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If the Democrats want to replace Biden for their POTUS 2024 candidate, why don't they simply switch their support over to RFK Jr?

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
If the Democrats are going to insist on Biden leaving the race, then there is only one possible way for Democrats to keep Trump out of the White House -- he must not only resign the campaign, he must also resign the Presidency. After all, if he can't run a campaign, how can he run a country?

If he did that, Kamala Harris becomes President automatically -- and as an incumbent President, her chances of winning the election go up dramatically! Not only that, he must instruct his delegates to throw their support to Harris.

Biden is a stubborn man (that's not a bad thing in a President!). I do not see that happening, which is unfortunate.
 

Nakosis

Non-Binary Physicalist
Premium Member
I'm not a Democrat, but I am curious about why Democrats who want to replace Biden as their POTUS 2024 candidate, don't simply switch their support for RFK Jr. It seems like switching support for him would be the solution for the problem of finding a replacement.

Is it more important to them that Biden be their candidate, or is it more important to them that Trump isn't re-elected?

I don't get why Democrats who want to ditch Biden don't seem to be interested in taking advantage of this seemingly simple solution.

Do Democrats object to having RFK Jr. as their candidate & if so, what exactly is the reason?

I imagine they'd want someone who'd continue to ensure their power in the political scene. Not sure RFK Jr. would do that.
 

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
Anybody who looks closely, and has observed recent events – the undiluted support for Trump and the Democrats turning on Biden -- have got to understand this: Republicans have no principles and Democrats have no spine.

Republicans have no principles: they have united like a herd of sheep behind a candidate, Donald Trump, who is trying to con and gaslight his way into the White House. His entire debate performance was based upon lies, one lie every 1 minute, 20-30 seconds. Moreover they've united behind a candidate who's a convicted felon, who a civil jury found had sexually assaulted (colloquially raped) a woman, defamed her and hurt her, who a civil jury had found committed massive financial fraud. He ran a fraudulent charity just designed to enrich himself, and a fraudulent University, Trump University, and a fraudulent institute, Trump Institute.

And he has promised to govern as a dictator. He said I'll be a dictator only on day one -- well in the history of the world, every dictator on day one has been a dictator forever, so this yeah is what the unprincipled Republican parties are uniting behind just to gain power.

On the other hand the Democrats have no spine. As soon as there's some adversity, they are willing to throw not just the elected president, but the elected party nominee, under the bus. He wasn’t selected by polls -- 87% of those who voted in Democratic primaries voted for Joe Biden! And they are now throwing him under the bus – and not only the Democratic party operatives and elected officials, but also pundits and journalists.
 

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
If the Democrats are going to insist on Biden leaving the race, then there is only one possible way for Democrats to keep Trump out of the White House -- he must not only resign the campaign, he must also resign the Presidency. After all, if he can't run a campaign, how can he run a country?

If he did that, Kamala Harris becomes President automatically -- and as an incumbent President, her chances of winning the election go up dramatically! Not only that, he must instruct his delegates to throw their support to Harris.

Biden is a stubborn man (that's not a bad thing in a President!). I do not see that happening, which is unfortunate.
By the way, my preference would be for the Democrats to finally develop a spine, and do what the Republicans do -- get behind their man and support him with everything they've got. And if, as is always possible, he doesn't manage to survive his term, either because he dies or is declared unfit (25th Amendment), the Harris still becomes President. What's to lose by doing that?
 

Watchmen

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
I'm not a Democrat, but I am curious about why Democrats who want to replace Biden as their POTUS 2024 candidate, don't simply switch their support for RFK Jr. It seems like switching support for him would be the solution for the problem of finding a replacement.

Is it more important to them that Biden be their candidate, or is it more important to them that Trump isn't re-elected?

I don't get why Democrats who want to ditch Biden don't seem to be interested in taking advantage of this seemingly simple solution.

Do Democrats object to having RFK Jr. as their candidate & if so, what exactly is the reason?
He’s running as an independent.
He’s a weirdo.
He doesn’t have Biden’s delegates (Kamala arguably does).
He doesn’t have the money donated to Biden (Kamala arguably does).
It would be political suicide for Dems to kick a woman of color to the curb and choose a white man who is from America’s closest thing to “royalty.”
 

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Anybody who looks closely, and has observed recent events – the undiluted support for Trump and the Democrats turning on Biden -- have got to understand this: Republicans have no principles and Democrats have no spine.

Republicans have no principles: they have united like a herd of sheep behind a candidate, Donald Trump, who is trying to con and gaslight his way into the White House. His entire debate performance was based upon lies, one lie every 1 minute, 20-30 seconds. Moreover they've united behind a candidate who's a convicted felon, who a civil jury found had sexually assaulted (colloquially raped) a woman, defamed her and hurt her, who a civil jury had found committed massive financial fraud. He ran a fraudulent charity just designed to enrich himself, and a fraudulent University, Trump University, and a fraudulent institute, Trump Institute.

And he has promised to govern as a dictator. He said I'll be a dictator only on day one -- well in the history of the world, every dictator on day one has been a dictator forever, so this yeah is what the unprincipled Republican parties are uniting behind just to gain power.

On the other hand the Democrats have no spine. As soon as there's some adversity, they are willing to throw not just the elected president, but the elected party nominee, under the bus. He wasn’t selected by polls -- 87% of those who voted in Democratic primaries voted for Joe Biden! And they are now throwing him under the bus – and not only the Democratic party operatives and elected officials, but also pundits and journalists.
Good lord. Pure Tom Clancy scenarios. You should submit that to game developers or create a daytime soap with it.

As the Whitehouse Turns.
 

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
Good lord. Pure Tom Clancy scenarios. You should submit that to game developers or create a daytime soap with it.

As the Whitehouse Turns.
Oh, I'm sorry -- which of my statements was false? (Don't forget, I also said the Dems have no spine, so include that too.) Are you willing to answer the question -- in detail? Tell me where the fiction was in what I wrote.
 
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