Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden’s historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to resign from office, saying that if he could not run for another term, office, then he’s unable to serve as president.

Biden’s announcement came after more than two weeks of Democrats urging him to withdraw from the race. Nearly three dozen lawmakers had publicly called on him to end his reelection bid. Others had voiced concerns privately about what the ramifications would be for down-ballot Democrats if he remained in the race. When the president heeded those concerns, Democrats called it a selfless move.

  • @[email protected]
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    675 months ago

    The Republicans were calling for President Elect Biden to resign even while their leader was staging a violent coup to end the Republic.

    The fascist GOP can get fucked. What they want should be irrelevant and their very presence opposed.

    • @ImpressiveEssay
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      125 months ago

      From a foreigner, this is undoubtedly true, unless you goal is secretly to have a king.

      • @[email protected]
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        225 months ago

        Given our Supreme Court ruling that a US president can’t commit crimes, they’re not being very secret about their goal of making the US a dictatorship.

        • @ImpressiveEssay
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          105 months ago

          None of it… Is secret… The trump calls. Even to the fucking election investigator in Georgia!? The paperwork.

          It’s all there. Any American who supports trump today is either literally special needs level education (and haven’t looked at or understood thr tapes) or publicly admitting they would prefer monarchy with trump.

          • prole
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            85 months ago

            Pretty sad when non-Americans seem to understand the severity of this threat better than people here.