sj_zero on Nostr: 3 of 17. The palace coup Once it became impossible to cover up Joe's condition any ...
3 of 17. The palace coup
Once it became impossible to cover up Joe's condition any longer, Party elites and major donors immediately started pushing for his ouster. According to some (admittedly unconfirmed at this time and unlikely to be confirmed fully) sources, Joe Biden was given an ultimatum: Step down as the presidential candidate "willingly", or face the disgrace of being removed using the 25th amendment of the constitution which allows an unfit President to be removed from office.
The way Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president was Joe Biden won the primaries, but after the first debate the Democrats had a palace coup and forced him to step down from the presidential campaign, anointing Kamala Harris in his place. She won 0 votes in the primaries, but was nonetheless selected as the Presidential nominee through backroom deals.
The major factual elements here are not up for debate, though they could be interpreted differently than I presented it. If you believe the official narrative, Joe (who that Friday said he'd never surrender) suddenly released a suspicious letter on his X account, stepping down despite being the primary winner. Without any new primary being run, Kamala was crowned the candidate by the delegates. Maybe it really was like that, nothing decietful or backroom about it. (But it's politics -- do you really believe that?)
Now the match-up was Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris was the lowest rated vice president of all time in a recent survey, but now the press had their new mission: Pump up the new candidate as if it's not just a 4 year presidential term. Without really even showing up anywhere, the entire establishment media machine went to work talking about how great and wonderful Kamala Harris is.
Once it became impossible to cover up Joe's condition any longer, Party elites and major donors immediately started pushing for his ouster. According to some (admittedly unconfirmed at this time and unlikely to be confirmed fully) sources, Joe Biden was given an ultimatum: Step down as the presidential candidate "willingly", or face the disgrace of being removed using the 25th amendment of the constitution which allows an unfit President to be removed from office.
The way Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president was Joe Biden won the primaries, but after the first debate the Democrats had a palace coup and forced him to step down from the presidential campaign, anointing Kamala Harris in his place. She won 0 votes in the primaries, but was nonetheless selected as the Presidential nominee through backroom deals.
The major factual elements here are not up for debate, though they could be interpreted differently than I presented it. If you believe the official narrative, Joe (who that Friday said he'd never surrender) suddenly released a suspicious letter on his X account, stepping down despite being the primary winner. Without any new primary being run, Kamala was crowned the candidate by the delegates. Maybe it really was like that, nothing decietful or backroom about it. (But it's politics -- do you really believe that?)
Now the match-up was Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris was the lowest rated vice president of all time in a recent survey, but now the press had their new mission: Pump up the new candidate as if it's not just a 4 year presidential term. Without really even showing up anywhere, the entire establishment media machine went to work talking about how great and wonderful Kamala Harris is.