President Biden’s reelection campaign raised more than $1 million through online fundraising alone in the 24 hours after the president’s Jan. 6 anniversary speech, according to numbers exclusively provided to The Hill.
Biden on Friday gave a full throated attack against former President Trump, his likely GOP opponent, and warned Americans that Trump’s reelection would pose a threat to American democracy. The president zeroed in on Jan. 6 to mark the third anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riots and argued in his remarks that democracy is on the ballot in 2024.
In response to the 24-hour fundraising haul, the Biden campaign noted that they see preserving democracy as a political winner for the president in 2024.
Only if the DNC allowed a primary, which they’re not this year…
And the DNC would be allowed to influence the primary against me in anyway they want…
They could even wait till I win, then say “nah, don’t think we will” and nominate Biden to the general.
This isn’t my opinion, this is what the dnc told a judge, and the judge agreed.
Even further tho, the judge said the DNC can continue to claim primaries will be fair even if they’re not, because it’s just a “political promise” and politicians apparently are 100% allowed to lie about whether they’re honest.
https://observer.com/2017/08/court-admits-dnc-and-debbie-wasserman-schulz-rigged-primaries-against-sanders/
So yes, I can 100% try to run.
But even if I win, the DNC doesn’t have to listen to voters.
Well yeah, they already have an incumbent and no one was dumb enough to burn piles of money running a campaign to try and primary that candidate.
Yes, political parties are basically private clubs, you join them, donate money, pledge support etc. They aren’t public entities any more than the Dallas Cowboys are. They exist to aggregate money and votes, and they elect their own leaders to manage those resources. If they decide to choose their candidate via tea leaves or throwing bones, no one could stop them, save to elect new party leaders.
I don’t know how parties are run elsewhere, but thats how they work in the U.S. They aren’t constitutionally codified or defended in any way. They’re a shortcut for voters and super popular because they save people time and effort. If someone came up with a better way to all but guarantee votes for a candidate, it would instantly replace parties.