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Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to sign Covid stimulus checks as Trump did
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The Democratic primaries and caucus finished in May.
Calls for Biden to step out down started in June.
That's not the whole story. The concerns about his age were present since before he was elected as president, which is what led him to promise to be a one-term president. His presidency was llagued with stories about his age and appearances that made clear he was no longer fit.
He reneged on his promise and, as the incumbent president, was a shoe-in for the primary, preventing a real primary involving real competition for the candidacy to occur. In June, the calls for him to drop out began coming from the highest levels of media and the party due to the disastrous debate, but Dem voters and the nation in general considered him to be too old years before that.
I'm sorry, but it is stupid to acknowledge that your age is a liability, then after 4 years have passed, refuse to step aside so that your allies are forced to downplay your fitness issues and elect you as forerunner of the party, then to be exposed right next to your opponent on an internationally-watched debate.
That's the story as it pertains to your original statement.
I don't remember him promising to be a one term President, so would like a source for that.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/11/biden-single-term-082129
As it says, no public pledge. A story on a web page is not a pledge.
I never said "public pledge." You can stop being disingenuous or stop replying to me.
Look who's being disingenuous
He can't reneg, as you said, on something you read on the web.
No, he can in fact renege on a promise he gave to his aides who revealed it to credible press organizations. You are free to call the NYT and Politico "the web", but you're not free to reply to me anymore. Blocked.
It's tough when you are called out isn't it,
He also let everyone believe he was just gonna run for one term. Then, when election season comes around, when asked if he was gonna step aside and that most Americans would like him to not run, his response?
"Watch me."
Fuck you, Jack. FUCK. YOU.
He made no announcement that he wouldn't serve a second term.
He recieved 14 million votes in primary, and you want him to step down due to a poll?
You're right, he never said the exact words. But all of America was under the impression he was gonna step back. He never used the direct words to dispell that either. I'm not alone in feeling betrayed by Biden.
All of America minus 14 million.
14 million is 4% of 345 million (~American population.) Yes, 96% of America thought he wasn't gonna run again.
The whole population is not the voting population
Are you referring to the ridiculous sham they called the 2024 Democratic Primary? Where nobody serious ran against him because the party would black list them?