Michigan and Wisconsin party members are hopeful as some Trump voters also approve of the president’s decision
For many Democratic swing state voters, Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election came as a relief.
“Oh thank God,” said Cathy Gramze, a retired nurse who lives in the suburbs of Detroit. “My diagnosis has for a long time been that he cannot run again and I am not entirely sure that he should finish his term in office.”
Gramze had worried about Biden’s fitness long before the debate. His 27 June performance merely confirmed what she had long feared. “A lot of the time he is the president we need, but some of the time he isn’t.”
Kamala Harris, who Biden endorsed Sunday and who has earned the endorsement of most prominent Democratic elected officials, “needs to be the presidential nominee”, Gramze said.
I live in MI, which is more blue than ever. GenX centrists buy into the conservative propaganda and still have closet racist/sexist views and likely won’t show up to the polls. HOWEVER. Old people be dyin’ out here, and young people seem to be more motivated than ever to change the future. I would say I have hope.
yo motherfucker I’m gen X and I cannot believe you just called me old, I just spit out my spirit of elderflower, aghast at your writings!
I meant more boomers, but you old too
You whippersnappers better get off my lawn
Oh ol’ honest Jim, you leave those kids alone now darlin’. You know it ain’t good for your blood pressure.
Took me a minute to realize you meant Gen X = Old People (probably due to cognitive decline). Ouch.
Bit weird to see Gen X mentioned, since we’re usually ignored. At least someone remembered us!
Yeah lotta cool Xers, but also the same generation bullied the hell out of anyone not cis/straight passing.
Fortunately there aren’t that many of us.
Where I’m from we were the first generation not to. That may be partly because of all the church scandals there were here.
Oooh, Trumps gonna be jealous. He’d better drop out, too, so he doesn’t feel like a loser.
I have to admit I’d feel really owned if trump had the manhood to step down for his vp candidate.
If there’s a civil war, none of this is relevant
Gramze said civil wars are prohibited.
1/6 says otherwise
If 1/6 is any indicator then there won’t be a civil war. Just an embarrassing period of American history.
I thought it was 3/5 for the last one.
