After 24 tortous days, Joe Biden has finally decided to withdraw from the Presidential Election contest of 2024, and has thrown his endorsement to Vice President Kamala Harris.
It was a very emotional moment for this author and blogger, when he learned of the news at 2 pm EST today, as he has been a long time fan and supporter of Joe Biden.
But it is the right thing to do, as Joe Biden has produced an exceptional record in his one term in office, and will go down as the most successful one term President since James K. Polk in the 1840s, and a lot more positive than Polk was. But at his age, it was time to move on to the future, knowing he saved democracy by defeating Donald Trump in 2020.
Now it is time to unite around Harris, and make her the 47th President, and the battle is on, against the most evil and corrupt President in American history, Donald Trump, and his dangerous Vice Presidential running mate, JD Vance!
These are the times that separate the “Morals of Men”… the times that “Try Men’s Souls.”
It is now up to each individual to look within to where they stand to a higher judgement.
Act Blue reports that donations are now up to $46.7 million
Reaction from world leaders.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/world/world-reaction-biden-exit-2024-us-presidential-race/index.html
Trump is making unhinged rants about Biden.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rant-biden-drops-out-2024-election_n_669dd91ee4b0446139df9146
Donald Trump Lays Groundwork To Dodge Or Change Rules Of The Next Debate
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-debate-kamala-harris_n_669d92d0e4b02fec30d28146
Trump is scared.
Fox News had a meltdown.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-biden-harris-decision_n_669de04be4b0446139df9750
Act Blue is now up to $49.6 million in grassroots donations for Harris.
The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump Republican group, has a released a celebrating Joe Biden’s presidency and backing Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
Harris, the video says, “will bring something to Trump he’s rarely seen: Justice.”
“Vice President Kamala Harris is ready, experienced, and as a tough prosecutor, Kamala Harris dealt with men like Trump all the time.”
You can watch the full video here;
Biden is going to have a primetime address later this week.
Wow! Grassroots donations are now $55 million!
Some advocacy groups throwing support behind Harris. One of them is a Nikki Haley Voters PAC.
https://bluevirginia.us/2024/07/leading-advocacy-groups-throw-support-behind-vice-president-kamala-harris-to-take-on-donald-trump
LOL! How ironic! Trump donated thousands of dollars to Harris when she ran for California attorney general.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-donated-money-kamala-harris_n_669d7ca1e4b0446139df7a57
Some polling data indicates that she performs better than Biden with young voters and Black and Latino voters.
Future Forward, the major Democratic super political action committee operating with the blessing of the White House, has secured $150 million in commitments from Democratic donors in the last 24 hours since President Joe Biden announced his decision not to seek re-election, a senior aide to Future Forward says.
The commitments came from donors who were either uncommitted, unsure or previously stalled, the aide added.
The group earlier this year reserved $250 million in digital and television advertisements to begin at the Democratic National Convention. The super PAC has also spent the first part of the year producing and testing ads as well as surveying voters heading into November’s election.
Harris campaign announces it raised $81 million in first 24 hours.
Multiple sources have told CNN that Schumer and Jeffries will endorse Harris later today. Pelosi endorsed her earlier today.
Former President Donald Trump and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke earlier this month and discussed the possibility of Kennedy endorsing Trump’s campaign or potentially taking on a role in Trump’s administration if he wins reelection, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
Trump and Kennedy spoke following the attempted assassination of Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania earlier this month. The two discussed Kennedy potentially endorsing Trump and dropping out of the race, the Post reported.
They also discussed potential roles for Kennedy in a hypothetical second Trump administration, including Cabinet-level positions and posts that don’t require Senate confirmation, the Post reported. No agreement was made between the two, in part due to concern from Trump’s aides about promising a job in the administration in exchange for an endorsement, according to the Post.
CNN has reached out to the Trump campaign and the Kennedy campaign for comment.
Some context: A portion of Trump and Kennedy’s conversations were revealed by Kennedy’s son, Bobby Kennedy III, who posted on social media a video of a phone call between the two in which Trump appeared to endorse false theories about the safety of vaccines. Kennedy III has since deleted the video of the call
RFK Jr. is a disgrace to the Kennedy family and needs to drop out!
Polling suggests Harris could outperform Biden against Trump among women of color and suburban women.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/politics/harris-biden-trump-polling/index.html
Republicans are yet again threatening violence if they lose.
Ohio Republican State Sen. George Lang told the crowd at Sen. JD Vance’s first solo rally as Donald Trump’s running mate that it would take a “civil war” to save the country if the GOP ticket isn’t elected this fall.
“We are in the fight for the soul of our nation. We are in a fight for our kids and our grandkids, a fight that we can never imagine,” he said.
“I believe wholeheartedly Donald Trump and Butler County’s JD Vance are the last chance to save our country politically. I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country and it will be saved,” he continued.
The Ohio Republican called the United States the “greatest experiment in the history of mankind,” and remarked that if the country did devolve into civil war, he was “glad we got people like Schmitty and the Bikers for Trump on our side,” referencing the several members of the biker group in attendance.
When Lang took the stage, he led the crowd in a “fight, fight, fight” chant, a new rallying cry for the GOP after the assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania, days before the Republican National Convention.
Major unions are endorsing Harris.