on national TV.
That is gross abuse, It will not go unnoticed.
The conspiracy festering of a blatant cover up are already festering unchecked
itsonlyrocknroll
LIVE: President Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses VP Harris | NBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgdhFK0WTgw
This is a political ocean of incompetence, a poo storm that is destined to end November 5th and represent a scathing voter/us people backlash.
Jill Biden seemly gagged forced to witness her President, in current silence, brutally to accept his vanquishing, his fate.
zibala
These Democrats are great.
In a phone call with Kamala and donors just two nights ago:
Participants of the call were told they needed to “lock in and get behind” Biden and to not pursue efforts to push out the president.
deanzaZZR
@Christopher Please cite the federal and/or state laws which support your accusation.
falseflagsteve
Mr Biden walks away before it’s too late and opens the door to Ms Harris who many believe is a weaker candidate than the ailing Mr Biden. Will the Democrats pick a candidate with more vigour and public appeal or take is safe with Harris and face a drubbing by Trump in November?
The next few weeks we will find out no doubt
Underworld
falseflagsteve
Already Harris is doing well in the polls against Trump, and with an actual campaign behind her, will likely gain in popularity.
Harris has plenty of vigor and public appeal.
Unlikely to face a drubbing - Trump is very unpopular with everybody but his base.
Yup.
CS
Where have you been my friend? " Women and people of color" are not interested in Kamala at all.
This is precisely why the TRUMP/VANCE ticket will win the election.
Underworld
Antiquesaving
Already Harris is doing well in the polls against Trump,
Except where she is, but...
It doesn't agree with my narrative, so I'll call it unreliable...
Blacklabel
Kamala got less than 1% of the vote of her own party last time and dropped out.
She won’t win any state Biden couldn’t except whatever state her VP is from.
I’m sad that Joe didn’t get destroyed at the ballot box like he deserves. He should resign now in disgrace.
DaDude
The flip flops on Biden are funny too. We went from showing zero signs of cognitive/physical decline and all of it being a right wing conspiracy to him being unfit to run and he's gotta go in one night. Speaking of cult-like behaviors....
bass4funk
I sure did
Yup, but at least he’s in good health
Peter Neil
the best solution at this late date might be for ballots to just have line to write in who you want as president.
might get actually get someone good.
Japantime
This will be interesting. A female coming up against a gun hero. I know who will win by a long margin.
zibala
This occurred in the Crimea, where Russia already annexed under Obama-Biden.
No invasion of Ukraine took place under Trump's administration.
Biden did something though--he provoked Putin to invade Ukraine, and look at the result.
ken
"Bravo to President Biden for stepping aside!
Now we get to hear all about how Vice President Harris, the so-called 'biggest disaster ever' at the border according to Trump, has an annoyingly infamous laugh and is a 'nasty, nasty woman.' And let's not forget her biggest flaw: she's not a twice-impeached convicted felon! Plus, those millions of missing emails—wait, wrong scandal. Guess we’ll have to invent something new!"
For the sake of the world, please wake up, You People of the United States!"
obladi
Anyone normal can beat crazy Trump. I dare him to debate her.
Antiquesaving
According to the CDC
6 ft 3 in and 215 pounds is a BMI 26.9 not healthy is up to 24.9.
26.9 is barely in the overweight and nowhere near obese.
Basically 26.9 BMI is a typical dad bod.
Yrral
Once America votes Black,it never going back ,at least in the hand of Republican for a 100 years
Yrral
Woody Lee were are all these new White people for Trump gonna , appear since the Republican are peak White,with few minority voters
bass4funk
Maybe because the majority of them don't believe the allegations.
Blacklabel
he has repeatedly stated he would not be dropping out.
as recently as yesterday.
his “word as a Biden” is useless, he lied.
bass4funk
He could have stayed out of it.
More of a logical one
Eastmann
i am not american.
if anyone from guys above comes from USA I have one very personal question:
why this big country,beacon of democracy and world leader have so limited choice of people for top post?
Antiquesaving
Wishful thinking!
There are at least half a dozen other Democrats that are better and have a better chance.
bass4funk
And?
That’s ok.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden
Blacklabel
Yeah all these “Biden is never dropping out, best candidate in history” people sure dumped Joe like a bad habit lol
AramaTaihenNoYouDidnt
From Dumb to Dumber...an epic circus-show and we are all invited to watch how it unravels.
TheLizardKing
Ah yes, the place I come to hear all of the expert political opinions, the JT comment section!
I don't care who wins, I just want entertainment.
Yrral
Get ready for Trump Russia Two,as Putin pull the string on his puppet Trump
Christopher
deanzaZZR
The delegates have not voted in your candidate officially for POTUS.
Though I will admit there is no law on the books for this situation because no sitting US President has never dropped out of the race so late in the game. So, seeing Dems had no official Nomination. That was to come in early August. I will readily admit my accusation of the laws being broken was half cocked and unfound. I was wrong. But we will see pollical wrangling on the state level. And I bet when you Democrats release your nominations in August. There will be contesting of the ballots on a state wide levels. Look to Ohio for such mitigation and contesting.
However, It will not matter. Trump will win the Oval office.
bass4funk
Huh, she polls worse than Biden. She is the best thing that could happen to Trump
Sanjinosebleed
Finally Biden saw sense though I am not sure Harris has the charisma to get the Dems over the line...
TokyoLiving
Michelle is the only one surely can defeat MAGA gang..
Yrral
Bashear the VP Google VP Bashear
TaiwanIsNotChina
That's some good comedy there. Harris just needs to frame it as the Handmaid's Ticket.
bass4funk
Trump doesn’t have Dementia, he gets shot, goes to the hospital, gets patched up and continues on for 4 days of RNC rally so basically the man didn’t get sleep for 5 days, I’m way, way younger and in much better shape and can’t do that. He doesn’t stutter or flinch, was willing to take a cognitive test publicly, so yeah, he’s older, but he doesn’t act, look or move like an old person
You mean, Bush and Obama’s former doctor? Dr. Jackson,
But it’s still exercising nonetheless.
Probably. Every President has their own hobby sport
Not sure what that meant, relax. I think you should calm down. This was inevitable with Biden, I knew it, not sure why liberals are in shock about this, I’m shocked this didn’t happen sooner, but Biden is a stubborn guy.
To liberals it absolutely should be.
Yes, the majority of the old GOP establishment members are almost gone replaced by American first conservative populists, I’m happy.
Yrral
Harris nomination,like putting Holy Water on vampire, somebody hear them screaming
Blacklabel
The flip flops on X are especially hilarious. The heroic Biden decided entirely on his own to pass the torch magnanimously despite the fact that he was obviously going to win.
He’s mentally and physically fine, just can’t campaign and do his job at the same time. so for the sake of America he will just focus on his job.
Yrral
Trump is not in good mental.health Google Trump Mental Instability
change
The best decision. However, i will say the quite part loud; the country isn't ready for her. Remember electing Trump was a response to Obama.
The Rs are gonna be nasty. Her only crime is her color. Otherwise Trump would lose greatly.
Yrral
Who win the Black and Mexican vote win the election,all these young Latina will vote for Harris
WoodyLee
Best of Luck for Mrs. Harris.
bass4funk
People already know, not stopping the people that want to vote for him, or the people against him
TaiwanIsNotChina
Biden will go down as one of the most consequential and one of the most patriotic of American presidents.
Yrral
She should get the governor of Kentucky for VP
TaiwanIsNotChina
MAGAs will be using every from of lawfare on the books to try to stop their defeat. Democrats must be ready.
TaiwanIsNotChina
If Harris selected Tim Kaine as VP this would be over in a landslide for Democrats. All weaknesses covered.
deanzaZZR
My personal opinion is that Biden is fine as far as serving as president for a few more months. He physically and mentally cannot cope with the demands of a very busy presidential campaign.
Yrral
These young White women will line up behind Harris,propelling her to victory
Yrral
Any White man want his daughter to have a future,will vote for Harris