{"id":164867,"date":"2024-12-29T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=164867"},"modified":"2024-12-29T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:22:09","slug":"joe-biden-regrets-ending-his-re-election-campaign-and-nominating-merrick-garland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=164867","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden regrets ending his re-election campaign, and nominating Merrick Garland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joe Biden reportedly voiced a couple of major regrets. One regret involved pulling the plug on his re-election bid. Biden felt that he would’ve defeated Donald Trump despite internal polling indicating that he would’ve gotten hammered. Biden also regretted nominating Merrick Garland for attorney general. Biden felt that Garland did not move fast enough with prosecuting Trump, while pointing out how fast action was taken against Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n

From The Guardian:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With just more than three weeks of his single-term presidency remaining, Biden’s reported rueful reflections are revealed in a Washington Post profile that contains the clearest signs yet that he thinks he erred in withdrawing his candidacy in July after a woeful debate performance against his rival for the White House, Trump, the previous month.<\/p>\n

The president stepped aside — to be replaced as his party’s nominee by the US vice-president, Kamala Harris — after mounting pressure from fellow Democrats, who cited polling evidence that appeared to show him heading for a near-certain election drubbing from Trump, who was seeking a historic return to the White House as the Republicans’ nominee.<\/p>\n

Harris’s ascent to the top of the ticket led to a surge of enthusiasm and improved poll numbers but ultimately ended in a decisive electoral college and popular vote defeat.<\/p>\n

While Biden and his aides have been careful not to blame Harris, they apparently believe the result would have been different if he had stood his ground, according to the Washington Post’s reporting.<\/p>\n

It is a view disputed by many Harris supporters, who blame the president for waiting too long before withdrawing, thus leaving the vice-president with little time to mount an effective campaign.<\/p>\n

They also point out that Biden’s determination to seek a second term violated his 2020 campaign vow to be a “transitional” figure, who would pass the torch after one term after steering the country away from Trump’s presidency.<\/p>\n

“Biden ran on the promise that he was going to be a transitional president, and in effect, have one term before handing it off to another generation,” Richard Blumenthal, a Democratic senator for Connecticut told the Post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tait, R. (2024, December 28). Biden reportedly regrets ending re-election campaign and says he’d have defeated Trump. The Guardian<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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