Dropping Out Is Biden’s Most Patriotic Option
If he believes that Trump is a unique threat, the choice is clear.
by Jerusalem Demsas
Jun 28, 2024
4 minutes
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Joe Biden says he ran for president in 2020 because of Charlottesville. He says he ran because he saw the threat Donald Trump posed to the country and the threat he posed to democracy. If Biden truly believes that, he needs to end his reelection campaign. Indeed, dropping out could be the most patriotic gesture of his long career in public service, and every senior Democratic official and leader in the country should be pressuring him to act immediately.
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