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Democrats hail Biden's decision to not seek reelection as selfless. Republicans urge him to resign

Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden’s historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to resign from office, saying that if he could not run for another term, office, then he’s unable to serve as president.

Biden’s announcement came after more than two weeks of Democrats urging him to withdraw from the race. Nearly three dozen lawmakers had publicly called on him to end his reelection bid. Others had voiced concerns privately about what the ramifications would be for down-ballot Democrats if he remained in the race. When the president heeded those concerns, Democrats called it a selfless move.

RememberTheApollo_ ,

The republicans want Biden to resign so they can immediately attack Harris for simutaneously having no record and attack anything she attempts to accomplish.

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    dwemthy ,

    Give her the time to campaign and not deal with any presidential duties

    curiousaur ,

    She’s more unelectable than Hillary. It can’t be her.

    Badeendje ,
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    If Biden where to step down now, and Harris takes over till elections. Does that count as her first term?

    It would allow her to campaign as incumbent. Although not having the office does mean more time.

    TheMightyCanuck ,
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    No. Interm president does not count toward elected presidential terms afaik

    Ioughttamow ,

    I believe it can, but with the time left it would not

    BrokenGlepnir ,

    Two years is the limit. You can be president for up to 10 years. 2 filing out the previous term and 8 being elected to the office twice.

    MeekerThanBeaker ,

    I believe you can still run for two full terms if you were president for less than two years. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

    Revan343 ,

    You are correct

    Etterra ,

    You can’t satisfy it Republicans so don’t bother trying. Well, unless you use Grindr during the RNC. Then you can probably satisfy Republicans.

    Wahots ,
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    You couldn’t pay me enough to fuck someone who gets on stage and tells everyone that their neighbors and people like me shouldn’t exist.

    You have to be nicer and more friendly than that.

    VanillaBean , (edited )

    I hope biden passes a few ‘Official Acts’ before he heads out.

    dohpaz42 ,
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    Unless he resigns, he’s still president until January 20, 2025. So we will see; he’s got nothing to lose, AND presidential immunity.

    Usually I’d say someone in his position has absolutely nothing to lose, but being he’s such a … typical guy, he won’t do anything and go down in history as a footnote.

    Kroxx ,

    Well if Harris is running couldn’t any unpopular thing that Biden does potentially be tied to her?

    brianary ,

    Like sending a few choice SCOTUS judges to gitmo

    gAlienLifeform ,
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    “That 81 year old is way too old for the job, vote for our 78 year old!” is a bold strategy

    huquad ,

    What do you mean? That’s 30 years of difference? \s

    JimmyBigSausage ,

    Who cares what the Republikkkans say?

    Plum ,
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    Putting equal emphasis on the opinions of both sides is what got us in this fuckhole to begin with. No matter how niche a voice, your opinion matters equal on any and all topics including reproductive health and climate mechanics.

    solrize ,

    If he had resigned that would have put in Harris as the incumbent and given her a big boost. Do they really want that?

    gAlienLifeform ,
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    They’re flinging bad faith criticisms at the wall and seeing what sticks, they haven’t thought that far ahead

    superkret ,

    They are currently in the position to force through their pick of a VP.

    apfelwoiSchoppen ,
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    As a leftist, I would prefer this and think it would give her a boost as well. And it would also invalidate the right’s new mission to keep Biden on ballots.

    ShepherdPie ,

    I saw this idea posed here recently and someone pointed out that this would put Mike Johnson as first in line for the presidency behind Harris, which isn’t a good idea especially considering recent events.

    apfelwoiSchoppen , (edited )
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    Until she nominates a VP. It isn’t like Johnson would become VP, that isn’t how it works.

    ShepherdPie ,

    And that nominee is going to be approved by the Republican controlled House a few months before the election? Do you not remember what happened when Obama tried to appoint a Supreme Court justice an entire year before he left office?

    apfelwoiSchoppen ,
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    So you’d rather have them fuck with who’s on ballots. Ok.

    ShepherdPie ,

    Who, Republicans? They have no power over the DNC’s nominee nor are either party even required to have a primary. The DNC convention to choose a nominee isn’t even until next month so who’s fucking with the ballots?

    ganksy ,
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    It would give them time to pin a bunch of shit on her and to keep her off the campaign trail.

    SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

    Do Republicans just want to destabilize the country until it’s destroyed?

    DmMacniel ,
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    destroy it and then rebuild it according project 2025, sounds on brand.

    SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

    I don’t think they want to put the time or effort into rebuilding anything.

    WatDabney ,

    Yes

    gAlienLifeform ,
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    They just want to destabilize it until they can steal power, but if anything gets destroyed along the way they’ll just blame the libs

    baronvonj ,
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    The Koch brother’s plan was to invest in state races to win enough legislatures and governors to call a new constitutional convention, and have enough anarcho-capitalist stooges to formally reshape the country as their libertarian oligarchy utopia where the rest of us are just indentured serfs.

    Rooskie91 ,

    Literally yes. That is fascism. Palingenetic ultranationalism.

    Nougat ,

    SarahPalingenetic?

    Sgt_choke_n_stroke ,

    Conservatives will turn to authoritarianism when democracy doesn’t work for them.

    krashmo ,

    They did that a long time ago so why are you phrasing this like it’s a future transition?

    Brunbrun6766 ,
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    Yeah bro, where you been?

    PriorityMotif ,
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    A bunch of small to midsized private company owners want to destabilize the federal government so that they only have to deal with state level regulations. These are the types of companies that you have never heard of or didn’t realize they weren’t publicly traded.

    Zipitydew ,

    Since Nixon

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