Biden dropping out question

I’ve seen his announcement on official letterhead.

ETA - Here it is. The letter is on his personal stationery.
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There’s no conspiracy: joe was backed in a corner, repeatedly stabbed in the back, and then thrown under the bus by his own party.

That sums it up.

Unless you want to go further and say obama was definitely involved, the left bs’d the American people gaslighting them insisting joe was fine, including kamala, and after the primaries they went in for the kill.

Yep, now that really sums it up.

There are many people who have said that they had many meetings with him over the last 6 months and didn't notice anything off.  I really don't think it was this huge conspiracy cover up.  As for Democrats stabbing him in the back--I don't like all of the leaks to the media or people saying in public that they were urging him to step down.  I feel that should have been done in private.  But I also think that there is something to be said about Democrats recognizing that there is an issue after the debate and bringing it up, unlike the Republicans who all knew there was something wrong with Donald Trump years ago but they have dug in deeper to try to normalize his behavior.  

As for him writing the letter instead of giving a speech--he still has Covid. If he was giving a speech while sick Republicans would jump on him even more about stepping down. 

We’re the ones I feel bad for. We’re the ones who deserve better. The DNC, the people around him, and the media lied to us about his declining health and now we’re hoovered. I saw stories here and there, and laughed them off as just political dirt. By the time they realized they couldn’t lie to us anymore, Trump had gained the momentum.

We could have had a fair primary instead of just anointing Biden. We could’ve had a choice instead of chaos. It’s how democracy is supposed to work. it’s not fair to us and It’s not fair to the country. I don’t think I can take four more years of Trump.

I saw a report that Covid has made his voice pretty bad, worse than normal. I'm guessing he is also still pretty angry and maybe he just needs to calm down.

Seriously. Go away.

I assume he chose to release the statement rather than make a public announcement because 1) he is sick and probably has a weak voice and 2) if he summoned the press everyone would know what he was up to. We've been expecting this but was anyone expecting it to happen like that on a Sunday afternoon? It was really a brilliant maneuver and sort of a 'f@ck you' to the press.

Last night I watched the CBS special on Biden's exit from the race. They did a profile on him showing various interviews over the years. The difference between Joe Biden in 2020 and the interviews he has done in the last month is stark. I've no doubt at all that he made the right decision. I wish he had done this months ago or at least 1 month ago to allow more time for a competitive selection of a candidate but this is where we are.

Biden on his worst day is still a better person, a more compassionate person, a more honorable person, a more intelligent person, and a more coherent person than trump on his best day.

Biden put country over himself. The timing of his withdrawal was chosen for very specific reasons that have nothing to do with his having been ill a few times.

All of the Democrats I know are thankful for Biden's decades of service to the American public and excited for the future.

I know. I’m really just more irritated that I’m still seeing her posts after I blocked her yesterday. I checked again after I saw this one, and it’s still showing she’s blocked, so I don’t know.

I think the timing of his announcement is brilliant. He waited until after the RNC and blindsided the MAGA's. The RNC was all about bashing Biden now they don't have a national convention to do the same to Harris.

He dropped out of the election, he has not stepped down from his role as president, despite ridiculous calls from Republicans. Passing the torch will allow him to focus all of his attention on his job as president. Biden did the right thing and did something in the best interests of his country, something Trump is incapable of doing. Trump can’t even understand why service members are willing to sacrifice their lives for this country. To him, they are losers and suckers.

If I recall correctly, you predicted he would step down within the first few months. That didn’t happen. So far, he has served 3 years and 6 months of his term.

Sounds like you’re bitter that Democrats outmaneuvered Republicans. The MAGA Republicans based their entire campaign around bashing Biden and he’s no longer the candidate. They’ve completely lost their main talking point that Biden is too old and now all of those comments will come back around to bite them. Now that the media is no longer focused on the drama about the possibility of Biden passing the torch, they can focus on Trump and project 2025. Republicans know that their candidate and policies are widely unpopular. Republicans are stuck with Trump and Vance. Two white men who have made misogynistic comments and alienate voters, especially women. One is old, paid millions of dollars in a civil case about sexual assault and is a convicted felon.

Democrats have a younger candidate who has energized the party and young voters.

Biden is planning to address the country tomorrow night.  I think the delay is simply because he's recovering from covid.  The announcement on twitter might have been a little dig at mainstream media which has been pushing really hard for him to step aside in the last 3 weeks.