Exasperated Democrats try to stamp out talk of replacing Biden
by Alexander Bolton - 06/24/24 6:00 AM ET
Senate Democrats are feeling exasperated by their inability to stamp out persistent speculation that party leaders have a Plan B to replace President Biden atop the Democratic ticket due to concerns about his age and weak poll numbers.
They’re tired of hearing about the hand-wringing of Democratic voters and donors over Biden’s age and electability and sick of reading about Rube Goldberg-like schemes, some of them pushed by Republicans or conservative media, to shake up the Democratic ticket.
One Democratic senator feigned putting a make-believe pistol to their temple when asked about the prospect of yanking Biden off the ticket before the Democratic National Convention in August or the general election in November.
The senator, who requested anonymity, said stories about replacing Biden on the ticket sound “juicy” but are nothing more than a sign that political pundits have “too much time on their hands.”
“There’s no way in hell that’s true, not a chance in hell that’s true,” the lawmaker insisted. “I don’t know what to say.”
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