Virtual Biden nomination sucks drama out of Democratic convention
By
Haisten Willis
May 30, 2024 6:00 am
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Democrats‘ announcement that President Joe Biden will be named their nominee for president virtually has deflated what little drama could have been expected at the Democratic National Convention.

Biden easily racked up the delegates needed to become the party’s standard-bearer by March, but the continued protest votes against him in Democratic primaries and his perceived weakness as a general election candidate left open the door to the remote possibility of a surprise challenge and even brokered convention when the party meets in Chicago in August.

On Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee opted to nominate Biden virtually in the coming weeks to ensure he makes it on the ballot in Ohio, a state with a filing deadline two weeks before the convention, but the knock-on effect of its decision is that the event will now be purely ceremonial.

Democrats had brushed off the possibility of a brokered convention in the days leading up to the DNC announcement. The president trails former President Donald Trump in most swing-state polls, in part due to concerns over his age but also an enthusiasm gap by progressive voters upset with his handling of Israel’s war in Gaza.

“No, no. No one is talking about contingency plans for President Biden,” former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said. “President Biden is going to be our nominee.”

“That’s ridiculous,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said of the notion that Biden could be replaced.

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The struggles many people are going through are the direct result of what Biden has done, though. So they are kind of aware of that, after all. 

 Fox News anchor to Alina Habba: Biden ‘not responsible’ for Trump trial
by Dominick Mastrangelo - 05/29/24 5:22 PM ET

Fox News anchor and legal analyst Shannon Bream pushed back on an assertion made by Alina Habba, one of Donald Trump’s attorneys, that President Biden is responsible for the criminal charges the former president faces in New York.

“And Joe Biden unfortunately can’t really do anything in office,” Habba said as she joined Bream, the host of “Fox News Sunday” who was broadcasting for much of the afternoon from outside the Manhattan courthouse where Trump’s trial is taking place. “So he’s got to use the same means as somebody who’s just trying to have a quick slip and fall and make money. And that is, frankly, what we’re seeing right now.

“This is exactly a Biden show because he’s got to distract the American people,” Habba continued.

“But the Biden administration is not responsible for this trial,” Bream interjected.

“How can you say the Biden administration is not responsible?” Habba shot back.

“It’s a state trial,” Bream explained. “It’s [Manhattan District Attorney] Alvin Bragg. Whether you think there’s a political motive for him, it’s not connected to the DOJ. I mean, the feds passed on these election charges.”

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Biden Co-Chair: Many People Aren’t ‘Aware’ of What Biden Has Done Because They’re ‘Going Through a Lot of Struggles’

Ian Hanchett 29 May 2024

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Biden Campaign Co-Chair Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), who is also running for the U.S. Senate in Delaware, said that “A lot of people are going through a lot of struggles right now, coming out of the pandemic. And they are not even aware of the things that this administration has done to really uplift our communities.”

Host Peter Alexander asked, “So, Congresswoman, let me ask you specifically, then, I think the question is, if the campaign was in such good shape with black voters, as President Biden has done in the past so many times, why would it be using its most valuable resource, the President, to hold so many events, five events, targeting black voters in May of an election year?”

Blunt Rochester answered, “I think part of it is to show that we see how important that vote is. A lot of times, people feel like their vote doesn’t matter. A lot of people are going through a lot of struggles right now, coming out of the pandemic. And they are not even aware of the things that this administration has done to really uplift our communities.”

Alexander then cut in to ask, “Is that evidence of why we are seeing some of the erosion right now, the need to sort of better communicate that so they can bring those black voters back?”

Blunt Rochester responded, “Again, I think a lot of people have their own pains and things that they’re dealing with. And so, we want to make sure that we highlight the different investments that he has made, whether it is in our infrastructure and creating jobs, the lowest black unemployment rate in 50 years and probably ever, for us, investments in our black small businesses, which is why he was visiting small businesses today. When you look at the investment in education, the $16 billion for HBCUs, and also, student debt relief, which is one of the top issues that I hear about from black voters.”

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