news Biden regrets dropping out of the election race; he thinks he'd have won

[illia]

Joe Biden regrets having pulled out of this year's presidential race and believes he would have defeated Donald Trump in last month's election – despite negative poll indications, White House sources have said.

With just more than three weeks of his single-term presidency remaining, Biden's reported rueful reflections are revealed in a Washington Post profile that contains the clearest signs yet that he thinks he erred in withdrawing his candidacy in July after a woeful debate performance against his rival for the White House, Trump, the previous month.

The president stepped aside – to be replaced as his party's nominee by the US vice-president, Kamala Harris – after mounting pressure from fellow Democrats, who cited polling evidence that appeared to show him heading for a near-certain election drubbing from Trump, who was seeking a historic return to the White House as the Republicans' nominee.

Harris's ascent to the top of the ticket led to a surge of enthusiasm and improved poll numbers but ultimately ended in a decisive electoral college and popular vote defeat.

While Biden and his aides have been careful not to blame Harris, they apparently believe the result would have been different if he had stood his ground, according to the Washington Post's reporting.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/joe-biden-regrets-dropping-out-re-election

[Space Cowboy]

He has a point actually. America hates women and black people.

[Vermillion]

Oh god here we go.

 

His two advisors that showed him the internal polling that prompted Jill to change her mind and finally convince him otherwise need to come forward on the record to contradict this, again, to move on from this era for good.

 

We can't wait until he dies.

[Hey Babes]

[americanlife]

Senile man.

[Pheromosa]

he might have done better but still lose

[vuelve88]

He got on that debate stage with as much energy and enthusiasm as Dakota Johnson in any movie role. 

[Vroom Vroom]

He can always run in 2028

[Erotic]

the writing was on the wall regardless of who the democratic nominee was, if anything, Biden's pride actually hurt their chances even more 

[gagacasanova]

Baby no, you'd have gotten FRIED out there.

[SinnerCity]

That senile incompetent excuse of a president couldn't even do his job properly during his term, what makes him believe he would've been re-elected. Delusional POS

[HeavyMetalAura]

 

[Rotunda]

20 minutes ago, Pheromosa said:

he might have done better but still lose

He was not doing better. Given how polling for Kamala-Trump was largely accurate this cycle, that means the polls that showed Biden was barreling towards a historic loss were also likely accurate.

Edited 19 hours ago by Rotunda

[John Slayne]

yet another example of his elderly delusions 

 

[Pheromosa]

2 minutes ago, Rotunda said:

He was not doing better. Given how polling for Kamala-Trump was largely accurate this cycle, that means the polls that showed Biden was barreling towards a historic loss were also likely accurate.

well...

[TaggedGalaxy]

Give it up Bidet you would have lost also, Trump won the moment he decided to run for reelection and did not allow a fair primary to play out

[Cheers]

[Pinocchiho]

Given the global trend of incumbents losing, Americans chose and would have chosen the other party. It just so happens that was Trump. 

[BrokenMachine]

[Mike91]

lol, republicans would have 57 senate seats, a massive majority in the house, and states like New Jersey would have turned red. Give me a ******* break. Dems likely never stood a chance in this election (they were warned about nominating someone like Biden in 20 and didn't listen), but swapping out the nominee probably saved us from total collapse.  

[BrokenMachine]

53 minutes ago, Vroom Vroom said:

He can always run in 2028

 

[teresaguidice]

1 hour ago, Pheromosa said:

he might have done better but still lose

new jersey could've gone red if he stayed in

[bad guy]

Would have literally been a total red bloodbath if he ran. Like blue states going red type of flip 

[shoganai]

He can barely stand straight, of course he'd have won lol

Kamala however was totally unfit

Edited 18 hours ago by shoganai

[Gesamtkunstwerk]

Most definitely not