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submitted 5 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 172 points 5 months ago

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

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 23 points 5 months ago

That’s the best part. Why is trump even running… he looks so tired.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Because his options literally are win or go to jail

[-] Furbag@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

His only chance at avoiding prison time for his many, many crimes committed while in office last time necessitate that he become President again, even though it was quite clear in 2016 that he was surprised he actually won and didn't want to do the job.

If he gets elected, all of those active indictments gets swept away on Day 1 and the SCOTUS has already paved the way for him to be "exonerated".

A vote for Trump is a vote for justice denied.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 5 months ago

Especially when he'll be older in 2028 than Biden is now.

Although I'll wager the job is harder on Biden than it is on Trump, on the grounds that Trump doesn't actually bother to do it. He just played golf and signed shit for other people without looking at it.

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[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 104 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 105 points 5 months ago

Literally yes. That is fascism. Palingenetic ultranationalism.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 18 points 5 months ago
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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 74 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago

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

[-] baronvonj@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago

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.

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[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

Yeah bro, where you been?

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

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

[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 25 points 5 months ago
[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 months ago

Since Nixon

[-] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

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

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Yes they do.

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[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 66 points 5 months ago

The Republicans were calling for President Elect Biden to resign even while their leader was staging a violent coup to end the Republic.

The fascist GOP can get fucked. What they want should be irrelevant and their very presence opposed.

[-] ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

From a foreigner, this is undoubtedly true, unless you goal is secretly to have a king.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 months ago

Given our Supreme Court ruling that a US president can't commit crimes, they're not being very secret about their goal of making the US a dictatorship.

[-] ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

None of it... Is secret... The trump calls. Even to the fucking election investigator in Georgia!? The paperwork.

It's all there. Any American who supports trump today is either literally special needs level education (and haven't looked at or understood thr tapes) or publicly admitting they would prefer monarchy with trump.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Pretty sad when non-Americans seem to understand the severity of this threat better than people here.

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[-] VanillaBean@lemmy.world 63 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

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@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago

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

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 15 points 5 months ago

Repeat after me: “I condemn President Biden dropping Clarence Thomas into a dildo shredder, but I respect the supreme court decision of total presidential immunity.”

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[-] brianary@startrek.website 31 points 5 months ago

Like sending a few choice SCOTUS judges to gitmo

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago

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

[-] spirinolas@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago

If Joe Biden resigned the republicans would say "not enough! You have to commit sepukku on live TV! COWARD!"

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

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@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago

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

[-] superkret@feddit.org 12 points 5 months ago

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

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[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

So Republicans want to make Harris the first woman president asap? How progressive of them.

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[-] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Speaker Mike Johnson is not fit to be a speaker, so there who cares ?

[-] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

Yeah I bet the want him to resign. Untethered by reelection he might actually do something they don’t like.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

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@pawb.social 7 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

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@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago

You are correct

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

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

[-] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

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.

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