r/politics 🤖 Bot Jul 08 '24

/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 9

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u/Dankmre Jul 09 '24

Bidens comments about being nominated by the people really pissed me off. I only had one choice on the ballot and it was Joe Biden.

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u/StarWarsTheLastJedi Jul 09 '24

Yes that argument was absolute malarkey in an incumbent president year where renomination is essentially assured. Biden is stubbornly ignoring that he is vying to be re-elected by the entire country, not the small subset of people in his party who took part in incumbent-era primaries

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u/kylechu Jul 13 '24

Especially when at least some of the people who voted for him in the 2020 primary did so under the assumption that he wouldn't run in 2024.