President Joe Biden, 81, an “elderly man with a poor memory,” reportedly told aides he wants to redirect the media’s narrative by speaking less about his agenda and more about former President Donald Trump’s “crazy shit.”
The shift in public relations suggests Biden has realized the recent news cycle about his “poor” memory damages his reelection campaign.
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White HouseIn turn, Biden personally directed his senior campaign staffers in recent days to speak about the so-called “orange man bad narrative,” CNN reported. Sources told the network Biden’s redirection play is an effort to point the finger at Trump and all the alleged “crazy shit” he says.
Biden tried the same strategy in 2020 by running a “back to normalcy” campaign. After three years under Biden’s leadership, it remains to be seen if voters will accept the finger-pointing strategy due to his record:
- Deadly Afghanistan withdrawal
- Record high inflation
- Southern border invasion
- War in the Middle East
- Ukraine invaded
“Donald Trump is the polar opposite of everything President Biden stands for and has accomplished since he took office, and the campaign’s top priority over the next nine months will be laying out that stark choice for voters,” Ammar Moussa, the Biden campaign’s director of rapid response, told CNN.
Biden’s record — pared with tripping, stumbling, and tumbling in public, along with Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report — appears to reflect in polling data.
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Trump is doing very well with Hispanics, black males, younger voters, and independents. He is competitive in all swing states and leads Biden in several key battleground states, such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. A majority of voters say there is no chance they would vote for Biden in 2024, a recent CNN poll found.
The polls worry Democrats, and many want to replace Biden atop the Democrat ticket. The Democratic National Convention is the only feasible route for an alternative candidate to replace him. Politico reported a three-step process:
- Biden Must Voluntarily Step Aside Before Democratic National Convention
- Delegates Nominate a New Candidate at the Convention
- Tie Loose Ends
Reported alternatives include unpopular Vice President Kamala Harris, two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and former First Lady Michelle Obama, who battles mental health issues.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter with Breitbart News and a former GOP War Room Analyst. He is the author of Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell on “X” @WendellHusebø or on Truth Social @WendellHusebo.
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