President Biden may decide to drop out of the presidential race as soon as this weekend, according to several top Democrats who believe the rising pressure will persuade the 81-year-old. https://t.co/Czmy98XMvQ
— Axios (@axios) July 18, 2024
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/18/president-biden-drop-out-election-democrats
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Several top Democrats privately tell us the rising pressure of party congressional leaders and close friends will persuade President Biden to decide to drop out of the presidential race, as soon as this weekend.
The president is being told that if he stays in, former President Trump could win in a landslide and wipe away Biden's legacy and Democrats' hopes in November.
"His choice is to be one of history's heroes, or to be sure of the fact that there'll never be a Biden presidential library," one of the president's close friends told us. "I pray that he does the right thing. He's headed that way."
Yesterday's AP poll, showing nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, ricocheted through the White House and Congress.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told Biden in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Saturday β the day of the assassination attempt on Trump β that it would be best if he dropped out, ABC News first reported. Dems on Capitol Hill want him out, and worry they'll lose winnable seats if not.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a mastermind of the campaign to get Biden out, told him that he could destroy Democrats' chances of taking back the House. We're told she's also worried about donations drying up.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) delivered a similar, if more subtle, message to Biden.
Former President Obama has spoken loudly with his silence β and his former aides trashing Biden in public.
Bill and Hillary Clinton are doing what Obama's doing. So are their former aides.
We increasingly hear top Biden aides, including ones who initially urged him to fight on after his disastrous debate on June 27 β 21 days ago β are saying it's now when, not if, Biden announces he's not running.
"In recent days the President has become more committed to staying in the race," a senior Biden aide said.
But Biden is doing two new and telling things: listening more and asking about Vice President Harris' prospects against Trump. That's why you see all the leaks about Biden being open-minded. He would hardly talk to naysayers a week ago.
Harris would be hard to stop β perhaps impossible β if the Obamas and Clintons joined Biden, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and the Congressional Black Caucus in backing her. It's not clear the coronation would be so fast and clear, however.
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Bill O'Reilly predicted that he'd drop out today to frick up Trump's speech. He also said Trump picked his VP because he'd just say "YES SIR" to everything and not give him any lip.
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Was Bill good at understanding the political scene? He was Fox News top guy for a while. Must know some secrets about DC.
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Bill is really great at predicting tides, I'm sure he's got this.
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That's a vintage meme, I remember not getting that one in middle/elementary school
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I don't get it
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How can you be this new
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Looks like it would've been late elementary for me !zoomers
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bill-oreilly-you-cant-explain-that
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I'm revoking your zoomer card.![:marseyindignant: :marseyindignant:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseyindignant.webp)
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I was on the internet for sure, I just didn't know who tf bill was lmaooo
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Yeah and his books are great. @HailVictory1776 love sucking peepee
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I don't know, he's been popping his big Irish head out lately since he has a book out. He's definitely one of those neurodivergents who knows things about Martin Van Buren and has an encyclopedic knowledge of assassination attempts. I do think he knows how the RNC works from having his peepee up their butt for decades.
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Who's he killing in his book this time?
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This is like asking if Steven A Smith knows anything about sports
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Does he tho.
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Tbf he does know alot about Pokemon.
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Him and Skip Bayless love to be loud and obnoxious contrarians
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They'd fit in great here
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