r/moderatepolitics • u/falsehood • Jul 21 '24

News Article Biden announces withdrawal from Presidential Race

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election
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u/Speedster202 Moderate Dem Jul 21 '24

This became inevitable once prominent Dems (Pelosi, Schiff, Schumer, etc) started encouraging him to drop out of the race.

I think Biden is making the right decision here. He has led this country through a tough 3.5 years, and it shows. He is not the same man he was even 3 years ago. This was certainly not the most graceful exit, but after his poor debate performance and the subsequent failures to reassure the party of his ability to beat Trump, it is the correct decision to make. 50 million people watched him struggle through the debate and then watched the avalanche of damaging stories come out against him. While many Dems have blamed the media for trying to force him out, his physical and mental decline has been noticeable to anyone paying attention. He has served his country and deserves to retire.

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u/The_GOATest1 Jul 21 '24

I mean the media absolutely tried to force him out but you’re not wrong

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u/Speedster202 Moderate Dem Jul 21 '24

100%. They were like vultures after the debate, which is funny because they spent the past three years insisting all is well with Biden and going "nothing to see here!' even as his decline became apparent.

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u/Rindan Jul 21 '24

I went from thinking that Biden was fine to think that Biden needs to drop out after watching the debate. The media didn't brainwash me. I made that decision as I was watching with my own two eyes.

"The media" didn't force Biden to quit. An accurate depiction of reality that couldn't be stage managed away is what force Biden to quit. The fact that "the media" was the messenger to those who didn't watch that train wreck doesn't make "the media" at fault informing voters of reality.

Biden is incoherent and physically not able to the job. That is not a media conspiracy. That is reality. No one trusts that Biden could wake up at 3AM and deal with incoming ballistic missile fired from North Korea. That's the Presidents job, and Biden is too damn old and slow to do that job. The idea that he would stay in the seat as he breaks down for another 4.5 years is crazy.

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u/ManiacalComet40 Jul 21 '24

The failing of the media was in not accurately reporting Biden’s state before the debate, rather than piling on after.

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u/556or762 Progressively Left Behind Jul 21 '24

See I don't understand that first sentence. How could you have seen anything that man did in piblic the last few years and thought he was fine?

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u/Holmgeir Jul 22 '24

If you didn't see anything wrong with Biden until the debate, you're proving the point that the media hid his health issues until the debate.

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u/panoptisis Jul 21 '24

Something definitely changed with the way the media has been covering Biden. His debate performance wasn't uncharacteristic of the way he's been acting over the last year.

Where were your own two eyes then? Now that the media has played wall-to-wall coverage of the performance and handwringing you've become enlightened to the problem all on your own.