Obama Tells Allies Biden Needs to Reconsider His Re-Election Bid, WaPo Reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama has told allies in recent days that Joe Biden’s path to victory has greatly diminished and he thinks the U.S. president needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing multiple people briefed on Obama’s thinking.

(Reporting by Rami Ayyub)

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    4 months ago

    It keeps getting funnier everytime.

    “Biden needs to really consider whether he’s going to stay in the tace or not.”

    “I’m 1000% staying in the race, god himself could not prevent me from running, I am confident I can win and ama not even considering stepping down”

    “Joe Biden is running out of time to decide if he wants to step down or not.”

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      It’s an offer he can’t refuse, and he’s the last one in the room to realize it

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    What’s hilarious is I remember Obama begging for donations with Joe and now here we are.

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      Pretty sure the background narrative is this weekend, maybe next week, he’s gonna announce he won’t be accepting the nomination and Kamala will be running for president in his place

      The obvious truth is he will not be getting nominated and it causes the least harm to the DNC overall if he willingly backs out rather than just be kicked out

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    I thought that when the covid diagnosis was released it was going to be his dignified way out but apparently he still needs to be pushed.