by Alex Berenson, Unreported Truths:
Three-and-a-half years ago, Joe Biden promised he would solve the problem of Covid by getting enough people vaccinated.1
Turns out he had it backwards. Covid’s gonna solve the problem of Joe Biden, jabbed and all.
On Saturday night, after Donald Trump was shot, I posted on X that
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The second-order fallout from this is that Joe Biden is now much more likely to be the Democratic nominee. Why would any viable Democrat fight a bloody battle to oust him – when Trump will have a huge edge? They’ll just let Uncle Joe get smoked and wait for 2028.
I was wrong. Here’s why.
On Saturday, before the assassination attempt, Biden had a conference call with Democratic House members. To say it went badly is an understatement.
Biden yelled at Jason Crow, a Colorado representative and Army veteran, “Tell me who did something that you’ve never done with your Bronze Star like my son,” and then referred to himself as “the most respected person.” Yep, can’t make it up.
In the wake of the call, many House Democrats planned to call publicly for Biden’ to withdraw as nominee. The assassination attempt took the focus off Biden’s failing candidacy for about 48 hours – which proved both a blessing and a curse for Biden.
Senior Democratic leaders now accept no Democrat would have much chance against Trump this year. His bravery after the shooting was a moment for the ages. If we’ve had a more powerful image than this since 9/11 (or maybe back to 1989, when a single Chinese protestor stood before a column of four tanks in Tiananmen Square), I can’t think of it.
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(It’s a knockout!)
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But there’s a difference between not having much chance and losing in a generation-altering landslide.
And that’s where Biden is headed, even if the polls don’t fully capture the reality yet. Trump yelled “Fight! Fight! Fight!” seconds after he was shot. Biden can barely speak a complete sentence even with a teleprompter.
Further, for the first time in three campaigns, Trump and the Republicans will not be running at a huge money disadvantage.
With Elon Musk alone reportedly willing to contribute up to $180 million to a Trump-supporting political action committee, they’re going to be at least even. If Democratic donors keep withholding money from Biden, they’ll be far ahead. (Cue the money-is-an-evil-force-in-politics articles, which have been notably absent from the elite media since Hillary Clinton outspent Trump hugely in 2016.)
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So – with the attention on Trump since Saturday – the Democratic leadership has decided that Joe must go. (Wouldn’t you love to have heard those calls?)
Better to let Kamala Harris run, at least they can sell her to the base as the first black female major candidate. Hey, she can’t be worse than Uncle Joe, she’s not going to wander away from the podium. The big donors are okay with it too, they may not love her but they aren’t angry with her the way they are with Biden.
The assassination attempt helped simplify the puzzle in another way too. Because Trump is so far ahead, none of the other big Democrats are particularly eager to run against him. Smoothly handing the torch to Kamala has become way easier.
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