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Is President Joe Biden Finally Changing His Tune About Stepping Aside?

It sure sounds like he might be…

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJul 18, 2024
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Of course, yesterday I happened to write about how it appears as though things only seem to be getting worse for Joe Biden, so naturally after I published it that trend continued…significantly.

It really has been one thing after another hasn’t it?

Naturally, we learned that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called for Biden to step aside and allow someone else to run, and of course the House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has now joined the calls as well.

Well, we finally found all of that because wouldn’t you know it…Biden has now tested positive for Covid.

He’s having quite a time, isn’t he?

It shouldn’t exactly be a surprise that the flood gates opened when the covid diagnosis was announced, because there’s still more…We’ve now learned he has at least begun to be more receptive to the idea of stepping aside.

Carl Hulse, Michael S. Schmidt, Reid J. Epstein, Peter Baker and Luke Broadwater with The New York Times write:

“President Biden has become more receptive in the last several days to hearing arguments about why he should drop his re-election bid, Democrats briefed on his…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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