Biden writes letter to Democratic lawmakers

President Biden sent a letter to congressional Democrats on Monday noting his intentions to stay in the race despite growing calls for him to step aside.
He wrote that he “absolutely” believes he is the best person to beat former president Donald Trump and would not be running if he thought otherwise. He also wrote that he thinks the question of how to move forward should end, effectively calling on Democrats in Congress to stop questioning his campaign.
Nine House Democrats have publicly and privately called for the president to step aside; others are defending Biden.
Biden invited Democrats who thought he shouldn’t be the party’s presidential nominee to challenge him at the Democratic National Convention next month.
“If any of these guys don’t think I should run, run against me,” Biden said in a surprise call to MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show Monday. “Go ahead, announce for president. Challenge me at the convention.”
Biden also pointed to predictions that he and Democrats would not prevail in 2020 and 2022, saying that he had always predicted the opposite.

[@jcolinmizia9161]

Let’s be honest: if Biden had given that debate performance during the Primary, he wouldn’t be the nominee.

[@taravanova]

what primary?

[@whatweretheythinking3274]

That seems unlikely. Biden has been in outer space his entire presidency. But people will still vote for him because they care more about party than America.

[@shevthegreb757]

I’m pretty sure he would, as around 60% of democrat voters still want him to run.

[@NinJestre]

​@@taravanova The one that definitely, sorta, kinda, maybe, apparently, might have happened as long as you accept gaslighting as evidence

[@colterbaltes]

They’re also are no other mainstream Democrat candidates

[@hs9067]

We're so doomed. We need to dismantle the first-past-the-post system so we can have third parties, so we can have a choice, so we can have a future.

[@oligone9epic33]

I know! that system is basically just a system that supports Lobbying, Because then companies just need to fund both sides

[@IzzyIkigai]

@@oligone9epic33 And you think y'all can get rid of it when the reality is that Trump will dismantle even that bit of kinda-sorta-democracy-ish system?

[@BorinUltimatum]

​@@IzzyIkigaiNo one said that. You can vote for the lesser of two evils AND want better than what options you're given.

[@haroldfarthington7492]

There is an easy solution to all our problems. It’s a shame it’s illegal.

[@lexi1031]

@@BorinUltimatumright now it’s vote for the lesser of two evils but what we want is vote for the greater of two goods.

[@purplurpl]

Update: literally today he decided to drop out of the race and endorse Kamala Harris

[@porkcracklins630]

Update: its going pretty well

[@whocares6757]

@@purplurpl "decided" LOL it was a coup. They forced him out.

[@ferragamodes6769]

⁠@@whocares6757 odd Biden still seems very supportive, do you think they’d kill him if he didn’t

[@danielwestcott515]

They need to impose term limits on senators and congressmen. They also need to set an age limit on being president. Gotta get all the geriatrics outta politics so we can actually start fixing the country.

[@VincentVonDudler]

Term limits is a flawed solution to a problem better solved by improving elections and the viability of alternate candidates. STAR Voting. Term Limits just removed qualified candidates for no reason if the electorate still wants those people in office. Just improve the electoral process to make more candidates viable. As I said: STAR Voting

[@tiredman99]

That's one of the things Trump is planning on doing

[@I-do-not-exist-here]

@@tiredman99no hes fucking not

[@crummyclub9344]

​@@I-do-not-exist-hereTrump has continued to endorse term limits for congress which is good, but whether he would actually put this into action is to be seen

[@VincentVonDudler]

@@Treeman261 Fixed it. Term limits is a bad solution.

[@hannibal2168]

(Voters) do not decide the Democratic Party candidate if that was the case Bernie would at the very least be in the running against trump in 2016

[@sheevpalps3846]

Didn’t Clinton come out at primaries though and at the polls?

[@violett874]

​@@sheevpalps3846 And yet is somehow the only person that we can all agree would definitely lose to Trump every time. The primaries have never legally had to be representative or fair.

[@zachgoldwater957]

The heck is with progressives thinking their ideas are way more popular than they actually are? Clinton beat Sanders 55% to 43%, and that's popular vote, not any delegate shenanigans.

[@CubeInspector]

​@@violett874 exactly. Which means they can choose whichever bought and paid for candidate they want. Millionaire fake socialist Jw Bernie isn't who they want for the prime time special. They want the guy that was bailed out by the Rothschild family going against big Mike Obama and that's exactly who it will be after the theatrics with biden are over.

[@bottlingsho5431]

Hillary Clinton funded Donald Trump through a Pied piper scheme. Bernie *was* the more popular candidate but was a self described democratic socialist which the democrats could not accept.

[@maxvonkrieger5043]

They are to old to run a country, you have to go places, you gotta do a lot of stuff.. Obama was a young lad, look what it did to him after presidency.

[@devenb1218]

And look at the damage he did to the american people

[@TheSolitaryEye]

8 years in office seemed to age him by 40. It honestly seems like a shit job.

[@atismoke]

@@devenb1218 OK buddy, because he was black he polluted us all? stop being so extremist.

[@RequiemPoete]

Did a great job. But sure listen to the MAGA brainwashing. ​@devenb1218

[@herobrineapril8451]

@@TheSolitaryEye its a deadly one too

[@harlanbaker7476]

I dont know a single person who *wants* to vote for Biden. We just really really dont want authoritarianism.

[@colterbaltes]

It’s really just who’s worse at this point A “corpse” can’t hurt

[@SigmoidalHive]

your boy reapproved warrantless surveillance on U.S. citizens

[@ethanjennings6442]

At this point I'd vote for a dog over Trump.

[@ohheyemmi]

100%. Bidens entire campaign last time was "not Trump." Its sad that our options are open fascism or secret authoritarianism

[@cellochel1582]

I don’t think that’s how that works….

[@EerieNone]

Could we not have oldass men on their deathbed in this level of power?

[@bluedragonfly8139]

Could we change that *after* we don't have fascism looming on the horizon?

[@GDUBLU_Fan]

@@bluedragonfly8139people I disagree with = fascists

[@arcturus4762]

@@bluedragonfly8139 As long as guns aren’t banned Fascism won’t take over. Because as we know from known dictators like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Mussolini, Castro, etc., authoritarians love to ban guns.

[@Batboy11k]

could we change the fact that Facists are with republicans and Communists are either Democrats? We need more parties, hell, I’d elect a president from the pirate party if he gad one here. free keg in every house=fun

[@rory8182]

@@bluedragonfly8139 probably best to focus on the fascism before the old codgers, good idea

[@Vic_lee-pc3bt]

Who else came back after joe Biden stepped down from the race??

[@funkybadlozza1537]

He stepped down???! Actually?

[@fps_jonathan]

@@funkybadlozza1537yes, he did

[@whocares6757]

@@Vic_lee-pc3bt It was a coup. He was forced down.

[@squidbombproductions1106]

Project 2025 also heavily discussed eliminating protections and rights for LGBT people

[@SnarkyTattertots-su2xt]

Oh not the perverts! Anyways!

[@Droidman1231]

Have you actually read it? It's a Boogeyman Dems are hyping up just to scare people into voting for Biden.

[@benyosipovich3031]

Project 2025 seeks to equate"transgender ideology” with pornography, calling for those who share information about transgender identity to CHILDREN to be imprisoned and classified as “sex offenders,” and for companies and platforms that spread such information to be shut down.

[@DefyLov3]

Good, but Trump already said he doesn’t endorse P25

[@broodypie2216]

​@@DefyLov3yet it will continue to roll forward if he is elected.

[@silentslaughter4108]

We need a "none of the above" option

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

Some primaries have that option. It got about 4%.

[@novaplex4024]

That's just called not voting

[@repoilify]

Vote independent

[@isaackendall1020]

I would like a better option yes.

[@hundvd_7]

​@@novaplex4024Not really, that has other implications

[@annieboookhall]

Sorry, but that was way too coherent to be a good impression of Biden

[@headsgrowback1]

I just dont understand how we have the same two shitty options as last election, but they both somehow got even worse.

[@yulfine1688]

Biden wasnt unsurprising.. weve been telling everyone this for years.. Trump may be loud and doesnt know how to shut up at times, yet when you read his policies overall theyre right but neutral overall not even close to far right.

[@spencerlively3049]

@@yulfine1688 Except the justices he's appointed legislating away decades of cornerstone case law to advance their personal political agendas and centralizing even more power under their control... Not to mention if you talk to any federal employee who worked with the Trump administration, they will ALL have horror stories of complete incompetence or negligence from the cabinet he appointed. Also, it doesn't matter what "his" policies (that he cares to publicly share) are. He will sign whatever the republican party wants him to sign. And the republican party has been extremely radicalized over the last decade.

[@CharlesNYM]

@@yulfine1688 depends on what your looking as far right Far right in modern terms he’s pretty far right Far right in WW2 terms yeah no not even close but some Republicans are and the scary thing is some people seem to care more about political parties then America

[@yulfine1688]

@@CharlesNYM ehh not even, he's not far right even today. Far right would be like what's that Jewish guys name again.. I don't remember the one many dislike currently because he was called out by Candace Owen's not that I'm a fan of her much either but she at least exposed some things. I haven't seen anything with louder with crowder recently there was something going on I don't remember exactly the situation but you probably know what I'm referencing

[@goodintentions8106]

Trump's gotten much calmer and much more to the middle. For instance trump has effectively nullified the abortion issue by throwing it back to the state. He has planned to push the education back to the state as well. So smaller government, that's good right.

[@ItsZombiefied]

Reducing climate change efforts. It's okay for them because most of us who will be affected by it are too young to vote! Except uh, it's already affecting America with more frequent and severe storms and hurricanes.

[@user-tp8pf5ke8o]

People can't be too old to be able to vote after all, and they don't care about the future generation they just see as "lazy pigs"

[@spencerlively3049]

...which is why they also want to dismantle the agency responsible for tracking & responding to severe storms and hurricanes

[@Wotinkermation]

I climate change bill will not help us at the slightest. It's alright been shown that even if we go to 0% we would have no dent

[@davis7428]

Ok let use google for a second here. Look up a representation of what the earths climate has looked like over 100 million years. Because according to science the earth has been through many back and forth periods in its history. We’ve had ice ages and points where the earth was so hot life itself almost died. And before you say that we’re accelerating it. We’re not, processes that take 10 million years to happen are not effected by much. Yes it’s getting hotter, yes the climate is changing, yes the weather is different than what we are used to. NO that does not mean it is anything. We need to stop focusing on the wrong things. We need to focus on getting rid of plastic, lithium batteries, and many other things that physically damage the earth. The earth will continue to get hotter and then it will get colder. But it will not stop us destroying forests, ecosystems and wildlife. Let’s focus on the real problem and not just a buzzword problem

[@sanejingliufan]

@@spencerlively3049why in the first place? It’s just going to be more expensive then to repair all the shit that happens. And plus do they really want most of the southern us to suffer from tornados and hurricanes where most of their voters are in.

[@TheforeverPigeonKing]

The fact the hard rights don’t see climate change as a big problem is actually insane

[@JTM56]

Why is it a big problem?

[@LineOfThy]

@@JTM56 my fucking god

[@JTM56]

@@LineOfThy ?

[@LineOfThy]

@@JTM56 i don't need to answer that question

[@LineOfThy]

@@michaelrandolph6373 it's not

[@lolhs96]

*the voters get to decide…unless its Bernie Sanders

[@Merble]

Who is older than both people running and twice as coherent as both of them combined. Hillary gave us Trump. Trump gave us Biden... but Biden also gave us gay marriage when Obama was opposed to it so I can at least accept that Biden is more morally sound than Trump.

[@Clippidyclappidy]

@@Merblethe 186k+ dead Gazans and all their families would probably have something to say about Biden’s ‘morality’

[@Clippidyclappidy]

@@Merble​​⁠the 186k+ Xed out Gazans and all their families would probably have something to say about Biden’s ‘morality’

[@Clippidyclappidy]

@@Merble​​⁠the 186k+ unalived Palestinians and all their families would probably have something to say about Biden’s ‘morality’

[@lolhs96]

@@Merble If everyone agrees the govt has been corrupted by money/ignorance/etc for a while, and Biden is a career congressman, then why are so many willing to support him? Just being “not the other guy” is a pretty weak stance

[@chrstopherrivera8986]

I'm sorry but the democrats didn't hold primaries for a new candidate so how is he able to say that we chose him when there was no other choice 😅

[@Katsuragi7]

They did and Joe won roughly 87% of the vote.

[@Katsuragi7]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries

[@joelyates2404]

The same way Putin wins. ​@Katsuragi7

[@thelazygamingtiger8443]

Chad immediately providing a source ​@Katsuragi7

[@botanicalitus4194]

@@Katsuragi7 none of the other candidates were able to get on all the ballots because the DNC kept changing the rules and deadlines to file paperwork. Look up what they did in Florida to Marianne Williamson. No, there was no other choice and they made sure of it.

[@Jzt_Darren]

This sure aged really great 😀

[@33mileshigh]

They both need to go, we need something new.

[@scpsbus8776]

Yes! If those two get in office, I’m moving out the country

[@Merble]

I wish this was a real option, just NOPE BOTH ARE UNFIT. Both parties have 4 months to pick new candidates. France did it in 2 weeks.

[@theodoreryan7892]

@@scpsbus8776 IF those two get in office at the same time something else went really really wrong

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

Apparently, Biden wasn't even on the ballot in New Hampshire, and still won over Dean Phillips as a write-in candidate.

[@pgtmr2713]

Nah, Trump is good. One of the best ever. FJB! Oh and it's a free country anyone can leave at anytime.

[@ijebusjebus]

Over half a million registered voters went out of their way on an uncontested ballot to vote ‘uncommitted’ in their state primary’s. We did not put Biden on the ballot by choice. We were offered no choice.

[@yoohootube]

Lots of us wanted to vote uncommitted and weren't allowed

[@MetricOwl-tv8zx]

Seems pretty authoritarian to me are you sure republicans are the authoritarian here.

[@charlesnunya2347]

in Colorado we had one name on the ballot... voters have spoken, what a joke

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

And over 14 million put in the effort to vote for Joe Biden in the Democrat primary. Almost every state before super Tuesday had one or more of Palmer, Williamson or Phillips on the ballot, and voters overwhelmingly picked Biden. You want to criticize the democrat primary voters for choosing poorly? Fair enough. But they chose.

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

@@charlesnunya2347 What? Colorado appears to have it the best. 8 names on their ballot, plus an 'uncommitted' option.

[@IvoryQueen317]

Isn’t the federal government designed to set up the bare minimum in quality of education and leave the rest to the states? If there end up being states that don't even want to reach the minimum, then what?

[@nathanielweber7843]

No, the federal government is set up to decide what states need more money for education. Which would be great if the money was actually spent on education, but what actually happens is the government sees a state that needs money, and spends it all on administration plugs to have oversight committees that observe the ongoing education set up without actually changing it. These committees then deliberate for months on if a change actually needs to be made or not, and ultimately nothing actually happens. But now the school district has to pay that salary subset too, so either the district will raise taxes to cover it in a local bill for the school board, or it will cut programs like sports and music to retain money to pay administrative salary. Repeat until the school is a rundown shell. And then sometimes you get the really radical committees that decide immediate change is necessary because the committee members have a political agenda they want to push, which happens on both sides but primarily on the left as more left leaning individuals go into teaching careers or oversee the same which leads to more opportunities and temptations for the left to add a few talking points to a mandatory agenda. If you’re not picking up on what I’m laying down, the department of education is a waste of money and needs to be abolished and either restructured in a totally different format or left in totality to municipal governments and state level bureaucracy.

[@swampypolitics9574]

Then people leave. Like what happened when there was no work. People kept pushing to where the work was. And if what your stating is what happens, then there wouldn't be an issue. But it's not. It's if the federal board of Ed doesn't approve it you can't do it. Bwcsuse they are beholden to teachers unions. Which is why the dems are fully against school choice and voucher programs. They can't launder money to their elite schools if the tax payer decides which school their contribution goes to. The board of Ed literally controls education. Not sets the lowest bar.

[@index4four]

Dismantling the Department of Education? How can anyone sane think that's a good idea?

[@pattou2175]

Cuz for the past 10 years the department of education has constantly failed and doing its job. The standards for kids education. It's a par at best and instead of trying to improve it. They discontinually lowered the bar. There are some 5th graders who barely know how to read. The schools rather play politics than actually teaching kids and they're willing to crumble for every stupid demand enough people scream at them about. So yes, we either need to dismantle the school system and make a better one or there needs to be a overhaul unseen since the Lincoln party wanted the free the slaves.

[@younoa8783]

because the school system is broken.

[@sanejingliufan]

Unless they have something to replace it immediately after it disbands it will be a terrible idea

[@Big_Kirko]

@@sanejingliufan agreed and the thing is they don't and there is a good chance there wouldn't be for the next four years if trump gets elected.

[@Dietrich_Kaufmann]

Government don’t want thinkers, they want sla-workers to pay taxes, and/or lock everyone up in prison for cheap labor and manpower for the military industrial complex

[@shinetilly]

I agree that voters should be the ones determining the democratic nominee however during the primaries we were given no other option than Biden. The Democratic Party failed us the voters. I will never vote for Trump to be clear. But the Dems are reaping what they sowed when they did not give the voters a choice in the primaries

[@colterbaltes]

That was only in six of the states And that’s mostly because there’s no other well-known candidates that ran unlike in 2020 and many of the other, Candidates just dropped out

[@clownshoes6518]

Failed us again as usual

[@taylors4243]

so you dont like the most productive president in our lifetime? you want someone worse? have you been evaluated for cognitive decline?

[@guyman1570]

2012, the same thing happened... oh right, an incumbent president was running for reelection, d'oh!

[@kingace6186]

You were, liar. You just buried your head into the sound. So stop sabotaging us.

[@jeremykane2824]

You shouldn’t even be allowed to run if you’re over 65.

[@justalozer]

Trump and Biden honestly need to be in retirement homes at this point 💀

[@kendallsmith1458]

28th amendment: No person shall begin any political office past the age of seventy years.

[@shuaty]

We did not put him there, they consistently prevented us from having other options like Dean Philips, Marianne Williamson, and former Democrat Robert F Kennedy Jr.

[@TheBigHugh]

Don't forget Tulsi Gabbard. As a military vet, reasonably young, and otherwise sensible democrat, she would've won in 2020 like biden and probably be ready for a second term. She would've been an incredible first female president

[@umassigkap]

Tulsi has gone far right and is Her own crazy train

[@yulfine1688]

Dean phillips ill pass.. marianne was ok.. Jr didnt want to be part of either party hes independent but he also has some really bad policies. Tulsi is interesting but she had some clear flaws with her ideas but theyre definitely better overall than the other candidates and would have preferred her as a candiate myself. Republican side, nikey haley while similar to trump is a bit more laxed and neutral though she generally supports him. Would have also liked to see her with more popularity.

[@younoa8783]

vivek ramswamy!

[@CharlesNYM]

@@TheBigHugh Tulsi lost it sadly

[@gandoystuffs]

bro was so fascinated about grass💀

[@apexgaming9769]

this aged like fine wine

[@Imbalanxd]

Oh no, he must be really senile if he thinks the voters determine the democrat candidate

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

You think he wrote the letter? Sure you understand the letter was written for him.

[@DrDeuteron]

@@perfectlyinsane1376learn to read.

[@Sintaba_Gold]

There wasn't even a primary, when we put him in the position he said he would be a single term president and not run again

[@bluedragonfly8139]

*citation needed*

[@boy123istacken]

There was a primary it was just rigged and rfk was the only one brave enough to fight back against the corruption.

[@michaelkaruza490]

Wow! Biden lied?? Never!

[@doctorgears9358]

The Democratic Party and the Democratic Party alone is at fault for the position they’re in. I get they want him to step down but they reap what they sow. They put him there and had 4 years to figure something out. Instead they did jack and shit.

[@migueltoledo1884]

It's horrific that most people are only going to vote for Biden because we simply don't want Trump and his authoritarianism... Like... this is really our best option?

[@zeppie_]

Yes. If Biden is re-elected, then we will be able to vote in a better president next term. We might not have that same opportunity in Trump’s USA

[@TheBigHugh]

​@@zeppie_ how is this anywhere accurate? So far the only authoritarian positions I'm seeing are coming from dems. Limited speech, reduction in 2A rights, unusual lack of support for school choice/charter schools etc. Only "authoritarian" position, if you can even call it that, about abortion. Which, in most cases is to just let individual states vote on the issue as is constitutional. Oh no, the fed isn't backing up your ability to kill babies...how authoritarian.

[@AmyZonkers]

It's rich how leftists call trump "authoritarian" while Biden signed hundreds of executive orders to get around congress and is literally using the DOJ to prosecute his political rivals.

[@ndingounou5380]

Lmao, the fear mongering is crazy ​@@zeppie_

[@younoa8783]

@@zeppie_ the president does not have the power to remove voting are you crazy that's why we have a constitution.

[@TheSleepSteward]

1. Love these shorts so much. 2. Project 2025 is horrifying and it’s a lot scarier than just that. 3. The situation in France is actually kinda funny. Everyone put aside their differences and basically said hey, I don’t like you but I don’t like THEM a whole lot more. And the parties basically teamed up to make this happen, pretty funny and also a pretty big “f u” to the National Rally. That’s the name right? I think so.

[@joeygk2990]

project 2025 is leftist fear mongering. Trump already said he has nothing to do with it

[@PandaNDuskie]

Project 2025 is not supported by any presidential candidate and is being used to fear monger, you clearly fell for it.

[@robertfink4768]

Why is Project 2025 terrifying ?

[@sniperpanda2965]

@robertfink4768 it's not, only ignorant people are taking it seriously when trump has 0 to do with it

[@robertfink4768]

@@sniperpanda2965 I love when they say project 2025 is going to defund the schools, no they are going to defund schools that are pushing that gender neutral non binary crap down their throats, which I am for. Schools have no place for delusions and propaganda

[@tjbellah349]

Turns out, he wasn’t that comitted

[@theroundestfrog7913]

Go France! Im so happy for you. I need to be happy about something.

[@Nemean-se5k]

they basically cheated le pens party out of victories by withdrawing large numbers of potential reps to boost their numbers

[@mj.arkhenium6853]

Sadly, the left in France is now in a really bad position, so there is no good news for you...

[@hiirets2413]

I wish... I fucking wish....

[@MrSophire]

Yay , there were riots and threats if the left didn’t win. Yay

[@MorganNull-uj6uu]

DIS- DISMANTLING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION??? HELLO????

[@whitezombie10]

It doesn’t mean that the entire education system will be closed, it just gives schools more independence

[@MorganNull-uj6uu]

@@whitezombie10 That is a horrid idea. That is the absolute last thing we need.

[@toxicgamer6038]

@@MorganNull-uj6uu Not like they're doing any good now.

[@MorganNull-uj6uu]

@@toxicgamer6038 They’re doing a lot better than they would be if they got to choose what they wanted to teach. Imagine what they would ban, the religions they would force upon people.

[@THEKIDDBRUHH]

@@whitezombie10and leave schools in impoverished states to fend for themselves? That is a horrible idea

[@frankhansman2111]

"the voters and voters alone decide the nominee." Fact Check: The Democrat primary has NEVER been free and fair election. The party, since its inception, has had two classes of voter: the constituency, and the delegates. In every state, the Delegates have just as much voting power as they constituency, despite being less than 1% in size. Each delegate gets two votes: one as a member of the constituency and one as a delegate. The Democrat party has used this system to maintain voting block power over its own voters to repeal and overturn the popular vote of the constituency. For example in the 2016 Democracy primary, the registered Democrat constituency, were they left to their popular vote would have nominated Bernie Sanders, but the delegates voted against the will of the people and used their equal voting power to overturn the vote and nominate Hillary Clinton. This is the same party that complains about the electoral college. "So? The Republicans do it too!" -inevitable comment of ignorance False. The Republican primaries are true popular vote with no elite class voting powers. Every Republican nominee has been selected by the constituency of the Republican party and not its leading officials.

[@Amber-vn2le]

Also with p2025 is the criminalisation of lgbt people

[@firestargaming9521]

Based on what sources? I dislike trump and his policies as much as any other sane individual but this seems ridiculous

[@yulfine1688]

Him wanting to seperate them from sports when theres clear issues? The issues with taking horomone therapy and especially the push for younger kids to go through it... Right trump is the issue..

[@spencerlively3049]

@@yulfine1688 Also gay marriage... adoption... public displays of affection... sodomy laws... conversion therapy... protections from employment discrimination... hospital visitation rights...

[@yulfine1688]

@@spencerlively3049 hmm I don't remember any of that really. Conversion therapy yeah for anyone not an adult, nothing I saw about employment discrimination, hosptial visitation rights? Love to see something on that. He has talked about adoption it does need quote the reform. Sodomy laws? Sodomy is anal sex don't remember anything about that. Where do you get your information from? CNN? Twitter? Yikes mate..

[@spencerlively3049]

@@firestargaming9521 this is one portion, edited down significantly, from the foreword of project 2025: "Furthermore, the next conservative President must understand that using government alone to respond to symptoms of the family crisis is a dead end. Federal power must instead be wielded to reverse the crisis and rescue America’s kids from familial breakdown. The Conservative Promise includes dozens of specific policies to accomplish this existential task." ... "The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for woke culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists."

[@charlescannon2469]

I've met some lively 70 year olds, I don't have an issue with age, but minimum level of ability has to be a limiting factor.

[@ryzekiv7147]

In election news… France: the n+is are defeated US: the n+zis are just getting started

[@SpikyBlade]

I mean yeah they did sort of get defeated... but they still increased their score by 50% (going from 85 members of Parliament to 125) and that's only because most of the others set their differences aside and stopped them from getting the absolute majority which they were predicted to probably get

[@johnkonig865]

@@SpikyBlade So in other words, they weren't defeated, they just didn't win it all?

[@ryzekiv7147]

@@SpikyBlade captain america died for nothing, didn’t he?

[@yoohootube]

We never wanted to vote for him, any of the times he ran

[@Zeph561]

Project 2025 sounds horrifying, I’ve read a lot of it and it genuinely scares me

[@thesolidfuzz]

This whole project 2025 was proposed by some douche bag conservative lobbyist group that has nothing to do with Trump. Democrats have latched on to this for obvious reason, but again...no, not gonna happen. The dude already has a proposal "Agenda 47" which is what he's running on. I don't even like the guy but goddamn, ppl need to get their facts straight.

[@kevinlin7068]

So if i remember correctly project 2025 is made from the heritage foundation which is a research and educational institution now im not sure if any republican have said they support the plan but i know for sure trump did say he doesnt endorse project 2025

[@Charley_Goji]

ive never heard of project 225, what the hell thats horrific.

[@JTM56]

It’s not… please look in to it. Its also not endorsed by trump

[@Batboy11k]

@@JTM56first, trumps lying to get more support, not a big surpise, and it’ll make gay people criminalized… along with the destruction of public education, clearly, you havent read it either

[@Vexxel256]

@@JTM56he doesn’t endorse it officially because saying “i support dismantling free education and democracy” in the middle of an election is a terrible idea but he 100% loves the idea behind closed doors

[@JTM56]

@@Vexxel256 you can’t say that cause you don’t know. The goal of project 2025 from the left side is to use it as fear mongering because 96% of the people are not going to read it or look in to it at all

[@NothingSpecial-tl5uh]

@@Vexxel256 Any proof he supports it?

[@JennaGetsCreative]

I'm not American so I don't get to vote, and if I was I would vote democrat because a second Trump term will be disastrous, but OMG Joe step down. Same up here in Canada, Trudeau, man, know when to quit while you're ahead. If he runs again there are going to be a lot of "not Trudeau" votes from people who don't think he deserves a 4th term that artificially inflate support for the Conservative party.

[@boy123istacken]

Oh no Trump was so disasterous he stopped wars, he walked from south korea into north korea past the border line shook hands with kim and ended the building nuclear war with him, he was closing the border thus lowering drugs and human trafficing (thats climbed up massivly with biden), and he would have been one of the best economys if not for covid so please explain why Trump would be a disaster is it his plan to implement Agenda47?

[@fish-in-dips]

Are you really simping for Trudeau. You know the same guy marching Canada into communism. The same guy who removed your right to defend themselves with firearms?

[@TheNatalierose1100]

He stepped down

[@courtorderedgaming]

I was starting to worry that we wouldn't have the bulletin board. BB is the bulletin and board WP the budget cuts soared Cork visual aid Cork serenade Written expense holy hoard

[@MoraleIsHigh]

Vote RFK! Kennedy 2024!

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

And then he quit...

[@brennanlighthall1358]

This aged like milk

[@teetee2799]

I'm scared that project 2025 will happen😥.

[@KetchupPanda458]

It won't, it's not real

[@whitezombie10]

It is NOT an official project of the Republican party, just a pure hypothesis made by an independent catholic group

[@MetricOwl-tv8zx]

@@whitezombie10 huh why isn’t that said more often also tried to look up project 2025 can’t find something either with just what it says it’s just hard to find.

[@toxicgamer6038]

@@MetricOwl-tv8zx Can't use it to fear monger if every knows it's not official.

[@Humuhumunukunukuapaa]

Numerous republican figures have openly backed it.

[@hdeutsch1974]

Now that he's dropped out, I've been a little annoyed by how much everyone is fawning over his patriotism for dropping out. However, I think it actually shows his brilliance as a strategist. He dropped out at the very end of the RNC convention. They spent their whole energy and national stag attacking him, and then he steps aside for Kamal. She is a great candidate in her own right, but he set her up for success. I don't know how much was planned, but the timing could not have been more perfect.

[@BradleyUppercrustIII345]

Kamala is definitely not a great candidate

[@lancelot2845]

Well this aged

[@thedoge7743]

He needs to resign.

[@thesweetone]

So you love trump?

[@thedoge7743]

@@thesweetone Not at all, but the Democratic Party is hopeless with Biden at the helm. Trumps a monster, but his victory seems certain

[@ImperiumRomanum476]

We hate both. Give me someone under the retirement age.​@@thesweetone

[@cosmic3829]

@@thesweetoneNope, but there’s a reason so many democrats want him to resign. Disliking one doesn’t mean loving the other, Biden is simply a poor candidate.

[@colterbaltes]

The thing is which is better that’s who you vote for

[@ethan__simpson864]

This aged well...

[@RileyTitchenell]

never been this early before.

[@marksezer3994]

Put down the legal age then let mrbeast run the country

[@user-yw3vg5ll8o]

Facts, we'd be better of

[@user-yw3vg5ll8o]

The beast party

[@user-er4qd6gq7f]

All Trump and all those running down the ticket have to say is, "Even your own party members dont want you!" I mean, that's an easy argument to win. Right?

[@jackmchough957]

What primaries?

[@RedForDanger.]

the 2024 democratic party presidential primaries

[@VincentVonDudler]

Exactly - the primaries were a sham.

[@TheBigHugh]

​@@RedForDanger. Where? The supposed pro democracy party completely took away the people's ability to choose their own pick for president. The DNC just installed biden in both the 2020 and now 2024 elections. The guy barely campaigned in 2020, and the DNC are refusing to give any reasonable candidates a chance in 2024. They lied to us about bidens health for these 4+ years, and in a fascist way used corporate media entities to stifle speech especially pertaining to the hunter biden scandals.

[@DrDeuteron]

Thats the non authoritarian democracy you voted for. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@charlesnunya2347]

The voters did NOT make him the nominee it was the Democratic establishment that didn't run a primary. Here in Colorado, there was literally one name on the ballot so tell me again that the voters got to make a choice on who the nomination went to... what a damn joke

[@GamerTime_2002]

Let's be honest though a change in candidates this late in the race would mean a sure win for the Republicans This is the best they got

[@themayorreturns8686]

Genuinely disgusting that only 9 democratic lawmakers have called on him to step down.

[@rickybobby6848]

@@themayorreturns8686 what about the 14.5 million voters who choose him during the primary? Yah get what you voted for, no take backs

[@DrDeuteron]

It’s up to Kamala

[@rezkel7404]

Sike - Biden probably

[@Ninitanaa]

This aged like a fine- Bottle of milk

[@bill6644]

You can say that again

[@aceystar1478]

Can we collectively devude on some 3rd party candidate and all vote for them. I dont think we can do much worse

[@ictogon]

RFK!

[@lilpetz500]

I quite like Jill Stein, but I will admit that I could do more research on options. RFK seems great too, but it will be hard to reputationally come back from like, one of the only headlines I've seen of him

[@AAAAAA-lx2cl]

Ladies and gentlemen, dont vote based on economic policy. No matter who you pick, we're likely getting a recession in the next 3 years. Vote on literally anything but that. Our economy is trashed beyond repair for the next 5 years.

[@toxicgamer6038]

I vote for trump based on his foreign policy then.

[@AAAAAA-lx2cl]

@@toxicgamer6038 Thats the spirit 👍

[@emmanueloshaddai3259]

TRUMP 2024!

[@surerollins5179]

​@toxicgamer6038 you mean allowing Russia to do whatever they want with Ukraine? Yeah, I don't want a shitty president like Con Don

[@altoid3453]

I dont know about you but the modern educational system sucks ass in america. Dismantling that and things related to that sounds like a great idea

[@nromk]

Hot take more ice cream in the cone should be Biden's slogan but replace it with more chips in the potato bag.

[@Batboy11k]

hear me out: obamas wife and obama as vp, worst that can happen is a drone strike here and there, and making trump cry

[@propogandalf]

Obama would never agree. He wants less stress in his life, not more

[@johnvang2503]

XD lol

[@emmalang4954]

Yeah....that didn't last, he stepped down last night 😆

[@austinsatterfield6792]

I can't wait to vote trump again

[@GreenJeepAdventures]

Bernie 2024

[@grovr7543]

Oh please no

[@scpsbus8776]

@@grovr7543why? Who is he and what he did?

[@Humuhumunukunukuapaa]

A democrat that wants to expand on social programs. Hes held the same opinion for +40 years while never forming to lobbist or bribes; neber commit insider trading or any form of corruption. So republicans fear mongered the population into thinking he was a commi.

[@NothingSpecial-tl5uh]

@@scpsbus8776 He's a socialist (so not good)

[@98frenchfry]

Good get rid of the dept. of education it’s all shit! I saw the budget for the local schools in my community. 75% of the budget was for sports, we haven’t won a single championship in decades, less than 10% of the budget was for teachers pay. I say dismantle and rebuild it nationwide

[@HorseySauce28]

Forgot to mention that Trump doesn’t support project 2025

[@MothFable]

Can we please put this discussion on the back burner until we make sure trump doesn’t get in so we still have a democracy? Like it’s a very important issue that should be worked out, but priorities people.

[@ictogon]

Stop with the blind party support. It's gross

[@MothFable]

@@ictogon blind party support? You think I support Biden because I’m in some sort of cult? I don’t vote by party lines, I vote for the best candidate. Biden has done the best for our economy in the history of our nation and he isn’t actively trying to tear apart our democracy. I don’t like having to choose between two geezers but trump is such a horrid candidate I’d take anyone else over him, whether they were Biden or not.

[@ictogon]

@@MothFable Vote for RFK

[@MothFable]

@@ictogon RFK spent the Covid pandemic spreading misinformation about Covid, stuff that was proven to be pattently false. I don’t really trust him at this point, not when he caused so much damage through that. If that weren’t the case I would be voting for him.

[@spencerhardy8667]

@@MothFable If you are so rich that you think this economy is the best, then you must be in the 10% minority.

[@milesmckean]

let’s go to the extreme old and get Jimmy Carter(nearly 100) to run again

[@Vallyrah]

LMFAO Biden doesn't write his own letters!

[@TheMiloee]

All three of those things are terrible.. why are they so proud of backtracking and destroying the country

[@realfaux7333]

How is the dept of education useful?

[@Sentientmatter8]

What a move. Biden is playing 3D chess here.

[@amadeusb4]

Nobody is voting for JB. Nobody voted for him last time. We’re all voting against Turd!

[@Batboy11k]

what? you’re just gonna put in some shit like “The Emperor from Warhammar 40k”

[@nosrac1208]

Trump does not endorse Project 2025 and released his own, separate agenda that is not as extreme as Project 2025.

[@Nerazmus]

He does endorse it, he said so publically.

[@kt.godsave]

The literal "touch grass" grass got me! 😂😂😂😂

[@SteveKilgore27]

Democrats: “Quick! Stop looking at our degrading president and look at this boogeyman Project 2025!”

[@DrDeuteron]

I’m sure they focused group tested it a few weeks ago. Who knows what else they trotted it, but p2025 was a hit, and now the majority of WaPo readers are in full panic mode. Such 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@user-yy4lw2lr3y]

Well. This apparently agreed poorly.

[@reillyg2664]

Please, Dean Phillips, come back I’m crying

[@The_Silhouette_Man]

"Democracy Is So Overrated" - Francis Underwood

[@DanSmith-fj1uw]

That’s not true the Democratic commission literally one case in court that states that they can place anyone that they want as the nominee regardless of votes. We need to act to protect our democracy and not leave our chances in geriatric hands.

[@thecriticalriposte]

I stand with Biden.

[@Snipergoat1]

So you shuffle around and fall down a lot? You could try a candidate he is smarter than a root vegetable. So anyone but him or Kamala. and I mean anyone. The dems need to figure out that there are ways to support the mentally handicapped without electing them.

[@Teethmafia]

Fantastic, let’s vote on it.

[@mrwolf9897]

They both need to stand down..

[@swampypolitics9574]

Its not just 9 party members.. its literally ALLL the top of the democrat party. I mean your talkibg pelosi, schumer, shiff... its not just random dem psrty members its the psrty leadership

[@benwagner5089]

So you expensed the ice cream cone, but not the ice cream? It takes the emperor's new clothes trope to a whole new level.

[@cawndor]

That aged poorly quickly.

[@karenbole7130]

We boaters did not put him in this position through the primary because the primary was denied

[@GabrielSantosStandardCombo]

There was no primary election. All the possible contenders dropped out before the vote, so the people had no say.

[@guyman1570]

Ever heard of incumbent candidates running for re-election, no? This is actually normal during such re-election years.

[@WilliamBradey]

Obviously he’s not going to step down. It takes a special kind of person to walk away from the most powerful seat on earth. He’s not the kind of person to do that.

[@richardradice3391]

It’s crazy that the idea of planning limits on murder is a radical idea to some people

[@mikekoningde2295]

Great thanks for these great super compact update!🎉

[@Sapphires_And_Dreams]

The problem with your impersonation of Biden is that everything you're saying is coherent.

[@TotallyCyn]

They are dismantling the Dept. of Education if they win 😢 My dream will become a shitfest if that happens

[@pjwinkels]

Voters chose him in the primary? What primary? Many states like FL didn't even get to vote since they just went with Biden.. The voters did not chose this.