Politico: Biden’s White House and campaign aides learned about Joe dropping out from his Twitter announcement

[Procrustes Stretched]

So he felt pressured by a deadline of sorts?

The conversations have been ongoing -- this issue was in front of Biden for a long time.

I always thought that Biden would settle for one term. It was a surprise to me that he decided to run again.

 

[shockedcanadian]

I did say that covid was the excuse to get him to drop out by the end of the weekend. I guess I was right in the end.

 

[CrazyTrader55]

Kind of like his retreat from Afghanistan, an epic failure with bodies left behind.

President Joe Biden’s announcement stunned White House and campaign aides, who up until this afternoon were insisting that he would stay in the race. Many of them, including some senior aides, first found out that was no longer the case by reading the letter that Biden posted on X.

“We’re all finding out by tweet,” said one Democrat familiar with the immediate reaction. “None of us understand what’s happening.”

In a sign of the abruptness of Biden’s decision, the campaign blasted out a fundraising email for “Joe and Kamala” at 1:54 p.m. — eight minutes after Biden announced he was stepping aside.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/07/21/joe-biden-drops-out-election/biden-announcement-aides-00169999

Shows you the power of X -- the number one website for info.

 

[Weatherman2020]

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