No, but arguing one is saving democracy is a form of demagoguery. That's not to say Trump doesn't practice demagoguery.
Will Biden step down?
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Sell me on a team that won't overthrow democracy...
Yet many Republicans left his team, never to return, during his term in office.
David Shulkin
H.R. McMaster
Rex Tillerson
John McEntee
Gary Cohn
Hope Hicks
Rob Porter
Omarosa Manigault-Newman
Dina Powell
Tom Price
Sebastian Gorka
Steve Bannon - Isn't he in jail now?
Anthony Scaramucci
Reince Priebus
Sean Spicer
Mike Dubke
James Comey
Mike Flynn
Sally Yates
Other notables:
- Steven Goldstein: Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- Josh Raffel: Deputy communications director
- Rick Dearborn: deputy chief of staff
- George Sifakis: director, Office of Public Liaison
- Ezra Cohen-Watnick: senior director for intelligence programs, National Security Council
- Michael Short: senior press assistant
- Walter Shaub: director, Office of Government Ethics
- Vivek Murthy: surgeon general
- Angella Reid: chief usher, White House
- Katie Walsh: deputy chief of staff
- Preet Bharara: U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York
ABC News' John Parkinson, Justin Fishel, Katherine Faulders, John Santu
Honestly, I think that's just gobbledygook. Argue it's not.
American Democracy to the American people (and the Canadians who watch too much U.S. cable news):
The reports of my (pending) death are greatly exaggerated.
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You're free to have your opinion. If you think the Democrats are saving democracy, I doubt I or anyone else will change it.
It is however, assumed the President sets the policy goals. He will listen, but make the final decision Because that is what the people elect them on..
People are now questioning who is setting policy. And even who is making the final decisions.
How about the 25th? Methinks there will be a legit case in the eyes of many Americans. And it won't matter if it works. The optics of a cabal of advisors protecting a senile old man to hold their power positions will be a default position.
And that is anti democracy in their eyes.
Who are "people"? The pundits on cable news? Are they congregating in front of government buildings, or just talking heads on TV?
I don't think anyone other than Trump himself seriously
believe he is a champion of democracy. I do believe Trump
is good in taking advantage of democracy which is not
admirable but nonetheless understandable.
He probably needs to go because he's going to get trounced by Trump. The world would be safer and more stable and democracy would remain intact with Biden ( and his team of advisors) compared to Trump , who is a lying degenerate and is insane. But Biden will probably lose because of his stumbling , mumbling , stuttering performance on that debate stage. Of course Butler has been campaigning for Trump by constantly attacking Biden, so he can take some credit for the moral and spiritual decline in world affairs, the destruction of democracy and the weaponization of the White House ( yea, Trump is always guilty of exactly what he falsely accuses others of). There may not be time to find and promote another candidate at this late date, so Trump may achieve the ultimate notoriety of bringing down civilization which he craves as long as he's getting attention.
First, it's a joke. Second, it was widely reported in Liberal media.
Finally, read the quote carefully. It says nothing about Obama's preference for a 2020 Democratic nominee one way or another.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics...joe-biden-campaign-legacy-2020-bts-nr-vpx.cnn
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The dems are claiming he was over prepared but if that's true he still totally bumbled what they prepared him on.
Even worse, Biden missed so many obvious rebuttals and chances from rump its pathetic.
This one alone should have stopped the debate, rump claims he had inside info that Putin was going to invade Ukraine and didn't tell either the US or Ukraine.
Question, which state contributes the most to the GDP and has the strongest economy in your country?
Careful how you spin this young man.
NY Times calls on Biden to drop out of 2024 presidential race ‘to serve his country’ after abysmal debate performance
The New York Times editorial board called on President Biden to step aside as the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential race Friday, one day after his abysmal performance in a debate against Donald Trump.
While insisting that Biden, 81, had been an “admirable president,” the liberal Grey Lady concluded the incumbent appeared on the debate stage as “the shadow of a great public servant” and would be engaging in a “reckless gamble” by continuing his candidacy.
Calls for Joe Biden to step aside have mounted after his performance in Thursday’s debate against Donald Trump.
“There is no reason for the party to risk the stability and security of the country by forcing voters to choose between Mr. Trump’s deficiencies and those of Mr. Biden,” the board wrote. “It’s too big a bet to simply hope Americans will overlook or discount Mr. Biden’s age and infirmity that they see with their own eyes.”
“Mr. Biden answered an urgent question on Thursday night. It was not the answer that he and his supporters were hoping for,” the Times concluded. “But if the risk of a second Trump term is as great as he says it is — and we agree with him that the danger is enormous — then his dedication to this country leaves him and his party only one choice.”
It followed a day of chaos and confusion among Democrats after Biden repeatedly froze, misspoke and lost his train of thought during the first of two scheduled debates against his predecessor in Atlanta.
At one point, Biden gazed down at his lectern for nearly 10 whole seconds before popping up again to say that he “finally beat Medicare.”
We just witnessed the end of Joe Biden’s presidency
The Times editorial board noted that Biden had “challenged Mr. Trump to this verbal duel. He set the rules, and he insisted on a date months earlier than any previous general election debate. He understood that he needed to address longstanding public concerns about his mental acuity and that he needed to do so as soon as possible.”The truth Mr. Biden needs to confront now is that he failed his own test.”
“Mr. Biden answered an urgent question on Thursday night. It was not the answer that he and his supporters were hoping for,” the Times concluded over the incumbents performance against Donald Trump.
Even before the Times editorial board weighed in, two of the paper’s most prominent columnists had called on Biden to step aside. “The Democratic Party has some prominent figures who I think would be in a good position to defeat Trump in November,” Nicholas Kristoff wrote late Thursday following the debate. “This will be a wrenching choice.”
“But, Mr. President, one way you can serve your country in 2024 is by announcing your retirement and calling on delegates to replace you,” he said, “for that is the safest course for our nation.”
Thomas Friedman, who called Biden “my friend” said that watching the debate “made me weep” and acknowledged that “Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for re-election.”
nypost.com
The New York Times editorial board called on President Biden to step aside as the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential race Friday, one day after his abysmal performance in a debate against Donald Trump.
While insisting that Biden, 81, had been an “admirable president,” the liberal Grey Lady concluded the incumbent appeared on the debate stage as “the shadow of a great public servant” and would be engaging in a “reckless gamble” by continuing his candidacy.
Calls for Joe Biden to step aside have mounted after his performance in Thursday’s debate against Donald Trump.
“There is no reason for the party to risk the stability and security of the country by forcing voters to choose between Mr. Trump’s deficiencies and those of Mr. Biden,” the board wrote. “It’s too big a bet to simply hope Americans will overlook or discount Mr. Biden’s age and infirmity that they see with their own eyes.”
“Mr. Biden answered an urgent question on Thursday night. It was not the answer that he and his supporters were hoping for,” the Times concluded. “But if the risk of a second Trump term is as great as he says it is — and we agree with him that the danger is enormous — then his dedication to this country leaves him and his party only one choice.”
It followed a day of chaos and confusion among Democrats after Biden repeatedly froze, misspoke and lost his train of thought during the first of two scheduled debates against his predecessor in Atlanta.
At one point, Biden gazed down at his lectern for nearly 10 whole seconds before popping up again to say that he “finally beat Medicare.”
We just witnessed the end of Joe Biden’s presidency
The Times editorial board noted that Biden had “challenged Mr. Trump to this verbal duel. He set the rules, and he insisted on a date months earlier than any previous general election debate. He understood that he needed to address longstanding public concerns about his mental acuity and that he needed to do so as soon as possible.”The truth Mr. Biden needs to confront now is that he failed his own test.”
“Mr. Biden answered an urgent question on Thursday night. It was not the answer that he and his supporters were hoping for,” the Times concluded over the incumbents performance against Donald Trump.
Even before the Times editorial board weighed in, two of the paper’s most prominent columnists had called on Biden to step aside. “The Democratic Party has some prominent figures who I think would be in a good position to defeat Trump in November,” Nicholas Kristoff wrote late Thursday following the debate. “This will be a wrenching choice.”
“But, Mr. President, one way you can serve your country in 2024 is by announcing your retirement and calling on delegates to replace you,” he said, “for that is the safest course for our nation.”
Thomas Friedman, who called Biden “my friend” said that watching the debate “made me weep” and acknowledged that “Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for re-election.”
NY Times calls on Biden to drop out of 2024 presidential race ‘to serve his country’ after abysmal debate performance
The New York Times editorial board called on President Biden to step aside as the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential race Friday, one day after his abysmal performance in a deb…
nypost.com
