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Perhaps they would have had a presidential or VP nominee with appeal in one of the battleground states,
Joe Biden made a promise to the American people when I was sitting in this seat four years ago,
Christie told an ABC News panel I wouldn't be running again if I did not absolutely believe I was the best person to beat Donald Trump in 2024." ... I beat [Trump] once, and I will beat him again."
Three days later, on July 8, he wrote a letter to congressional Democrats, telling them ... Three days after that, Biden vigorously defended his ability to serve a second term again during a press conference, telling reporters The Democratic coalition was fractured going into the debate, and especially, coming out of the debate. I don't think that Joe Biden could have done anything to clear up in voters minds the concerns that they had about his age after the debate performance,
There were things about Trump [that undecided voters] didn't like, but also things about Harris they weren't sure of,
Carter Wrenn, a veteran Republican strategist who managed Ronald Reagan's campaign in North Carolina during the GOP primaries, told Newsweek We'll never know what the rest of that campaign would have looked like, ... but voters already had major concerns about voting for Joe Biden because of his age ad they were confirmed during the debate."
Harris would have been a far better candidate if she had gone through a tough primary first,
Democratic enthusiasm for Harris was sincere, but borne of desperation,
The deposing of Biden will remain a great source of controversy within the Democratic party,
Steven Schier, a political scientist and analyst, told Newsweek She told him that she would work with President Biden to ensure a peaceful transition of power, unlike what we saw in 2020,
O'Malley Dillon said in an email to campaign staff I think you look at the places where she [Harris] underperformed Biden's vote, you look at the breakdown with different ethnic groups, racial groups across the country, it's hard to point to one place where she really—it would almost be sort of easier to look at the result and say, OK, well it was clearly her underperformance in Dearborn, it was clearly Gaza that didn't bring Michigan home for her,
I think certainly there is an anti-incumbent sentiment across the country but also globally,
Kate Bedingfield said on CNN Certainly, no question, VP [Kamala] Harris was facing those headwinds,
Young and old, men and women, rural and urban. And we had them all helping us tonight,
If Europe is failing, then the whole idea of Europe as a region of peace, freedom and self determination will fail. And if this is the case, the United States will be weakened,
I have expected this since my last visit to the States in early summer,
Roderich Kiesewetter of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) said I will end the illegal immigration crisis by closing our border and finishing the wall, most of which I've already built,
Trump told cheering supporters at his party’s national convention, referring to the country’s southern border I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has cost so many lives and devastated countless innocent families. Both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal that ends the violence and paves a path forward to prosperity,
Donald Trump has just been elected President for a THIRD time."
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia claimed on Wednesday I guess Ukraine’s electoral votes weren’t enough to help Kamala,
