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This is the best summary I could come up with:


At the event, which organizers said raised $2 million and was attended by 1,000 guests, Harris did not mention the calls for Biden to leave the race or for her to replace him, instead repeating one of her regular campaign lines: “We’re going to win this election,” she said.

Officials from the highest ranks, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, prefer an open process, some believing it would strengthen any Democratic nominee to confront Republican Donald Trump.

“If you think that there is consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave… that they will support Kamala, Vice President Harris, you would be mistaken,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said this week on a widely discussed social media post.

Very few of the Democratic lawmakers who are agitating for Biden to leave have mentioned Harris in their statements, and some have said they favor an open nominating process that would throw the party’s endorsement behind a new candidate.

The standoff over Biden’s political future has become increasingly untenable for the party and its leaders, a month from the Democratic National Convention that should be a unifying moment to nominate their incumbent president to confront Trump.

Biden, who sent a defiant letter to Democrats in Congress vowing to stay in the race, has yet to visit Capitol Hill to shore up support, an absence noticed by senators and representatives.


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You can do it Joe!

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10 points

Al Gore?

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4 points

Got anyone younger and hasn’t basically destroyed their reputation?

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13 points

Levar Burton/Al Gore.

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Let’s make Bill Nye the head if the EPA while we’re at it!

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6 points

How has he destroyed his reputation? Just curious.

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1 point

I like the guy, but I think they’re going to want someone who can bring in a swing state.

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2 points

Harris/Trump?

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Nah, Trump doesn’t live in New York, now a swing state, anymore. He lives in Florida, now firmly Republican.

Warren/AOC?

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It would be the most Democratic Party move ever to push Joe out and announce Hillary again.

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It’ll never happen. It’s such an idiotic thought as to make me wonder what the hell your motivations are.

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If it wasn’t clear I don’t want it to happen…but over the years I have felt pretty disenfranchised by the actions of the party vs the will of the voters, and I am still going to vote for them.

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I am still going to vote for them.

This is why things have gotten progressively worse, they can do anything they want, including ignoring their base, and rest assured it won’t cost them votes.

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3 points

Last time we didn’t vote for Hillary we ended up with a fascist Supreme Court. I’ll hold my judgment.

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Lol, you think they would never.

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Harris is even more unlikeable than a corpse and hrc, so the DNC will likely settle on her.

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Harris is even more unlikeable than a corpse and hrc, so the DNC will likely settle on her.

Why?

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7 points

He’s probably racist, or sexist, or both. People love to assume everyone else has their same crappy views.

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Primary.

Ideally, Biden and Harris would both voluntarily fuck off, placing the needs of the country ahead of personal ambition (well, hubris, really).

Guys, we are completely fucked right now. A jolt to the system is necessary if we wish to maintain even a hope of preserving America.

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The fuck??

Harris is the only one meeting with the Democrat’s base for the past year (with Biden), offering assurances to Unions and other groups. You know, the only one actively campaigning aside from Biden.

Its like yall think that this shit doesn’t matter or something.

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And a whole lot of fucking good that’s done. What’s necessary is a fresh start, a vigorous process, and, frankly, someone unconnected to Biden’s foreign policy as it applies to israel.

Any assclown can do what you seem to imagine is exclusively in Harris’ wheelhouse.

Edit: I’m voting D no matter what.

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No other candidate can inherit Bidens will like Harris can. Specifically with regards to the donations already pledged to Biden.

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