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A subtle but important point from the email sent out by Biden’s deputy campaign manager I previously discussed.
The bedwetting brigade is calling for Joe Biden to “drop out.” That is the best possible way for Donald Trump to win and us to lose.
First of all: Joe Biden is going to be the Democratic nominee, period. End of story. Voters voted. He won overwhelmingly. And if he were to drop out, it would lead to weeks of chaos, internal foodfighting, and a bunch of candidates who limp into a brutal floor fight at the convention, all while Donald Trump has time to speak to American voters uncontested. All of that would be in service of a nominee who would go into a general election in the weakest possible position with zero dollars in their bank account. You want a highway to losing? It’s that.
And at the end of the day, we’d switch to candidates who would, according to polls, be less likely to win than Joe Biden — the only person ever to defeat Donald Trump.
Buried in the middle Flaherty’s rant is a pretty clear threat.
“All of that would be in service of a nominee who would go into a general election in the weakest possible position with zero dollars in their bank account. You want a highway to losing? It’s that.”
Donors looking to get Biden to drop out have emphasized that the money raised needs to transfer over to the new candidate. Team Biden however is warning that it’s not going to happen. Any new candidate will start with “zero dollars.”
Officially the Biden campaign is sitting on under $60 million unspent. And not for long since the burn rate is huge.
So the threat isn’t much of a threat. In a race likely to run into the billions, threatening to abscond with millions is a weak argument. Especially since any staffers withholding the money from the party-approved candidate so Biden can later run his own PAC will never work again. But it’s telling that Rob snuck that threat in there.
The larger signal is that the Biden campaign won’t cooperate with any transition effort and will not only keep all the money, but fight this process every step of the way, taking the 2024 race hostage. If Dems try to replace Biden, Team Biden will make sure that whoever they replace him with loses.
That’s hardball.
richard says
This is the best news I’ve read all today.
SickandTiredInOhio says
Biden has enough money bribes from many countries. He can and should return the money if he drops out. I think he should stay and get the biggest surprise of his life when he LOSES IN 2024.
mj says
That’s ironic, psychotic hardball. Whose on first?
Madame DeFarge says
Holding money is a pretty serious threat to all the politicians. They are failed lawyers who write wills to scrape by.
Daniel Greenfield says
Biden’s legal career was in pool management
TruthLaser says
His next career should be as a Biden impersonator. Forgetting lines would make it more real.
Lance Boiles says
Who the hell is “Rob”?
Nunyo says
It was in the linked article at the top.
Daniel Greenfield says
deputy campaign manager
Viti says
The grifters can’t live on a President’s pension! Cry me a river that his bank accounts are being found all over the world. Do you think anyone would pay to hear him speak? Guess the communists will just have to pay them to go away!
Kasandra says
Well, they’ve paid him for everything else.
Howie says
I maintain Illinois Governor Pritzker has always been the obvious choice. He’s a multi-billionaire. Twelve other Pritzkers are billionaires.
Floyd Looney says
he’s an unknown. The other possible choice is…. Michelle Obama! Big Mike!
Daniel Greenfield says
He is the obvious choice since he can eat all the other candidates
Howie says
Look him up. He was tight with Obama before Obama was on the national scene. He can self fund his campaign. If the last ditch means is remove Joe is by the 25th Amendment, greasers/grifters like Newsom haven’t the money, and can’t raise it–and Joe won’t be inclined release funds if 25th used. Whatever disabilities a presidential candidate from Illinois might have, Obama had. Pritzker would have the entire letter agency establishment behind him, those in MSM, those in government: CNN, CIA, NYT, FBI, ABC, CBS, DOJ, NBC, NPR, etc.
PapayaSF says
Pritzker has the same problem as Newsom: what swing voter will think: “Yes, I want to entire country to be more like Illinois/California!”?
drev says
Cheaters cheated. He cheated overwhelmingly. Wake UP can’t believe that you and other “libs” still state the lie that he won. He didn’t win he cheated overwhelmingly to win. There has always been cheaters but never so much overwhelming cheating than what occurred for both Biden AND Obama.
Joe Biden — the only person ever to overwhelmingly cheated in order to defeat Donald Trump.
Floyd Looney says
Michelle Obama (or whoever) will have to raise their own campaign funds.
Ima Payne says
Oprah would give her so much money she wouldnt need anymore but you can bet Hollywierd would open their purses and everyone forgets: its the dems who have all the billionaires not the repubs.
They can toss so much money her way the boat will sink.
Soros, Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg could each pony up 100 mil and not miss a beat.
Sam says
So, I don’t think he returned the Russian, China or Ukraine money either.
Pogo 1000 says
Money held back? Okay, but the hopeful leftist Obiden uninstallers forget one thing. He has enough on all of them to have to create a new federal prison, and that is the only way the left plays, so it wont be too simple to unseat him, however a deal could be made.
RAM says
Xi can easily pay off a new stooge to get his/her/its bandwagon rolling.
roberta says
Xi has won. He does not have to pay our politicians anymore.
BRICS is the new world leader. Our dummies snatched losses out of the jaws of victory for the last 50 years, and now its time to get sloppy seconds.
SPURWING PLOVER says
Biden Sings Money that’s What I Want
Cassandra says
Witchdoc Jill already has the money in offshore accounts, just in case. After all who is going to buy her autobiography?
Dana says
God Bless the USA… We are going to need it.
Andrew Aigner says
They will simply pay off dr. jill and the corrupt biden family. That is the only reason she wants his body in office. All about the money with just about every biden family member. Continue the ” gravy ” train supporting them all.
Kasandra says
If I recall, federal candidates can retire and keep unspent campaign funds. For Biden, who will apparently do anything for money, retiring might be his best $hot.
MuggsSpongedice says
It’s an s-show that is for sure and good – let them all wear diapers and suck their thumb like Joe
DG – I must correct your journalist error: “Voters voted. He won overwhelmingly.” & Joe Biden — the only person ever to defeat Donald Trump”
Now it is fact that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen. It is fact we are in a coup d’etat without firing a single shot. The first salvo was the pLandemic – used to utterly control and to pit one against the other from masks, to 6′ apart, to the vaxx itself! And to totally control us and engineer supply shortages. Then of course the fomenting and paying for antifa violence which the criminals have never been brought to justice because they were not arrested or if busted, then no bail, no charges. Then the rigging and stealing of the 2020 election followed by the 2022 election in Arizona. We are in a coup d’etat hell bent on destroying USA and they have done a demonic hell job of it which means they have chipped away our our foundations! As USA goes so goes the world This global coup d’etat is the reason why Russia invaded Ukraine and nazzi hamazz attacked Israel 10-7-2023 and do not be surprised if WW3 starts before President Trump is sworn in January, 2025. If POTUS Trump is not back in the White House you can kiss your former life in USA good bye as it is barley with us now!
Derek says
The Biden Crime Family doesn’t get a say in the matter. The FBI/DOJ has enough to send everyone, from Joe to his fifth cousins in prison, for as long as they want. When the Deep State decides to pull the plug on the Biden experiment, Dr. Jill will wheel Joe out of the Oval Office pronto. As much as she loves the power/money of the presidency, she loves her life of leisure more.
BLSinSC says
EASY FIX – just tell Joe that his USUAL 10% will be upped to 15%!!
Bryan says
What can the Biden campaign do with the donations collected already:
–Slide it over to another election campaign by the same person with no restrictions. Not going to happen. Biden will not be running for another office in 2026 or president in 2028.
–Donate it to other people’s campaigns. Subject to campaign donation limitations (e.g. $3.3K per individual campaign, $5K to a PAC, $41.3K to a party, $123.9K to a party’s presidential election – Less than $200K)
–Donate it to a charity (e.g. The Biden Cancer Initiative which will soon start employing family members at nice salaries)
roberta says
Good one—————
Disadvantaged says
If Biden were to drop out, is it not possible for Mrs Obama to be considered as a replacement. She is well known, and like by the public in general. She would likely have the support of the most of the minorities in America, women, young people under thirty. I think it would be hard for Trump to win in November against her. Whether she would be a good President is another point to consider.