McCarthy: Biden, Dems 'Can't' Swap Nominee, Age a Factor
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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicts neither Joe nor Jill Biden will 'give it up' and step aside as Democratic nominee.
President Joe Biden's performance at Thursday's debate was widely criticized, sparking concerns among Democrats about the prospect of replacing him as the nominee.
However, according to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), replacing Biden would be easier said than done.
Speaking on Friday with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow, McCarthy said that Democrats "can't" replace Biden as the nominee because he and the Democratic National Committee "changed the rules" of how the party's primary system works after he was elected in 2020.
McCarthy noted that it would be "un-democratic" for the Democratic Party to swap out their presumptive nominee after all of the primary elections have already been held.
He also suggested that Biden would have to decide for himself to drop out and release the convention delegates he's won that are obligated to support him.
McCarthy reiterated that Biden would have to make the decision to drop out, but said that "the real time would have been a year ago, before he started to run."
The former speaker also commented on Biden's poor debate performance, saying that "His problem is age. It’s not even what he said. It’s just the look of what he did, his actions, which everybody knows -- he’s not the same person he used to be."
Swapping out Biden as the nominee won't be easy, according to CNBC, which reported that attempting to do so "carries enormous political risks and would be difficult, if not impossible, to pull off."
Biden would have to "willingly" end his campaign, which he has shown no intention of doing, and even if he did drop out and endorse a replacement, there is no guarantee that his pledged delegates, donors, and voters would shift the entirety of their support over to somebody else.
The outlet noted that there is the possibility of a mass abandonment of Biden at the Democratic National Convention in August, though throwing the convention open to other contenders at this point would likely prove chaotic and even "disastrous" for the party just a few months ahead of the general election in November.
There is no question that President Biden lost the debate, as the statisticians at FiveThirtyEight showed that he lost ground in virtually every measurable metric while former President Trump either held steady or made modest gains.
It is still too soon for the full impact of the debate to be reflected in the national polls, but Biden's recent trajectory has been negative while Trump's support is rising and the former president currently leads the incumbent by an average of 1.8 points.
That relatively slim lead for Trump may not sound like much, but it is worth considering that Biden was up by 9.6 at this same point in the 2020 election, and Trump maintains marginal to moderate leads in all of the most important swing states that typically decide presidential elections.
Sources:
conservativeinstitute.org
nationalsecurityjournal.org
revolver.news
President Joe Biden's performance at Thursday's debate was widely criticized, sparking concerns among Democrats about the prospect of replacing him as the nominee.
However, according to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), replacing Biden would be easier said than done.
Speaking on Friday with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow, McCarthy said that Democrats "can't" replace Biden as the nominee because he and the Democratic National Committee "changed the rules" of how the party's primary system works after he was elected in 2020.
McCarthy noted that it would be "un-democratic" for the Democratic Party to swap out their presumptive nominee after all of the primary elections have already been held.
He also suggested that Biden would have to decide for himself to drop out and release the convention delegates he's won that are obligated to support him.
McCarthy reiterated that Biden would have to make the decision to drop out, but said that "the real time would have been a year ago, before he started to run."
The former speaker also commented on Biden's poor debate performance, saying that "His problem is age. It’s not even what he said. It’s just the look of what he did, his actions, which everybody knows -- he’s not the same person he used to be."
Swapping out Biden as the nominee won't be easy, according to CNBC, which reported that attempting to do so "carries enormous political risks and would be difficult, if not impossible, to pull off."
Biden would have to "willingly" end his campaign, which he has shown no intention of doing, and even if he did drop out and endorse a replacement, there is no guarantee that his pledged delegates, donors, and voters would shift the entirety of their support over to somebody else.
The outlet noted that there is the possibility of a mass abandonment of Biden at the Democratic National Convention in August, though throwing the convention open to other contenders at this point would likely prove chaotic and even "disastrous" for the party just a few months ahead of the general election in November.
There is no question that President Biden lost the debate, as the statisticians at FiveThirtyEight showed that he lost ground in virtually every measurable metric while former President Trump either held steady or made modest gains.
It is still too soon for the full impact of the debate to be reflected in the national polls, but Biden's recent trajectory has been negative while Trump's support is rising and the former president currently leads the incumbent by an average of 1.8 points.
That relatively slim lead for Trump may not sound like much, but it is worth considering that Biden was up by 9.6 at this same point in the 2020 election, and Trump maintains marginal to moderate leads in all of the most important swing states that typically decide presidential elections.
Sources:
conservativeinstitute.org
nationalsecurityjournal.org
revolver.news
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