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There does not seem to be widespread censorship happening among Biden-friendly news outlets: Congress' Democrats in "state of shock" over Biden debate performa
by miles 2y ago
There does not seem to be widespread censorship happening among Biden-friendly news outlets:
Congress' Democrats in "state of shock" over Biden debate performance https://www.axios.com/2024/06/28/house-democrats-biden-debate-performance https://www.axios.com/2024/06/28/house-democrats-biden-debat...
It’s time: The Democrats must replace Joe Biden with California Gov. Gavin Newsom https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article289600484.html https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article289600484.html
Ditch Biden. That Debate Performance Was a Disaster. https://newrepublic.com/article/183242/joe-biden-debate-performance-disaster-trump https://newrepublic.com/article/183242/joe-biden-debate-perf...
Democrats consider the unthinkable: It’s time for Biden to go https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/27/biden-democrats-replacement-00165672 https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/27/biden-democrats-rep...
Who Won the Debate? Biden Stumbles Left Trump on Top https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/biden-trump-debate-who-won.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/biden-trump-d...
The NYT piece includes these quotes from Biden allies as well:
Kate Bedingfield (Mr. Biden’s former White House communications director):
“It was a really disappointing debate performance from Joe Biden. I don’t think there’s any other way to slice it. His biggest issue was to prove to the American people that he had the energy, the stamina — and he didn’t do that.”
Andrew Yang:
“Look, I debated Joe 7 times in 2020. He’s a different guy in 2024.”
Steve Schmidt (co-founder of the Lincoln Project):
“Joe Biden lost the country tonight, and will not get it back. If Trump is a threat and democracy is on the line, then Biden must step aside. His duty, oath and legacy require an act of humility and selflessness.”
- hax0ron3 2y agoThat is a good point. And yeah, I agree with you. I think the chance of it being censorship is like 1-2%, chance of pure technical failure more like 98%-99%. I should have made that more clear in my OP. Even if the Reddit admins were inclined to do censorship, it would probably be pretty risky, because of the risk of exposure, to actually do it.
- richrichie 2y agoThis is probably a planned 'coup' to replace him at the convention. DNC candidates have been selected by rich business interests since Obama.
- beej71 2y agoWhat did they run him in the first place if they were just going to replace him?
- hello_computer 2y agoAny large organization can have factions, disagreements, struggles. Most do.
- beej71 2y agoOk, but is there any hard evidence that's what's happening here? I could see the party changing their collective mind, but that's not been done kind of plan from what I've seen.
- matrix87 2y agoI have no idea why these publications are attacking him so viciously, like yeah he stumbled at the beginning but it wasn't that bad It makes me think that they all collectively decided beforehand to shit on Biden right after the debate, which could play out horribly if he doesn't retire or kick the bucket