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Biden announced he’s ending his bid for the presidency via X (formerly twitter). Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e5xpdzkd8o https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-trump-election-07-21-24/index.html https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/president-joe-biden-drops-2024-presidential-race-rcna159867
minus-squareralphio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64arrow-down3·5 months agoHonestly the biggest problem Biden had was that all his funding dried up after the debate. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/biden-fundraising.html Regardless of who you think would win in a vacuum you gotta acknowledge this.
minus-squareVanillaBean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 months agoThe biggest problem he had was getting old.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·5 months agoI suspended my donations with a memo that they need to seriously consider running someone else. I’ll vote for Harris, but I’m not excited for her.
minus-squareashok36@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoI stopped donating after the debate. I sent a donation today for 3x my usual. If they only respond to money, then withholding it is the only way to make them listen.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoThis means Harris shouldn’t have an advantage. She only had the advantage that she could use the funds that Biden raised.
minus-squareralphio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoPresumably the donations will start coming back in now that Biden is out.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoBut now they can go to whomever the new candidate is.
minus-squareralphio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAh OK I see what you’re saying. I misunderstood.
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Honestly the biggest problem Biden had was that all his funding dried up after the debate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/biden-fundraising.html
Regardless of who you think would win in a vacuum you gotta acknowledge this.
The biggest problem he had was getting old.
I suspended my donations with a memo that they need to seriously consider running someone else. I’ll vote for Harris, but I’m not excited for her.
I stopped donating after the debate. I sent a donation today for 3x my usual. If they only respond to money, then withholding it is the only way to make them listen.
This means Harris shouldn’t have an advantage. She only had the advantage that she could use the funds that Biden raised.
Presumably the donations will start coming back in now that Biden is out.
But now they can go to whomever the new candidate is.
Ah OK I see what you’re saying. I misunderstood.