• mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Timing that a 50yr+ politician like Joe would understand how to use.

      My conspiracy is that he opted to leave earlier than advertised, but kept up the public face just to trap Trump. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s pulled some excellent bullshit to get something done.

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        2 months ago

        Nah, fairly certain Biden wanted the power, and was willing to lose the democracy to have a chance at staying in power.

        I don’t believe for a second he was being selfless on this issue.

        It took a all of the dem leadership threatening to forcefully break DNC rules to get him to accept that he is too old.

      • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Not only just to trap Trump, but also to coalesce everyone behind a successor candidate. Because the only thing worse than Biden staying in the race would have been him dropping out and then a dozen Democrat candidates popping up, vying for the nomination, barely 5 months before the election. Further infighting would have handed the election to the weirdos.